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Leader–member exchange and industrial relations climate: mediating of participatory management in C hina
Author(s) -
Cheung Millissa FY,
Wu Weiping
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7941.2012.00050.x
Subject(s) - harmony (color) , openness to experience , citizen journalism , hostility , participatory management , context (archaeology) , china , psychology , business , public relations , social psychology , management , political science , economics , geography , art , archaeology , law , visual arts
This study investigates the link between leader–member exchange ( LMX ) and the industrial relations climate ( IRC ) in the Chinese context. More specifically, we propose that the relationship between LMX and the IRC is mediated by effective participatory management. Based on data collected from three manufacturing firms in Z hejiang P rovince, C hina, we find that effective participatory management fully mediates the effects of LMX on openness and apathy dimensions of IRC . However, effective participatory management has a partial mediating effect on the relationships between LMX and harmony and hostility dimensions of IRC . Both the theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.