Sustainable leadership: power of influence in MNCS in Malaysia

Building upon social exchange theory which explains how power is gained and lost in the process of influence between an agent and the target, this article hypothesized the impact of supervisors’ and subordinates’ power bases on the usage of influence tactics by the supervisors. Bases of power of sup...

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Main Authors: Lo, May-Chiun, Thurasamy, Ramayah, Yin, Chai Wang
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Language:English
Published: Routledge 2015
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Thurasamy, Ramayah
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description Building upon social exchange theory which explains how power is gained and lost in the process of influence between an agent and the target, this article hypothesized the impact of supervisors’ and subordinates’ power bases on the usage of influence tactics by the supervisors. Bases of power of supervisors, subordinates and influence tactics were conceptualized as seven-, seven- and nine-dimensional constructs, respectively. Three hundred and eighty-five pairs of Malaysian managers and executives working in large multinational companies participated. Currently, the manufacturing sector is considered as one of the cornerstone of Malaysia’s economic diversification strategy. The findings suggested that supervisors apply various influence tactics on their subordinates.
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spelling unimas-127462016-08-03T17:05:17Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12746/ Sustainable leadership: power of influence in MNCS in Malaysia Lo, May-Chiun Thurasamy, Ramayah Yin, Chai Wang H Social Sciences (General) HB Economic Theory Building upon social exchange theory which explains how power is gained and lost in the process of influence between an agent and the target, this article hypothesized the impact of supervisors’ and subordinates’ power bases on the usage of influence tactics by the supervisors. Bases of power of supervisors, subordinates and influence tactics were conceptualized as seven-, seven- and nine-dimensional constructs, respectively. Three hundred and eighty-five pairs of Malaysian managers and executives working in large multinational companies participated. Currently, the manufacturing sector is considered as one of the cornerstone of Malaysia’s economic diversification strategy. The findings suggested that supervisors apply various influence tactics on their subordinates. Routledge 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12746/1/Sustainable-leadership-power-of-influence%20%28abstract%29.pdf Lo, May-Chiun and Thurasamy, Ramayah and Yin, Chai Wang (2015) Sustainable leadership: power of influence in MNCS in Malaysia. Applied Economics, 47 (30). pp. 3198-3215. ISSN 0003-6846 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84927912911&origin=inward&txGid=0 DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1013610
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
HB Economic Theory
Lo, May-Chiun
Thurasamy, Ramayah
Yin, Chai Wang
Sustainable leadership: power of influence in MNCS in Malaysia
title Sustainable leadership: power of influence in MNCS in Malaysia
title_full Sustainable leadership: power of influence in MNCS in Malaysia
title_fullStr Sustainable leadership: power of influence in MNCS in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable leadership: power of influence in MNCS in Malaysia
title_short Sustainable leadership: power of influence in MNCS in Malaysia
title_sort sustainable leadership: power of influence in mncs in malaysia
topic H Social Sciences (General)
HB Economic Theory
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