Supervisor vs. subordinate perception on leader-member exchange quality: a Malaysian perspective
Date
2009
Authors
Ang, Magdalene Chooi Hwa
Jantani, Muhamad
Ansari, Mahfooz A.
Journal Title
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Publisher
Canadian Center of Science and Education
Abstract
There is considerable research evidence (e.g., Campbell, White, & Johnson, 2003; Schriesheim, Neider, & Scandura, 1998; Xin, 2004) to suggest that supervisors and subordinates do not agree about the quality of their relationships. Since these past studies were mainly found in the western countries, this study was undertaken to investigate the dimensionality of a specific leader-member exchange (LMX) measure across two different samples in the Malaysian context. Accordingly, we employed a principal components analysis on LMX data obtained from two different sources: 229 employees and their 109 immediate supervisors representing various organizations in Northern Malaysia. As expected, we found that employees’ perceptions of the quality of exchanges differ from those of their supervisors. The implications of these findings for future research on LMX are discussed.
Description
Sherpa Romeo green journal. Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY4.0) applies
Keywords
Leader-member exchange , Supervisory perception , Subordinate perception
Citation
Ang, M. C. H., Jantani, M., & Ansari, M. A. (2009). Supervisor vs. subordinate perception on leader-member exchange quality: A Malaysian perspective. International Journal of Business and Management, 4(7), 165-171.