Authoritarian leadership supervisor support and workers’ compulsory citizenship behavior

Purpose Drawing on uncertainty management theory, the purpose of this paper is to propose that experiencing the authoritarian leadership (AL) will weaken followers’ self-efficacy, which induces their compulsory citizenship behaviors (CCBs), defined as workers’ unwilling prosocial behaviors in helpin...

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Published in:International journal of manpower 2018-01, Vol.39 (3), p.468-485
Main Authors: Shu, Chin-Yi, Chiang, Yun-Haw, Lu, Ching-Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authoritarianism
Behavior
Citizenship
Confidence intervals
Employees
Employment
Hypotheses
Leadership
Management theory
Managers
Physiology
Self-efficacy
Studies
Supervisors
Workers
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Summary:Purpose Drawing on uncertainty management theory, the purpose of this paper is to propose that experiencing the authoritarian leadership (AL) will weaken followers’ self-efficacy, which induces their compulsory citizenship behaviors (CCBs), defined as workers’ unwilling prosocial behaviors in helping colleagues. Design/methodology/approach Survey/regression: data collected from Taiwanese workers supports the proposal. Findings The results not only support the proposal but also show that supervisor support will exacerbate the negative effect of AL with workers’ self-efficacy. Further, workers’ political skill will attenuate the above relationship. Originality/value This study complements scholarly knowledge about how AL, supervisor support, and political skill together influence workers’ self-efficacy, which then induces CCBs. The findings also remind supervisors not to offer support while at the same time demonstrating an AL style.
ISSN:0143-7720
1758-6577
DOI:10.1108/IJM-10-2016-0191