Why Do I Feel Valued and Why Do I Contribute? A Relational Approach to Employee's Organization-Based Self-Esteem and Job Performance
Jun Liu, Chun Hui, Cynthia Lee, Zhen Xiong Chen
Journal of Management Studies · 2013 · Volume 50 · Issue 6
Abstract
Drawing on the relational perspective and self-consistency theory, we theorize how relationships involving work-centric, off-work-centric, and/or personal components can affect an employee's organization-based self-esteem and job performance in Chinese organizational contexts. Matched data were collected from a multi-source sample that included 219 employee–supervisor dyads from a Chinese bank. Results based on hierarchical regression analyses reveal that a high-quality relationship with a supervisor through work and off-work domains (leader–member exchange andguanxi) is positively related to organization-based self-esteem. Organization-based self-esteem plays a mediating role in the relationship betweenguanxiand job performance. Additionally, career mentoring from a supervisor (a work-centric relationship involving personal components) moderates the relationship between organization-based self-esteem and job performance.
Keywords
career mentoring, guanxi, job performance, leader-member exchange, organization-based self-esteem
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