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?
- Keywords
- 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 -