Carrot or Stick? The Role of In-Group/Out-Group on the Multilevel Relationship Between Authoritarian and Differential Leadership and Employee Turnover Intention

Lei Wang (), Meng-Yu Cheng () and Song Wang ()
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Lei Wang: Dongbei University of Finance and Economics
Meng-Yu Cheng: Feng Chia University
Song Wang: Zhejiang University

Journal of Business Ethics, 2018, vol. 152, issue 4, No 12, 1069-1084

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this study is to develop an integrative model linking the effect of authoritarian leadership (at the individual level) and differential leadership (at the team level) on employee turnover intention, and further explore the moderating role of the in-group/out-group on the above-mentioned relationships. We collected a sample of 624 supervisor–subordinate dyads from 87 teams in Mainland China and Taiwan. We find that, at the individual level, authoritarian leadership is positively related with employee turnover intention, and the relationship will be enhanced especially when the subordinate is an in-group member (rather than an out-group member). Through hierarchical linear modeling analysis, we find a negative relationship between differential leadership and employee turnover intention, significantly moderated by the within-team mean degree and the within-team variance degree of in-group/out-group. Contributions, limitations, and future research directions are discussed.

Keywords: Authoritarian leadership; Differential leadership; In-group/out-group; Employee turnover intention; Hierarchical linear model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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