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This study looks at the social exchange process between leaders and subordinates to examine a partnership-oriented relationship between leaders and members. We examine the relationship between high quality of leader-member exchange (LMX) and subordinates’ turnover intention (TI) in a Chinese context. We extend current research by empirically testing that subordinates’ satisfaction on career advancement opportunities moderates a U-Shaped relationship between LMX and TI. Hierarchical regression results supported our hypotheses and thus implied a dark side of partnership especially within high-performance work system where partnership is assumed to be highly efficient. Directions for future research are discussed.
This work is supported by Anhui Province Education Bureau’s Social Science Research Grant #2010sk180 to L. Huang.
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Huang, L., Liu, F. (2012). The Dark Side of Partnership: What High LMX May Speak Up and It’s Implications for High-Performance Work System. In: Wu, Y. (eds) Advanced Technology in Teaching - Proceedings of the 2009 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Computational Science (WTCS 2009). Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 117. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25437-6_65
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