Abstract
The Impact of Leader-Follower Marital Status Similarity on Proactive Behavior
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol.2018(1), p.17836
08/2018
DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2018.17836abstract
Abstract
Despite a large number of studies examining demographic similarity in the organizational research, we have limited knowledge about the effect of marital status on leader-member exchange and employee outcomes. However, as a self-selected and value-laden demographic category, marital status may provide unique insights into the effects of social category similarity on leader-member exchange and proactive behavior. Using data from 518 employees and matched supervisors, we hypothesized and found that marital status similarity positively influenced employee proactive behavior through leader-member exchange and this effect was stronger when perceived leader integrity was high and weaker when perceived leader integrity was low. The proposed moderation of perceived integrity for social category similarity may provide insight into existing mixed findings on of the impact of diversity.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Impact of Leader-Follower Marital Status Similarity on Proactive Behavior
- Creators
- Xiaoyu WangMichele WilliamsXiaotong Zheng
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol.2018(1), p.17836
- DOI
- 10.5465/AMBPP.2018.17836abstract
- eISSN
- 2151-6561
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2018
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984083257302771
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