How does supervisor-focused procedural justice explain the effects of person-focused leadership? The moderating role of leader-referenced relational-self. Issue 3 (4th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Jie; Laurence, Gregory A.; Blume, Brian D.
• Is Part Of: European journal of work and organizational psychology. Volume 27:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 387
• Page End: 399
• Publication Date: 2018-05-04
• Subjects: Leader-referenced relational-self -- leader identification -- traditionality -- supervisor-focused procedural justice -- benevolent paternalistic leadership; Psychology, Industrial -- Periodicals; Organizational behavior -- Periodicals; Personnel management -- Europe -- Periodicals; Work -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Psychology, Industrial -- Periodicals; Work -- psychology -- Periodicals; 158.7
• DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2018.1458713
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-432X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: 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.