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The impact of relational demography on the quality of leader‐member exchanges and employees' work attitudes and well‐being
Author(s) -
Epitropaki Olga,
Martin Robin
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317999166635
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , quality (philosophy) , organizational commitment , work (physics) , significant difference , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , engineering , statistics , mathematics
This study investigated the role of differences in age, organizational tenure and gender between manager and employee as potential moderators between employees' leader‐member exchanges (LMX) and related work outcomes. The results support the interaction effect of manager‐employee organizational tenure difference with LMX and outcome variables. Employees with a high organizational tenure difference from the manager reported the worst work outcomes when they perceived LMX was of low quality, whereas when the quality of LMX was high, they reported the highest work attitudes and well‐being.