Examining the Effects of Cultural Value Orientations, Emotional Intelligence, and Motivational Orientations: How do LMX Mediation and Gender-Based Moderation Make a Difference?

Aharon Tziner; Or Shkoler; Erich C Fein

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.502903

Examining the Effects of Cultural Value Orientations, Emotional Intelligence, and Motivational Orientations: How do LMX Mediation and Gender-Based Moderation Make a Difference?

Front Psychol. 2020 Oct 22:11:502903. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.502903. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Aharon Tziner^{1

2}, Or Shkoler³, Erich C Fein⁴

Affiliations

¹ Peres Academic Center, Rehovot, Israel.
² Netanya Academic College, Netanya, Israel.
³ Independent Researcher, Netanya, Israel.
⁴ School of Psychology and Counselling, Centre for Health Research, Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.

Abstract

We examined the role of leader-member exchange (LMX) as a mediator between individual differences and outcomes across three separate studies with 838 participants. Gender-based moderation was used with the LMX mediation effect. Our results suggest that gender makes a dramatic difference. Specifically, we found that LMX mediation lowered the tendency of counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs) for men. In addition, we found that LMX mediated the effect extrinsic motivation has on extrinsic job satisfaction for women. We trace these differences to a tendency for women to express a more democratic and participative leadership style, which implies a different criterion for leader performance in some situations. We also present suggestions for how the findings of our studies can be extended via organizational practice and future research.

Keywords: LMX; counterproductive work behaviors; cultural value orientations; emotional intelligence; gender; motivation; organizational citizenship behaviors.