Abstract
This study examines the mediating effects of cognitive trust and affective trust on the relationship between supervisors’ participative leadership behavior and subordinate work outcomes, using data obtained from 247 dyads in a manufacturing organization located in mainland China. Structural equation modeling revealed that while affective trust fully mediated the relationships between participative leadership of supervisor and subordinate job performance and organizational citizenship behavior, cognitive trust had non-significant effects. These findings underscore the importance of interpersonal interactions between the supervisor and subordinate for engendering subordinate work outcomes. They also lend support to the exchange (relationship)-based explanation as to how trust enhances the response of subordinates to the participative leadership behavior of their immediate supervisor, given that affective trust involves a process of social exchange between both parties over an extended period of time.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2796-2810 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | International Journal of Human Resource Management |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| Early online date | 15 Jul 2014 |
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| Publication status | Published - 13 Nov 2014 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Strategy and Management
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation
User-Defined Keywords
- Affective trust
- Cognitive trust
- Participative leadership
- Social exchange
- Work outcomes