Crossover Effects of Servant Leadership and Job Social Support on Employee Spouses: The Mediating Role of Employee Organization-Based Self-Esteem

Ziwei Yang, Haina Zhang, Ho Kwong Kwan, Shouming Chen

Journal of Business Ethics · 2018 · Volume 147 · Issue 3

Abstract

The present study investigated the crossover effects of employee perceptions of servant leadership and job social support on the family satisfaction and quality of family life experienced by the employees’ spouses. These effects were explored through a focus on the mediating role of employee organization-based self-esteem (OBSE). Results from a three-wave field survey of 199 employee–spouse dyads in the People’s Republic of China support our hypotheses, indicating that OBSE fully mediates the positive effects of servant leadership and job social support on family satisfaction and quality of family life. These findings provide new theoretical directions for work–family research.

Keywords

Family satisfaction, Job social support, Organization-based self-esteem, Quality of family life, Servant leadership

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