Leader Behavioral Integrity and Employee In-Role Performance: The Roles of Coworker Support and Job Autonomy

Yongjun Choi, David J. Yoon and Dongkyu Kim
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Yongjun Choi: College of Business Administration, Hongik University, Seoul 04066, Korea
David J. Yoon: Department of Management and Marketing, Perdue School of Business, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD 21801, USA
Dongkyu Kim: Department of People and Organizations, NEOMA Business School, 76825 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 12, 1-14

Abstract: The positive relationship between leader behavioral integrity and an employee’s in-role performance is well-established, but explanations for why this effect exists are still in a nascent stage. Drawing upon leader behavioral integrity theory and job-demands resources theory, the authors explain how leader behavioral integrity facilitates employee in-role performance and the boundary conditions influencing the relationship between leader behavioral integrity and employee in-role performance. Using multisource data from 209 employee-manager dyads in South Korea, this paper found support for the mediating effect of coworker support in the positive relationship between leader behavior integrity and employees’ in-role autonomy. Furthermore, compared to those who perceive low job autonomy, the positive indirect effect of leader behavioral integrity on in-role performance via coworker support was stronger for employees who perceive high job autonomy. The findings emphasize the importance of a leader’s individual difference (i.e., leader behavioral integrity) and job resources (i.e., job autonomy) facilitating the receipt of team members’ supporting behaviors which, in turn, energize employee in-role performance. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords: behavioral integrity; in-role performance; coworker support; job autonomy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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