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Self-leadershipinaChinesecontext
Hypothesis 1 (H1): Self-leadership will be positively related to (a) super-
visor performance rating, (b) objective work performance, and (c) job satisfaction. The Moderating Role of Job Autonomy Although we hypothesized that self-leadership is positively associated with supervisor performance rating, objective work performance, and job satisfac- tion, these relationships are likely moderated by the employee’s perceptions of job autonomy. Job autonomy refers to the extent to which a job allows employees discretion, freedom, and independence in the performance of tasks in their job (Oldham & Cummings, 1996). Mischel’s (1977) situational strength theory suggests that low-autonomy jobs create considerable con- straints on employees as they “induce uniform expectancies regarding the most appropriate response pattern, provide adequate incentives for the per- formance of that response pattern, and require skills that everyone has to the same extent” (p. 347). In low-autonomy job situation, individuals high in self-leadership have little room to set a specific and challenging goal, apply self-observation and self-reward strategies for goal accomplishment, and have less opportunity to impress their supervisor by demonstrating their self- motivated behaviors. Hence, they become less motivated to strive for higher performance. Furthermore, self-leading employees in this situation have little discretion to build more enjoyable features into the tasks that lead to feelings of self-determination and competence (Deci & Ryan, 1985); thus, they may feel less satisfied with their job. In addition, employees low in self-leadership could still perform as well as those high in self-leadership in situations of low by guest on July 31, 2014 gom.sagepub.com Downloaded from Ho and Nesbit 395 autonomy, as they may successfully complete their tasks by relying on the work instructions given by their leaders or by following the standard proce- dures of the company. They may also find their job satisfying because of their success in meeting job requirements. Thus, work situations that provide only for low levels of job autonomy attenuate the positive effects of self-leader- ship on job performance and job satisfaction. By contrast, in high-autonomy jobs, individuals have substantial free- dom to determine what behaviors to undertake. Greater decision latitude in high-autonomy jobs offers self-leading individuals more opportunities and freedom to express their self-leadership orientation and so leads to increased goal-striving effort for exhibiting good performance. Self-leaders in this situation are also more satisfied with their job, as they are able to build more naturally enjoyable activities into their job. However, employees low in self-leadership skills are less likely to perform well without sufficient supervision for goal attainment, leading to lower job performance. Moreover, as they lack the skills of building natural motivation into work and establishing constructive thought patterns for regulating their emo- tional state in the face of failure, they may experience decreased feelings of competence and self-determination, leading to lower job satisfaction. Thus, individual differences in self-leadership characteristics are more likely to influence individuals’ job satisfaction and work performance under high job autonomy. Andressen et al. (2012) reported that self-leadership has a higher influence on motivation in virtual work structures (where employees have more personal control in their job, as the leaders are more separated from team members) than in conventional, co-located work structure. Therefore, we expect a stronger relationship between self-leadership and performance/job satisfaction for individuals who report greater job auton- omy than those who experience a low level of job autonomy. Accordingly, we hypothesize the following: Download 0.63 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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