Abstract
The present study investigated the crossover effects of employee perceptions of servant leadership and job social support on the family satisfaction and quality of family life experienced by the employees’ spouses. These effects were explored through a focus on the mediating role of employee organization-based self-esteem (OBSE). Results from a three-wave field survey of 199 employee–spouse dyads in the People’s Republic of China support our hypotheses, indicating that OBSE fully mediates the positive effects of servant leadership and job social support on family satisfaction and quality of family life. These findings provide new theoretical directions for work–family research.
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The author Haina Zhang acknowledges the support of Skills Acquisition Award received from the British Academy (award reference: SQ140008).
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Yang, Z., Zhang, H., Kwan, H.K. et al. Crossover Effects of Servant Leadership and Job Social Support on Employee Spouses: The Mediating Role of Employee Organization-Based Self-Esteem. J Bus Ethics 147, 595–604 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2943-3
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