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Reciprocal Effects of Follower Proactivity and LMX: A Longitudinal Analysis

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: In organizational context, proactivity refers to the active role of employees in influencing their work environment, which includes the relationship with their supervisor. With two longitudinally examined cohorts of newcomers in a large car manufacturer the relationships between personal initiative (a proactivity personality construct) of followers and their leader-member exchange (LMX) quality were studied. Results support the assumption that followers’ personal initiative is a relatively stable personality disposition, which directionally impacts positively on LMX-quality. Moreover, LMX-quality in return impacts on personal initiative, which speaks to a pivotal role played by leaders in promoting employee proactivity at work.

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Authors: Felix C. Brodbeck, Ralph Woschée, Katharina G. Kugler

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2185400183

FWCI: 0.779

Cites: 17

Cited by: 1

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