The Relationship Between Leader-member Exchange and Job Satisfaction: Measuring Lmx Quality and Job Satisfaction of Supervisors and Subordinates
Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The Relationship Between Leader-Member Exchange and Job Satisfaction: Measuring LMX Quality and Job Satisfaction of Supervisors and Subordinates.There is an abundance of literature focusing on the relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX) quality and job satisfaction of subordinates.The purpose of this study was to further examine the relationship between the leader-member exchange (LMX) quality and job satisfaction of subordinates as well as introduce the analysis of this relationship for supervisors into the literature.This non-experimental, correlational study focused on the analysis of 22 pairs of supervisor and subordinate LMX and job satisfaction survey responses.The data were analyzed to determine the relationship between: (1) subordinate LMX quality and job satisfaction; (2) supervisor LMX quality and job satisfaction; (3) subordinate and supervisor LMX quality; and (4) subordinate and supervisor job satisfaction.The analyses of these research hypotheses concluded that there is a relationship between LMX quality and job satisfaction in all four conditions.
Author: Colleen Marie Hayden
Institution: Wright State University
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2298856672