【Topic】Perceived Insider Status and Leader-Member Exchange: Employees' Insider/Outsider Perceptions with Organizations and Supervisors

【Speaker】Hui Wang, Associate Professor in Mangement, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

【Time】2009-5-21 14:00-16:00

【Venue】Room 302, Shunde Building, Tsinghua SEM

【Language】Chinese

【Organizer】Department of HR & OB

【Target Audience】All

【Background Information】

Abstract

In this study we examine the relationship between two forms of employee relational position - with the organization and with the supervisor; perceived insider status (PIS) and leader-member exchange (LMX).Despite their conceptual similarities, little theoretical or empirical work has been devoted to integrating these constructs.Further, although they share common features, differences in their relational focus suggest distinct antecedent conditions and consequences.Thus, in a departure from conventional research in the area, we conceptually integrate perceived insider status and leader-member exchange.We explore the mediating role of these two constructs in the relationship between a set of theoretically informed antecedents and outcomes, including organizational and group identification, and both task and contextual performance.Using structural equation modeling with a sample of 181 employee-supervisor dyads, our results support the empirical distinctiveness of PIS and LMX.Implications of these results for theory and practice, and directions for future research are explored.