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Is subordinate's loyalty a precondition of supervisor's benevolent leadership? The moderating effects of supervisor's altruistic personality and perceived organizational support
Author(s) -
Wu TsungYu,
Hu Changya,
Jiang DingYu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2012.01376.x
Subject(s) - supervisor , psychology , social psychology , loyalty , personality , management , theology , economics , philosophy
Based on C heng's differential leadership theory, we investigated the relationship between a subordinate's loyalty to a supervisor ( SLS ) and the supervisor's benevolent leadership in C hinese organizations. We also explored two moderators of this relationship, the supervisor's altruistic personality and perceived organizational support ( POS ). Using survey research, we collected data from supervisor‐subordinate dyads in T aiwan and made 167 valid observations. The results showed that SLS positively relates to the supervisor's benevolent behaviours; however, this relationship is diminished by the supervisor's altruistic personality and POS . That is, when the supervisor has a high level of altruistic personality or POS , the association of SLS with the supervisor's benevolent leadership is weaker.