TY - JOUR
T1 - Leader-member exchange and citizenship behaviors
T2 - A meta-analysis
AU - Ilies, Remus
AU - Nahrgang, Jennifer D.
AU - Morgeson, Frederick P.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - This article provides a meta-analytic review of the relationship between the quality of leader-member exchanges (LMX) and citizenship behaviors performed by employees. Results based on 50 independent samples (N = 9,324) indicate a moderately strong, positive relationship between LMX and citizenship behaviors (ρ = .37). The results also support the moderating role of the target of the citizenship behaviors on the magnitude of the LMX-citizenship behavior relationship. As expected, LMX predicted individual-targeted behaviors more strongly than it predicted organizational targeted behaviors (ρ = .38 vs. ρ = .31), and the difference was statistically significant. Whether the LMX and the citizenship behavior ratings were provided by the same source or not also influenced the magnitude of the correlation between the 2 constructs.
AB - This article provides a meta-analytic review of the relationship between the quality of leader-member exchanges (LMX) and citizenship behaviors performed by employees. Results based on 50 independent samples (N = 9,324) indicate a moderately strong, positive relationship between LMX and citizenship behaviors (ρ = .37). The results also support the moderating role of the target of the citizenship behaviors on the magnitude of the LMX-citizenship behavior relationship. As expected, LMX predicted individual-targeted behaviors more strongly than it predicted organizational targeted behaviors (ρ = .38 vs. ρ = .31), and the difference was statistically significant. Whether the LMX and the citizenship behavior ratings were provided by the same source or not also influenced the magnitude of the correlation between the 2 constructs.
KW - Leadership
KW - Meta-analysis
KW - Organizational citizenship behavior
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33846379265&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=33846379265&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0021-9010.92.1.269
DO - 10.1037/0021-9010.92.1.269
M3 - Article
C2 - 17227168
AN - SCOPUS:33846379265
SN - 0021-9010
VL - 92
SP - 269
EP - 277
JO - Journal of Applied Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Psychology
IS - 1
ER -