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When Leader-member exchanges make workers happy and innovative: do efforts and rewards act as mediators?

par Desrumaux, Pascale ;Pohl, Sabine ;Dose, Eric;Chaumon, Marc Eric Bobillier
Référence Journal of technology management & innovation, 17, 1, page (27-37)
Publication Publié, 2022-04-01

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Today innovation is considered to be essential for organizational development, and organizations depend increasingly on employees’ efforts to innovate. Drawing on the eudemonic theory of well-being based on the idea of optimal functioning, we look at whether rewards and efforts act as mediators between leader-member exchange (LMX) and two dependent variables: well-being at work and innovative work behaviors (IWB). We examine how LMX is linked to IWB and well-being at work, and we test the mediating effects of workload and rewards in these links. A sample of 179 French workers responded to an online questionnaire. The results indicated that LMX was significantly linked to IWB and psychological well-being at work. The study also found an indirect effect of work rewards between LMX and psychological well-being at work. This mediating role was not found in the relationship between LMX and IWB.