Understanding the Link Between Work-Related and Non-Work-Related Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships and Affective Commitment: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Psychological Safety
Yu Gao, Haiyan Liu, Yuechi Sun School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Haiyan Liu, Email liuhy@cugb.edu.cnPurpose: Based on social information processing (SIP) model and conservation of resources (COR) theory,...
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| description | Yu Gao, Haiyan Liu, Yuechi Sun School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Haiyan Liu, Email liuhy@cugb.edu.cnPurpose: Based on social information processing (SIP) model and conservation of resources (COR) theory, this paper is to examine the mediating and moderating roles of psychological safety (PS) in the relationship between work-related leader-member exchange (LMX)/non-work-related supervisor-subordinate guanxi (SSG) and employee affective commitment (AC).Participants and Methods: Cross-sectional data came from 213 enterprise employees in China. The participants completed the LMX scale, SSG scale, PS scale, and AC scale. SPSS PROCESS macro and RWA-Web were used to test the research hypothesis.Results: Both LMX and SSG were positively related to employee AC. LMX was more strongly associated with AC than SSG. PS partially mediated the influence of LMX/SSG on AC. PS negatively moderated the influence of LMX on AC, whereas it did not moderate the influence of SSG on AC.Conclusion: Different types of supervisor-subordinate relationships (SSR) were both beneficial to employee AC, and work-related LMX was more closely related to employee AC. Different types of SSR could both affect employee AC through PS. In addition, high PS also reduced the relationship between LMX and employee AC. Therefore, in the context of Chinese culture, enhancing employees’ AC within an enterprise can not only pay attention to the work-related LMX and non-work-related SSG but also the appropriate cultivation of employees’ PS.Keywords: leader-member exchange, supervisor-subordinate guanxi, psychological safety, affective commitment |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a0e8cd7a8864536808a8f0b083539722022-12-22T01:21:14ZengDove Medical PressPsychology Research and Behavior Management1179-15782022-07-01Volume 151649166376379Understanding the Link Between Work-Related and Non-Work-Related Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships and Affective Commitment: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Psychological SafetyGao YLiu HSun YYu Gao, Haiyan Liu, Yuechi Sun School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Haiyan Liu, Email liuhy@cugb.edu.cnPurpose: Based on social information processing (SIP) model and conservation of resources (COR) theory, this paper is to examine the mediating and moderating roles of psychological safety (PS) in the relationship between work-related leader-member exchange (LMX)/non-work-related supervisor-subordinate guanxi (SSG) and employee affective commitment (AC).Participants and Methods: Cross-sectional data came from 213 enterprise employees in China. The participants completed the LMX scale, SSG scale, PS scale, and AC scale. SPSS PROCESS macro and RWA-Web were used to test the research hypothesis.Results: Both LMX and SSG were positively related to employee AC. LMX was more strongly associated with AC than SSG. PS partially mediated the influence of LMX/SSG on AC. PS negatively moderated the influence of LMX on AC, whereas it did not moderate the influence of SSG on AC.Conclusion: Different types of supervisor-subordinate relationships (SSR) were both beneficial to employee AC, and work-related LMX was more closely related to employee AC. Different types of SSR could both affect employee AC through PS. In addition, high PS also reduced the relationship between LMX and employee AC. Therefore, in the context of Chinese culture, enhancing employees’ AC within an enterprise can not only pay attention to the work-related LMX and non-work-related SSG but also the appropriate cultivation of employees’ PS.Keywords: leader-member exchange, supervisor-subordinate guanxi, psychological safety, affective commitmenthttps://www.dovepress.com/understanding-the-link-between-work-related-and-non-work-related-super-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PRBMleader-member exchangesupervisor-subordinate guanxipsychological safetyaffective commitment |
| spellingShingle | Gao Y Liu H Sun Y Understanding the Link Between Work-Related and Non-Work-Related Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships and Affective Commitment: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Psychological Safety Psychology Research and Behavior Management leader-member exchange supervisor-subordinate guanxi psychological safety affective commitment |
| title | Understanding the Link Between Work-Related and Non-Work-Related Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships and Affective Commitment: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Psychological Safety |
| title_full | Understanding the Link Between Work-Related and Non-Work-Related Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships and Affective Commitment: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Psychological Safety |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the Link Between Work-Related and Non-Work-Related Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships and Affective Commitment: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Psychological Safety |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the Link Between Work-Related and Non-Work-Related Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships and Affective Commitment: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Psychological Safety |
| title_short | Understanding the Link Between Work-Related and Non-Work-Related Supervisor–Subordinate Relationships and Affective Commitment: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Psychological Safety |
| title_sort | understanding the link between work related and non work related supervisor ndash subordinate relationships and affective commitment the mediating and moderating roles of psychological safety |
| topic | leader-member exchange supervisor-subordinate guanxi psychological safety affective commitment |
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