Social exchange: Empirical examination of form and focus

Amanuel G. Tekleab and Dan S. Chiaburu

Journal of Business Research, 2011, vol. 64, issue 5, 460-466

Abstract: We investigate similarities and differences among prominent types of social exchange (psychological contract fulfillment, perceived organizational support, trust in the organization, leader-member exchange, and trust in the supervisor) and propose that two higher-order factors represent social exchanges with the organization and with the supervisor. We investigate their prediction of important employee work attitudes, citizenship behaviors, and performance. Based on data from 448 employees, empirical tests support the existence of organization- and supervisor-directed social exchanges. Tests using structural equation modeling support unique predictions of attitudinal and behavioral work outcomes.

Keywords: Social; exchanges; POS; LMX; Psychological; contracts; Trust; Employee; attitudes; and; behaviors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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