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- Title
Favor in exchange for trust? The role of subordinates' attribution of supervisory favors.
- Authors
Jiang, Xinhui; Chen, Chao; Shi, Kan
- Abstract
Favor exchange is known to be essential for building personal relationships ( guanxi) in China. In two studies, we explore the effect of supervisory favors on subordinates' trust in supervisor; we further explore how subordinates' attributions of supervisory favors affect trust in supervisor independently and in interaction with supervisory favors. We find evidence that supervisory favors has a positive effect on trust in the supervisor; merit attribution of supervisory favors has a positive effect on trust in the supervisor but personal favor attribution has a negative effect; merit attribution also moderates the effect of supervisory favors such that supervisory favors has a stronger positive effect on trust in the supervisor for subordinates who make higher merit attribution than for those who make lower merit attribution. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
- Subjects
INDUSTRIAL management; FAVORITISM (Personnel management); SOCIAL exchange; TRUSTS &; trustees; EMPLOYEES; ATTRIBUTION (Social psychology); SUPERVISION; GUANXI
- Publication
Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2013, Vol 30, Issue 2, p513
- ISSN
0217-4561
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10490-011-9256-6