How does supervisor-focused procedural justice explain the effects of person-focused leadership? The moderating role of leader-referenced relational-self

This study examines how the supervisor-focused procedural justice (SPJ) mediates the effect of benevolent paternalistic leadership on supervisor-directed organizational citizenship behaviour (OCBS) across employees with different types of leader-referenced relational-self. We use leader identificati...

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Published inEuropean journal of work and organizational psychology Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 387 - 399
Main Authors Li, Jie, Laurence, Gregory A., Blume, Brian D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hove Psychology Press 04.05.2018
Subjects
Employees
Leadership
Studies
Supervisors
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Summary:This study examines how the supervisor-focused procedural justice (SPJ) mediates the effect of benevolent paternalistic leadership on supervisor-directed organizational citizenship behaviour (OCBS) across employees with different types of leader-referenced relational-self. We use leader identification and traditionality to operationalize the concept of leader-referenced relational-self. Significant three-way interaction effects in both the leadership-SPJ and the SPJ-OCBS relationships are found. The SPJ-mediated effect of benevolent paternalistic leadership on OCBS is significant among employees whose leader identification and traditionality range from average to high levels. The findings suggest that leader-referenced relational-self is more complex than leader identification. Limitations, the implications for theory, research, and practice are discussed.
ISSN:1359-432X
1464-0643
DOI:10.1080/1359432X.2018.1458713