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| The Double Effect of Positive Followership Characteristics on Followers’ Work Stress |
| ZHU Zhenbing，WANG Yuhan，XU Sheng |
| 1. Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China; 2. University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China; 3. Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China |
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Abstract Drawing on “reversing the lens” approach of followership and conservation of resources(COR) theory， and through a time-lagged questionnaire survey on a sample of leader-follower dyads, this study explores the double edged sword effect of positive followership characteristics(PFC) on followers’ work stress. The result shows that: ①PFC is positively related to leader support, which in turn reduces work stress experienced by followers; ②PFC also heightens overload imposed by supervisors, thus increasing work stress experienced by followers; ③self-serving leadership negatively moderates the positive relationship between PFC and leader support, and positively moderates the relationship between PFC and overload imposed by supervisors; ④when self-serving leadership is higher, the negative mediating effect of leader support is attenuated, and the positive mediating effect of overload imposed by supervisors is enhanced.
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Received: 17 August 2021
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