Work-to-Life Spillover Effect of Leader–Member Exchange in Groups: The Moderating Role of Group Power Distance and Employee Political Skill

Yidong Tu () and Xinxin Lu ()
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Yidong Tu: Wuhan University
Xinxin Lu: Renmin University of China

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2016, vol. 17, issue 5, No 6, 1873-1889

Abstract: Abstract While prior studies have focused on the effect of leader–member exchange (LMX), representing a dyadic differentiated exchange relationship between a leader and followers, on employees’ job-related outcomes, how LMX at the group level influences one’s life domain has been ignored. The present study shifted attention to the relationship between LMX mean and employee life satisfaction as well as the boundary conditions. Using a sample of 471 employees from 53 groups and hierarchical linear modeling, we examined the cross-level main effect of LMX mean on life satisfaction and the moderation of group power distance and individual political skill. The results revealed that LMX mean had a work-to-life spillover effect on employee life satisfaction. Employee political skill positively moderated the relationship between LMX mean and life satisfaction, whereas group power distance negatively moderated the relation. Theoretical and practical implications were further discussed.

Keywords: LMX mean; Life satisfaction; Group power distance; Political skill; Spillover effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s10902-015-9674-0

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