Choi Yongjun, Ha Sun-Bok, Choi Dongwon
College of Business Administration, Hongik University, Seoul 04066, Korea.
College of Law and Politics, Kyungnam University, Changwon 51767, Korea.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 Jan 25;12(2):22. doi: 10.3390/bs12020022.
The purpose of this study is to explore the mechanisms by which leader humor affects followers' change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. Specifically, we examine the mediation effect of team commitment in the leader humor-change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior link and whether it varied by leader Machiavellianism. Using multi-sourced data from the four battalions of the Republic of Korean Army, our findings show that team commitment mediated the positive relationship between leaders' affiliative humor and followers' change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. Furthermore, the mediated relationship was stronger when leader Machiavellianism was lower. On the other hand, we found no support for the negative relationship between leaders' aggressive humor and followers' change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
本研究的目的是探讨领导幽默影响下属变革导向型组织公民行为的机制。具体而言，我们考察团队承诺在领导幽默与变革导向型组织公民行为之间的中介作用，以及这种中介作用是否因领导权谋主义而异。利用来自韩国陆军四个营的多源数据，我们的研究结果表明，团队承诺在领导亲和型幽默与下属变革导向型组织公民行为之间的正向关系中起中介作用。此外，当领导权谋主义较低时，这种中介关系更强。另一方面，我们没有发现领导攻击型幽默与下属变革导向型组织公民行为之间存在负向关系的证据。我们还讨论了本研究的理论和实践意义。
