The impact of relational demography on the quality of leader-member exchanges and employees' work attitudes and well-being

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作者
Epitropaki, O [1 ]
Martin, R [1 ]
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[1] Cardiff Univ, Sch Psychol, Cardiff CF1 3YG, S Glam, Wales
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10.1348/096317999166635
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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This study investigated the role of differences in age, organizational tenure and gender between manager and employee as potential moderators between employees' leader-member exchanges (LMX) and related work outcomes. The results support the interaction effect of manager-employee organizational tenure difference with LMX and outcome variables. Employees with a high organizational tenure difference from the manager reported the worst work outcomes when they perceived LMX was of low quality, whereas when the quality of LMX was high, they reported the highest work attitudes and well-being.
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