Role of Supervisor’s Organizational Embodiment and Organizational Identification on LMX and Job Performance Relationship: A Test of Moderated-Mediation Model

Abstract

This study addressed the generalizeablity concerns raised by few in leader-member exchange (LMX)-outcomes relationships and provided a solution in the form of a new mediator and a new moderator using cross-fertilization of LMX and social identity theory (SIT). The study aimed at investigating the indirect effects of LMX and job performance (JP) through organizational identification (OI) using social identity theory. The study also examined conditional indirect effects of supervisors' organizational embodiment (SOE) on LMX and JP through OI. The study used data based on a convenience sample from 411 employees in three time lags. Mediation and moderated mediation tests were