Relational schemas as sources of evaluation and misevaluation of leader–member exchanges: Some initial evidence |
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Authors: | Xu Huang Robert P Wright Warren CK Chiu Chao Wang |
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Institution: | aDepartment of Management and Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China;bLondon Business School, London, UK |
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Abstract: | We investigated whether dyad members' relational schemas, a cognitive representation of exchange experiences, would affect how leaders and members evaluate and misevaluate the quality of their exchange relationships. Based on data derived from repertory grid technique and two waves of survey data, we found that leaders and members tended to form different relational schemas of their partners. While leaders developed LMX schemas focusing on work-related issues, members' schemas focused more on interpersonal concerns. These findings confirmed that the different schemas employed by each party affect how they stored, retrieved and (mis)evaluated their LMX experiences with each other. Implications for theory and practice, limitations of this study, and future research directions are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Leader– Member exchange Leadership Relational schema Repertory grid Cognitions |
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