Yan Shimei, Chen Lizhe, Zhang Gang
School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Sci-tech University, Hangzhou, China.
Psychol Rep. 2023 Nov 9:332941231213933. doi: 10.1177/00332941231213933.
Drawing upon implicit leadership theories (ILTs), this research argues that the trustworthiness factors of leaders perceived by subordinates may vary with hierarchical levels of leaders. Based on this argument, a scenario simulation study (220 participants), an experimental study (562 participants), and an empirical survey (193 samples) were conducted. The findings show that subordinates are more concerned with the emotional stability, extraversion, agreeableness, and benevolence-related trustworthiness factors of low-level leaders and with the ability-related trustworthiness of high-level leaders; and leaders' integrity is the most crucial factor in trustworthiness for upward trust, while there were no obvious significant differences among different leader levels. This study contributes to the literature on trust in leadership and various ILTs and has human resource management implications.
基于隐性领导理论（ILTs），本研究认为，下属所感知到的领导者的可信赖因素可能会因领导者的层级不同而有所差异。基于这一论点，开展了一项情景模拟研究（220名参与者）、一项实验研究（562名参与者）以及一项实证调查（193个样本）。研究结果表明，下属更关注低层领导者的情绪稳定性、外向性、宜人性以及与仁慈相关的可信赖因素，而更关注高层领导者与能力相关的可信赖因素；领导者的正直是向上信任中可信赖性的最关键因素，而不同领导层级之间没有明显的显著差异。本研究为领导力信任及各种隐性领导理论的文献做出了贡献，并具有人力资源管理方面的意义。
