Guanxi with Supervisor and Counterproductive Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

Long Zhang () and Yulin Deng ()
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Long Zhang: Hohai University
Yulin Deng: Hohai University

Journal of Business Ethics, 2016, vol. 134, issue 3, No 5, 413-427

Abstract: Abstract This study aims to explore the role of informal leader–member interactions in managing counterproductive work behavior (CWB) in a non-Western context. We propose that under the Chinese background, guanxi with supervisor increases employees’ job satisfaction, which further reduces their CWB. Partial least square structural equation modeling with a sample of 272 Chinese employees confirms this mediating effect of job satisfaction. However, we also find that job satisfaction passes the effect of guanxi with supervisor on to CWB targeting people, but not to CWB targeting the organization. Implications for research on CWB and guanxi with supervisor are discussed.

Keywords: China; CWB; Job satisfaction; Guanxi; PLS-SEM; Social exchange (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2438-7

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