TY - JOUR
T1 - Leader–member Exchange and Affective Organizational Commitment: The Contribution of Supervisor's Organizational Embodiment
AU - Eisenberger, Robert
AU - Karagonlar, Gokhan
AU - Stinglhamber, Florence
AU - Neves, Pedro
AU - Becker, Thomas E.
AU - Gonzalez-Morales, M. Gloria
AU - Steiger-Mueller, Meta
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - In order to account for wide variation in the relationship between leader–member exchange and employees' affective organizational commitment, we propose a concept termed supervisor's organizational embodiment (SOE), which involves the extent to which employees identify their supervisor with the organization. With samples of 251 social service employees in the United States (Study 1) and 346 employees in multiple Portuguese organizations (Study 2), we found that as SOE increased, the association between leader–member exchange and affective organizational commitment became greater. This interaction carried through to in-role and extra-role performance. With regard to antecedents, we found in Study 1 that supervisor's self-reported identification with the organization increased supervisor's expression of positive statements about the organization, which in turn increased subordinates' SOE.
AB - In order to account for wide variation in the relationship between leader–member exchange and employees' affective organizational commitment, we propose a concept termed supervisor's organizational embodiment (SOE), which involves the extent to which employees identify their supervisor with the organization. With samples of 251 social service employees in the United States (Study 1) and 346 employees in multiple Portuguese organizations (Study 2), we found that as SOE increased, the association between leader–member exchange and affective organizational commitment became greater. This interaction carried through to in-role and extra-role performance. With regard to antecedents, we found in Study 1 that supervisor's self-reported identification with the organization increased supervisor's expression of positive statements about the organization, which in turn increased subordinates' SOE.
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/qmb_facpub_sm/146
UR - https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/a0020858
U2 - 10.1037/a0020858
DO - 10.1037/a0020858
M3 - Article
VL - 95
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
ER -