Psychological reports
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Psychological reports · Oct 2014
Servant leadership and affective commitment in the Chinese public sector: the mediating role of perceived organizational support.
This study examined a possible mediating mechanism between servant leadership and the affective commitment in Chinese employees. Servant leadership, perceived organizational support, and affective commitment was assessed among 239 full-time employees in the Chinese public sector in three rounds of surveys. Servant leadership influenced affective commitment through perceived organizational support. The effect of servant leadership exists in Chinese culture as well as Western cultures.
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Psychological reports · Oct 2014
How narcissistic employees respond to abusive supervision: two roles of narcissism in decreasing perception and increasing deviance.
Abusive supervision, a type of interpersonal mistreatment from direct supervisors toward subordinates, has received growing attention in leadership research. However, the role of narcissism related to abusive supervision is still unclear. ⋯ The results of regression analyses showed that narcissism was significantly and negatively related to abusive supervision. Moreover, narcissism moderated the positive relationship between abusive supervision and deviance toward the supervisor.