A self-categorization perspective on individual-teammates congruence in leader-member exchange quality and individual performance. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: He, Gang; Zhang, Shengjun; Cai, Yahua; Jia, Liangding
• Is Part Of: European journal of work and organizational psychology. Volume 31:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 89
• Page End: 101
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: Relative leader–member exchange -- team identification -- self-categorization -- polynomial regression; 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.2021.1931131
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-432X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Drawing upon research into relative leader–member exchange (LMX) and social identity approaches to leadership, this study explores how congruence in the LMX quality of individuals and their teammates affects the team identification of those individuals. This, in turn, influences individuals' job performance. Results of polynomial regressions on 575 dyads support the congruence hypothesis. Further, we find asymmetrical incongruence effects in which individuals have lower team identification and poorer job performance when their LMX is lower in quality than their teammates compared to the opposite situation. These findings emphasize the pivotal role played by leaders and teammates in promoting employee team identification at work.