Title

Subordinates' resistance and managers' evaluations of subordinates' performance

Authors

Authors

B. J. Tepper; M. Uhl-Bien; G. F. Kohut; S. G. Rogelberg; D. E. Lockhart;M. D. Ensley

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Manag.

Keywords

resistance behavior; leader-member exchange; downward influence; performance evaluations; LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE; INFLUENCE TACTICS; PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS; COLLEGE CLASSROOM; MODERATORS; CONFLICT; CONSEQUENCES; SATISFACTION; OBEDIENCE; APPRAISAL; Business; Psychology, Applied; Management

Abstract

The authors explored the validity of two perspectives as to how managers evaluate subordinates who resist downward influence attempts: a uniformly dysfunctional perspective (i.e., managers regard all manifestations of resistance as indicators of ineffective influence and rate subordinates unfavorably when they resist) and a multifunctional perspective (i.e., managers regard some manifestations of resistance as more constructive than others and rate subordinates more favorably when they employ constructive resistance tactics). The results of two studies provided support for an interactive model, which predicts that the uniformly dysfunctional perspective is characteristic of lower quality, leader-member exchange (LMX) relationships and that the multifunctional perspective is characteristic of higher quality leader-member exchanges.

Journal Title

Journal of Management

Volume

32

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

185

Last Page

209

WOS Identifier

WOS:000236302400001

ISSN

0149-2063

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