Department of Management, Engler College of Business, West Texas A & M University, Canyon, Texas, USA.
School of Information Systems and Management, Muma College of Business, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
J Pers. 2022 Jun;90(3):490-508. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12679. Epub 2021 Oct 28.
Although past research has shown the negative consequences of state inauthenticity (i.e., the experience of inauthenticity), what triggers state inauthenticity remains to be better understood. We focus on leader Machiavellianism (Mach), defined as the extent to which leaders engage in unethical and manipulative behaviors to attain their goals, as a predictor of follower state inauthenticity. Drawing on the social misfit argument, we examined a model in which leader Mach, jointly with a perceived collectivistic work climate, determines follower state inauthenticity and subsequent work withdrawal.
We used a vignette-based lab study (303 participants from the United States) and a daily diary field study (476 daily responses from 69 participants recruited from China).
Across two studies, we found that follower state inauthenticity mediated the relationship between leader Mach and follower work withdrawal. The positive relationship between leader Mach and follower state inauthenticity was strengthened by a perceived collectivistic work climate.
The present research underlines the importance of the social environment in influencing follower state inauthenticity at work and shifts research attention from the consequences of state inauthenticity to its predictors.
尽管过去的研究已经表明了状态不真实性（即不真实的体验）的负面影响，但什么引发了状态不真实性仍需要更好地理解。我们关注领导者马基雅维利主义（Mach），即领导者为实现目标而采取不道德和操纵行为的程度，将其作为追随者状态不真实性的预测指标。根据社会不适应论点，我们检验了一个模型，其中领导者 Mach 与感知的集体主义工作氛围共同决定了追随者的状态不真实性和随后的工作退出。
我们使用基于情景的实验室研究（来自美国的 303 名参与者）和每日日记实地研究（来自中国的 69 名参与者的 476 份每日回复）。
在两项研究中，我们发现追随者的状态不真实性在领导者 Mach 和追随者的工作退出之间起着中介作用。感知到的集体主义工作氛围增强了领导者 Mach 和追随者状态不真实性之间的正相关关系。
本研究强调了社会环境在影响工作中追随者状态不真实性方面的重要性，并将研究注意力从状态不真实性的后果转移到其预测指标上。
