Impact of Social and Economic Leader- Member Exchange on Employee Behavior through the Moderating Role of Supervisor Organizational Embodiment
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2017
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UMT.Lahore
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate two dimensions social and economic member
exchange of leader-member exchange and their effect on employee behavior, and to what extent
SOE moderates between these relations. The data was collected from 219 employees of
manufacturing industry. The whole research takes more than 10 months. The hypotheses were
tested through correlation and regression analysis. The results provide significant support for some
of the hypotheses and for some insignificant support were found. Significant results were found
for social leader member exchange is positively related with organizational citizenship behavior
and supervisor organizational embodiment moderates between them. From analysis it is concluded
that supervisor organizational embodiment does not moderate between social leader member
exchange and prosocial behavior. Contradictory to previous research and our expectations
insignificant results were found, analysis proved that supervisor organizational embodiment does
not moderate between economic leader member exchange and organizational citizenship behavior
and prosocial behavior respectively. The possible reasons behind these results, recommendations
and future research discussed.