How resilience & sleep impact ambivalent leadership
- May 13
- 1 min read
In this developmental research session presented at the Western Academy of Management Conference, we present findings from our research study of workplace newcomers across a variety of industries and their supervisors. We find that sleep and resilience buffer the negative impact of ambivalent leadership.
Abstract: LMX ambivalence is the subjective experience of simultaneous positive and negative thoughts towards the leader-follower relationship. Research investigating the impact of LMX ambivalence on job performance is scant. One study demonstrated that high LMX ambivalence, via negative affect, leads to lower performance and that support moderates this relationship. We add to this work by drawing on self-regulation theory to propose resilience and sleep as additional buffers. We are amidst an ongoing longitudinal data collection with organizational newcomer-supervisor dyads and plan to test our hypotheses with multilevel modeling.
Citation: Nguyen, N*., Lassu, R.A., Bennett, R.J., & Ehrhart, M.G. (2021). Resilience and Sleep as Buffers for the Negative Effect of LMX Ambivalence on Newcomers’ Job Performance. Western Academy of Management Conference. 21-24 April 2021. Virtual
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