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The interplay between servant leadership and organizational politics
- Source :
- Personnel Review. 50:985-1002
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Emerald, 2020.
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Abstract
- PurposeUsing the frameworks of social exchange theory (SET) and conservation of resources (COR) Theory, this study examined the influence of servant leadership on employees' performance through the social exchange indicator (trust), and how perceived organizational politics (POP) influences these relationships.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were collected from 236 supervisor/subordinate dyads in a public sector organization in Pakistan. Structural equation modeling and bootstrapping were used to test the study hypotheses.FindingsServant leadership was found to positively influence employees' task performance and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). Further, analysis revealed that trust in leader partially mediated the positive relationship between servant leadership and subordinates' task performance and OCBs. However, although POP moderated the indirect relationship between servant leadership and subordinates' task performance, it did not moderate the indirect relationships between servant leadership and OCBs.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies to be conducted in the South Asian context, testing the relationship between servant leadership and employee performance through the social exchange indicator (trust) in a political organizational environment. Theoretical contributions, practical implications, study limitations and future research directions are discussed at the end of the study.
- Subjects :
- Organizational citizenship behavior
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
business.industry
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05 social sciences
Public sector
Servant leadership
050109 social psychology
Context (language use)
Structural equation modeling
Originality
Social exchange theory
0502 economics and business
Survey data collection
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Psychology
business
Social psychology
050203 business & management
Applied Psychology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 00483486
- Volume :
- 50
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Personnel Review
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........0e419171865b334644cced5a1a2f67ae