Crossover effects of servant leadership and job social support on employee spouses

Ziwei Yang, Haina Zhang, Kwan Ho Kwong, Shouming Chen

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Abstract

The present study investigated the crossover effects of employee perceptions of servant leadership and job social support on the family satisfaction and quality of family life experienced by the employees’ spouses. These effects were explored through a focus on the mediating role of employee organization-based self-esteem (OBSE). Results from a three-wave field survey of 199 employee–spouse dyads in the People’s Republic of China support our hypotheses, indicating that OBSE fully mediates the positive effects of servant leadership and job social support on family satisfaction and quality of family life. These findings provide new theoretical directions for work–family research.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)595-604
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Business Ethics
Volume147
Issue number3
Early online date16 Nov 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2018

Bibliographical note

The author Haina Zhang acknowledges the support of Skills Acquisition Award received from the British Academy (award reference: SQ140008).

Keywords

  • Family satisfaction
  • Job social support
  • Organization-based self-esteem
  • Quality of family life
  • Servant leadership

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