Moderating Effect of Individualism Orientation on the Employees' Responses to Leader's Reward and Punishment Behavior in China
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 조영호
- 발행년도 2015
- 제출일 2015-01-02
- 학위수여년월 2015. 2
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 일반대학원 경영학과
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초록/요약
The purpose of the study is testing a relationship between leader reward and punishment behaviors and employees’ work-related attitudes will be moderated by the individualism as an individual variable. In this study, the main effects of leader reward and punishment behaviors to employees’ work-related attitudes were examined. I further tested whether the individualism orientation will affect these relationships between leader reward/punishment behavior and employees’ work-related attitudes.
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Table of Contents
Abstract i
Figures iv
List of Tables v
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Purpose of the Research 5
1.3 Components of the Research 6
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 7
2.1 Leader Behavior 7
2.1.1 Concept of Leadership 7
2.1.2 Theories of Leadership 7
2.1.3 Types of Leadership 8
2.1.4 Leader Reward and Punishment Behavior 10
2.1.4.1 Leader Reward Behavior 10
2.1.4.2 Leader Punishment Behavior 11
2.1.4.3 Reasons for Leader Reward and Punishment Behavior 12
2.1.5 Situational Moderators of Leader Reward and Punishment Behaviors 12
2.2 Work-related Attitudes 13
2.2.1 Job Satisfaction 14
2.2.2 Affective commitment 15
2.2.3 Trust in Leaders 16
2.2.4 Relationship between Leader Reward Behaviors and Work-related Attitudes 17
2.2.5 Relationship between Leader Punishment Behaviors and Work-related Attitudes 19
2.3 Employees’ Value Orientations 21
2.3.1 The Role of the Culture 21
2.3.2 Research on Individualism Orientation 23
2.3.3 Moderating Effects of Individualism on the Relationship between Leader Reward Behaviors and Work-related Attitudes 26
2.3.4 Moderating Effects of Individualism on the Relationship between Leader Punishment Behaviors and Work-related Attitudes 29
CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS 34
3.1 Conceptual Framework 34
3.2 Research Method 34
3.2.1 Sample and Data Collection 34
3.2.2 Instrument 35
3.2.3 Control Variables 37
3.2.4 Translation 37
3.2.5 Structure of the Instrument 38
3.2.6 Construct Validity of the Measures 39
3.2.7 Data Analysis 42
CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND FINDINGS 43
4.1 Descriptive Statistics 43
4.2 Hypotheses Testing 44
4.2.1 Leader behaviors and work-related attitudes 44
4.2.2 Moderating effects of individualism 48
4.2.2.1 Moderating effects of individualism orientation on the relationships between reward and punishment behavior and affective commitment 49
4.2.2.2 Moderating effects of individualism orientation on the relationship between reward and punishment behavior and job satisfaction 49
4.2.2.3 Moderating effects of individualism orientation on the relationships between reward and punishment behavior and trust in leaders 50
CHAPTER 5 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 51
5.1 Discussion of the Findings 51
5.2 Implications for Research and Practice 52
5.3 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Study 53
Reference 55
调查问卷Chinese Version 62
설 문 조 사 서 73
