Employee-supervisor political skill congruence and work outcomes: The mediating role of leader-member exchange quality

Öztürk E. B., Emirza S.

APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE, cilt.71, sa.2, ss.485-513, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 71 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/apps.12334
  • Dergi Adı: APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ASSIA, Periodicals Index Online, ABI/INFORM, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, CINAHL, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Psicodoc, Psycinfo
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.485-513
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: congruence, job satisfaction, leader-member exchange, political skill, polynomial regression, role theory, turnover intention, PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT, COMMON METHODS VARIANCE, INTERPERSONAL COMPLEMENTARITY, PERSON-ORGANIZATION, TURNOVER INTENTION, OPPOSITES ATTRACT, JOB-SATISFACTION, SOCIAL-EXCHANGE, LMX, PERCEPTIONS
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study aims to investigate the effect of employee-supervisor political skill congruence on the quality of leader-member exchange (LMX), which in turn influences employees' job satisfaction and turnover intention. For this purpose, two survey studies were conducted. The first study examined the relationship between employee-supervisor political skill congruence and LMX using multi-source data collected from 287 employee-supervisor dyads. The second study examined the indirect effect of congruence in political skill on work outcomes through LMX by using time-lagged multi-source data collected from 142 employee-supervisor dyads. The findings indicate that compared with incongruence, congruence in political skill is associated with higher employee-rated LMX. Moreover, among dyads with congruent political skills, congruence at high levels of political skill is associated with higher employee-rated LMX compared with congruence at low levels of political skill. Moreover, in case of incongruency, low employee-high supervisor political skill combination was related to higher supervisor-rated LMX compared with high employee-low supervisor political skill combination. Lastly, employee-supervisor political skill congruency indirectly influences job satisfaction and turnover intention through employee-rated LMX. This research significantly contributes to the political skill literature by examining potential consequences of employee-supervisor congruence in political skill in the workplace.