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
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.
ZHU Zhenbing,WANG Yuhan,XU Sheng. The Double Effect of Positive Followership Characteristics on Followers’ Work Stress[J]. Chinese Journal of Management, 2022, 19(8): 1163-.
