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Influence of self-serving leadership on employees’ organizational deviance: a multilevel moderated mediation model

Influence of self-serving leadership on employees’ organizational deviance: a multilevel... The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of self-serving leadership on employees’ organizational deviance and its internal mechanism.Design/methodology/approachThrough the data collected from 300 supervisor–employee dyads of five large enterprises in China, this research uses multilevel structural equation model to test the proposal hypotheses.FindingsResults show that there is a positive relationship between self-serving leadership and employees’ organizational deviance, and ego depletion plays a mediating role between them. Moreover, this research also found that the relationship between self-serving leadership and ego depletion and the indirect effect of self-serving leadership on employees’ organizational deviance through ego depletion are negatively moderated by power distance orientation.Originality/valueThis study found a new antecedent variable of employees’ organizational deviance-self-serving leadership, and based on the ego depletion theory, deeply reveals the internal mechanism of self-serving leadership influencing employees’ organizational deviance, which has some enlightening significance for relevant theoretical research and management practice. In addition, this study also has unique advantages in data collection and analysis methods. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Chinese Management Studies Emerald Publishing

Influence of self-serving leadership on employees’ organizational deviance: a multilevel moderated mediation model

Chinese Management Studies , Volume 17 (2): 17 – Jan 20, 2023

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1750-614X
eISSN
1750-614X
DOI
10.1108/cms-07-2021-0296
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of self-serving leadership on employees’ organizational deviance and its internal mechanism.Design/methodology/approachThrough the data collected from 300 supervisor–employee dyads of five large enterprises in China, this research uses multilevel structural equation model to test the proposal hypotheses.FindingsResults show that there is a positive relationship between self-serving leadership and employees’ organizational deviance, and ego depletion plays a mediating role between them. Moreover, this research also found that the relationship between self-serving leadership and ego depletion and the indirect effect of self-serving leadership on employees’ organizational deviance through ego depletion are negatively moderated by power distance orientation.Originality/valueThis study found a new antecedent variable of employees’ organizational deviance-self-serving leadership, and based on the ego depletion theory, deeply reveals the internal mechanism of self-serving leadership influencing employees’ organizational deviance, which has some enlightening significance for relevant theoretical research and management practice. In addition, this study also has unique advantages in data collection and analysis methods.

Journal

Chinese Management StudiesEmerald Publishing

Published: Jan 20, 2023

Keywords: Employees’ organizational deviance; Self-serving leadership; Ego depletion; Power distance orientation

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