Abstract
Multisource data collected at three time phases were used in investigating when servant leadership elicits gratitude and then promotes prosocial behaviors. We tested a moderated mediation model, contending that relational attributions moderate the relationship between servant leadership and gratitude, and then gratitude sequentially predicts interpersonal citizenship behaviors and upward voice. As hypothesized, when employees do not highly rely on relational attributions for servant leadership, they feel more gratitude and subsequently engage in more interpersonal citizenship behaviors and upward voice than the employees who rely on relational attributions to explain their interactions with the leader. The sequential indirect effect from servant leadership to upward voice via gratitude and then interpersonal citizenship behaviors was significant when relational attributions are low rather than high.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 528-540 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Organizational Behavior |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- gratitude
- organizational citizenship behavior
- relational attributions
- servant leadership
- upward voice