Employee’s reciprocation of organizational support and leader – member exchange

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to investigate the association between leader–member exchange (LMX) and perceived organizational support (POS) and their impact on job involvement, in-role performance and extra-role behavior.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected via questionnaire from 231 employees selected from 40 branches of top ten banks in Pakistan. Banks were selected from the central bank Web site. Sample was selected using multistage sampling technique.

Findings

Findings of the study reveal that LMX is an important predictor of employees’ perception of organizational support and job involvement. It is also evident that POS mediate the relation of LMX and job involvement. Further inquiry proves that job involvement created due to presence of support increases employees’ in-role performance and positively influences their extra-role behavior.

Originality/value

This study explores the unveiled association of LMX and POS, and mediation effects of POS on job outcomes.

Citation

Ahmed, I., Khairuzzaman Wan Ismail, W. and Mohamad Amin, S. (2014), "Employee’s reciprocation of organizational support and leader – member exchange", Management Research Review, Vol. 37 No. 11, pp. 930-943. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-05-2013-0102