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The role of co‐operation and competition on leader‐member exchange and extra‐role performance in China
Author(s) -
Hui Chun,
Law Kenneth S.,
Chen Nancy Yi Feng,
Tjosvold Dean
Publication year - 2008
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 - 10.1177/1038411108091753
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , organizational citizenship behavior , china , supervisor , psychology , factory (object oriented programming) , structural equation modeling , social exchange theory , social psychology , quality (philosophy) , business , management , political science , economics , organizational commitment , computer science , law , ecology , biology , philosophy , epistemology , machine learning , programming language
This study examines antecedents and outcomes of leader—member exchange (LMX) in China by relating the theory of co‐operation and competition and the research on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) to LMX. One hundred and seventy supervisor—subordinate dyads in a watch‐case manufacturing factory in southern China were studied. Co‐operation and competition and LMX were assessed by subordinates, and OCB by their immediate supervisors. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that co‐operation and competition predicted LMX, which in turn predicted OCB. These results were interpreted as further suggesting that a quality relationship between leader and follower is important and that the theory of co‐operation and competition can guide building this relationship.