The Dark Side of LMXSC: Investigating High LMXSC Promotes Subordinates’ Shortcuts Behaviors

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10.2991/978-94-6463-368-9_20How to use a DOI?

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leader-member exchange social comparison (LMXSC); self-serving attribution; psychological entitlement; shortcuts behaviors

Abstract

The relationship between leaders and their employees in organization is important. However, extant research exaggerated its benefits and overlooked its dark side. Drawing upon attribution theory, we challenge this consensus by identifying that downward social comparisons of leader-member exchange (i.e., leader-member exchange social comparisons; LMXSC) can also lead to shortcuts behaviors. We identify that, in subordinates with high self-serving attribution of LMXSC, LMXSC triggers psychological entitlement, which in turn motivates subordinate shortcuts behaviors. We found support for our hypotheses across a three-wave time lagged study.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaoping Gu
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/14
TI  - The Dark Side of LMXSC: Investigating High LMXSC Promotes Subordinates’ Shortcuts Behaviors
BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 5th International Conference on Economic Management and Cultural Industry (ICEMCI 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 166
EP  - 174
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-368-9_20
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-368-9_20
ID  - Gu2024
ER  -