Vertical Relational Identity and Subordinate''s Leader-Member Exchange

• Main Authors: Shih-Che Weng, 翁士哲
• Other Authors: 鄭伯壎
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45931642279401899497

碩士 === 臺灣大學 === 心理學研究所 === 98 === The leader-member exchange (LMX) has been an important factor affecting subordinates’ outcome in the field of organizational behavior research, hence, many researches began to investigate the antecedents of LMX. The purpose of this study is to focus on the vertical relational identity and explores whether vertical relational identity influence the LMX in the viewpoint of leader and subordinate. Furthermore, this study explores the subordinate’s LMX in different kind of leader-subordinate relational identity during the process of role-making. In this study, leader and subordinate relational identity is classified into expressive relational identity and instrumental relational identity. After collecting and analyzing survey data on 173 leader-subordinate dyads, this study found that (1) leader expressive relational identity has significant positive effect on leader-member exchange while instrumental relational identity has negative effect; (2) subordinate expressive relational identity has significant positive effect on subordinate’s LMX while instrumental relational identity has negative effect; (3) when leader expressive relational identity is high and subordinate relational identity is low, the subordinate’s LMX is lower; when leader and subordinate instrumental relational identity are both high, the subordinate’s LMX is lower. The discussion, limitations, further research directions, theoretical and managerial applications are also indicated.