Publications

Purpose Building upon a competence-based employability model and a social exchange and proactive perspective, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between learning value of the job and employability among academic staff employees. Moreover, this study also examined whether this relationship was moderated by leader-member exchange (LMX) and a proactive coping style. Design/methodology/approach An online self-report ...

Public sector challenges translate in more complex job demands that require individual innovation. In order to deal with these demands, many public organizations have implemented employee performance management. In a multilevel study, we examine when employee performance management affects individual innovation. We contribute by focusing on consistent employee performance management and Leader-Member Exchange (LMX). Based on goal-setting theory, ...

The purpose of this quantitative field study is to examine the relationship between perceived leader narcissism and employee proactive behavior, incorporating leader member exchange (LMX) quality and leader identification as moderators. Within the social identity theory framework, implicit leadership and social categorization theories are used as the underpinning basis for our hypothesized three-way interaction moderation model. The research ...

Are there career benefits to leaders and followers agreeing about the quality of their leader-member exchange (LMX) relationship? Is LMX disagreement always detrimental for a follower's career? Can the examination of LMX agreement as a substantive variable help us cast new light on some of the inconclusive findings of past research on LMX and career outcomes? These questions motivate our research. Using theories of social exchange and ...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the possible role of job insecurity climate as a moderator in the relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX) and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs).Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire data were collected from 466 employees working in 14 organizations from both the private and public sector. Following the core tenets of social exchange theory and occupational stress theories, ...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to test the norm of reciprocity by examining relationships between perceived organisational support (POS), the quality of leaderU+2013member exchange (LMX) and psychological contract breach (PCB) and important nurse retention factors identified in the literature.Background: A major cause of turnover among nurses is related to unsatisfying workplaces. Previous research, mainly outside the nursing setting, found ...

Several scholars in the field of volunteering emphasized the pivotal role of psychological contract (PC) violation in explaining maladaptive behavioural reactions—such as counterproductive work behaviour (CWB)—of volunteers. Reactions to violation feelings are, however, interrelated and may intensify over time. Extending this dynamic perspective, we introduce momentary leader–member exchange (LMX) as a buffering social resource in the ...

Affective commitment is crucial for employees to guarantee that they adhere to organizational interests and goals, but not self-evident for street-level bureaucrats who have a great deal of discretionary freedom in doing their work. Street-level bureaucrats can deviate from organizational goals during the execution of custom-fit solutions, and particularly so when they are cynical toward their organization. To increase affective commitment among ...

Background: Hospital-physician relationships are critical to hospitalsU+2019 organizational success. A distinction can be drawn between economic and noneconomic physician-hospital exchange. Physician senior leadership could be an important component of managerial strategies aimed at optimizing HPRs. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating role of the quality of eXchange with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the ...