Supervisors' upward exchange relationships and subordinate outcomes: Testing the multilevel mediation role of empowerment

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 668-680

  Zhou, Le ^a   Wang, Mo ^a   Chen, Gilad ^b   Shi, Junqi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Empowerment; LLX; LMX

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84867080045     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026305     Document Type: Article

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