| Supervisor Negative Emotions and Subordinate Work and Family Outcomes: A Chain Mediation Model |
Received:October 16, 2017 Revised:October 16, 2017 |
Key Words: negative emotions, family undermining, work engagement, perceived leadership effectiveness, self-efficacy to regulate work and life |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | Xi Wen (Carys) Chan | The Australian National University | | Thomas Kalliath | The Australian National University | | David Cheng | The Australian National University |
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Abstract: |
| In this article, we investigate the interpersonal and intrapersonal effects of supervisor negative emotions on subordinate work engagement and family undermining. Drawing on emotions as social information (EASI) theory and role theory, we identify the social-cognitive mechanisms linking supervisor negative emotions to subordinate work engagement and family undermining through perceived leadership effectiveness and self-efficacy to regulate work and life. Our study of 372 supervisor–subordinate pairs in a Singaporean statutory board largely supported our chain mediation hypotheses. Specifically, the relationship between supervisor negative emotions and subordinate work engagement and family undermining was mediated by perceived leadership effectiveness and self-efficacy to regulate work and life. However, contrary to expectations, self-efficacy to regulate work and life was negatively associated with work engagement, and perceived leadership effectiveness only partially mediated the relationship between supervisor negative emotions and self-efficacy to regulate work and life. Our findings provide new insights about crucial mechanisms linking supervisor negative emotions to subordinate work and family outcomes in Asian work contexts, and highlight the dichotomous effects of supervisor negative emotions in enhancing work outcomes but diminishing family outcomes. |
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