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Positive affectivity neutralizes transformational leadership's influence on creative performance and organizational citizenship behaviors
Author(s) -
Gilmore Phillip L.,
Hu Xiaoxiao,
Wei Feng,
Tetrick Lois E.,
Zaccaro Stephen J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.1833
Subject(s) - transformational leadership , organizational citizenship behavior , psychology , positive affectivity , social psychology , negative affectivity , organizational commitment , personality
Summary This study uses an interactionist approach to examine the moderating effect of follower trait positive affectivity (trait PA) on the relation between transformational leadership and both follower creative performance and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB). On the basis of responses from 212 employees and their direct supervisors from the research and development department of a company in Mainland China, results support the hypothesized moderation effect. Specifically, the positive influence of transformational leadership on creative performance was significantly reduced for followers who were higher on trait PA (Δ R 2 = .02, p < .05). The same pattern, in which followers' trait PA appeared to substitute for the influence of transformational leadership, generalized to the outcome of follower OCB as well (Δ R 2 = .04, p < .01). We discussed theoretical and practical implications of these findings. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.