Servant Leadership and Machiavellian Followers: A Moderated Mediation Model
Despite promoting positive employee outcomes, servant leaders may become the victim of manipulation by followers. The current study investigates this underexplored side of servant leadership by examining the employee-related outcomes of the interaction between servant leadership and follower Machiav...
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| author | Tasneem Fatima Mehwish Majeed Sadia Jahanzeb Seema Gul Muhammad Irshad |
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| description | Despite promoting positive employee outcomes, servant leaders may become the victim of manipulation by followers. The current study investigates this underexplored side of servant leadership by examining the employee-related outcomes of the interaction between servant leadership and follower Machiavellianism through mediating mechanism of exploitative manipulative behavior. It is argued that employees high in Machiavellianism engage in exploitative manipulative behavior to achieve subjective career success and social power while working with a servant leader. We used PROCESS macro to analyze our mediation and moderated mediation hypotheses, respectively. We collected data in a time-lagged design (three-time lags) from 320 dyads (self and peer) responses from service sector organizations. The results fully supported our hypotheses. Limitations and future research directions are also presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-410cfc656c314947b8cdca77825d2cfe2022-12-21T19:29:17ZengColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de MadridJournal of Work and Organizational Psychology1576-59622174-05342021-11-0137321522910.5093/jwop2021a1911320559Servant Leadership and Machiavellian Followers: A Moderated Mediation ModelTasneem Fatima0Mehwish Majeed1Sadia Jahanzeb2Seema Gul3Muhammad Irshad4International Islamic University, Islamabad , Pakistan, International Islamic University, Islamabad, PakistanInternational Islamic University, Islamabad , Pakistan, International Islamic University, Islamabad, PakistanBrock University, Canada, Brock University, CanadaPrince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia, Prince Sultan University, Saudi ArabiaNational University of Modern Languages, Islamabad , Pakistan, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, PakistanDespite promoting positive employee outcomes, servant leaders may become the victim of manipulation by followers. The current study investigates this underexplored side of servant leadership by examining the employee-related outcomes of the interaction between servant leadership and follower Machiavellianism through mediating mechanism of exploitative manipulative behavior. It is argued that employees high in Machiavellianism engage in exploitative manipulative behavior to achieve subjective career success and social power while working with a servant leader. We used PROCESS macro to analyze our mediation and moderated mediation hypotheses, respectively. We collected data in a time-lagged design (three-time lags) from 320 dyads (self and peer) responses from service sector organizations. The results fully supported our hypotheses. Limitations and future research directions are also presented. https://journals.copmadrid.org/jwop/art/jwop2021a19 servant leadershipexploitative manipulative behaviormachiavellianismsubjective career successsocial powerpakistan |
| spellingShingle | Tasneem Fatima Mehwish Majeed Sadia Jahanzeb Seema Gul Muhammad Irshad Servant Leadership and Machiavellian Followers: A Moderated Mediation Model Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology servant leadership exploitative manipulative behavior machiavellianism subjective career success social power pakistan |
| title | Servant Leadership and Machiavellian Followers: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_full | Servant Leadership and Machiavellian Followers: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_fullStr | Servant Leadership and Machiavellian Followers: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Servant Leadership and Machiavellian Followers: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_short | Servant Leadership and Machiavellian Followers: A Moderated Mediation Model |
| title_sort | servant leadership and machiavellian followers a moderated mediation model |
| topic | servant leadership exploitative manipulative behavior machiavellianism subjective career success social power pakistan |
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