| Does Seeing “Eye to Eye” Matter? The Effects of Congruence between Managers' and Employees' Perceptions of HR Practices on Employees' Psychological Well-Being |
Received:October 15, 2017 Revised:October 15, 2017 |
Key Words: HR Perception, congruence, psychological well-being |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | Ying Wang* | University of New South Wales | | Sunghoon Kim | University of New South Wales | | Alannah Rafferty | Griffith University |
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Abstract: |
| This study drew from job demands-resources theory and the perceptual congruence literature to demonstrate the importance of congruence between managers’ and employees’ perceptions of HR practices. It utilizes a cross-level polynomial regression analysis of 158 manager-employee dyads in Chinese state-owned enterprises. The results suggested that employees’ psychological well-being was maximized when managers and employees had similar perceptions of HR practices. In contrast, well-being was undermined when managers and employees did not see “eye to eye.” These findings highlight that, to fully understand the effects of HR practices, we must simultaneously consider the perspectives of managers and employees. |
