Leadership Effectiveness in the Chinese Context: A Meta-Analysis of Transformational Leadership, Leader-Member Exchange and Abusive Supervision
中国组织情境下的领导有效性:对变革型领导、领导-部属交换和破坏型领导的元分析

The leadership effectiveness in the Chinese context was examined through a meta-analytical review of 33517 employees from 92 samples.The study was conducted to investigate the relationship between two behavior-oriented(transformational leadership,and abusive supervision),one relationship-oriented leadership(leader-member exchange),three attitudinal(job satisfaction,affective commitment,and stay intention),and two behavioral criteria(task performance,and organizational citizenship behavior).Results indicated that:(1) Transformational leadership and leader-member exchange were positively,while abusive supervision was negatively related to all criteria.(2) Leader-member exchange showed greatest validity,followed by transformational leadership and abusive supervision in predicting follower attitudes,while in terms of follower behaviors,abusive supervision mattered most,followed by leader-member exchange and transformational leadership.(3) Relationship-oriented leadership partially mediated the association of behavior-oriented leadership with attitudinal and behavioral criteria.