What are the career implications of “seeing eye to eye”? Examining the role of leader–member exchange (LMX) agreement on employability and career outcomes

Abstract

Are there career benefits to leaders and followers agreeing about the quality of their leader-member exchange (LMX) relationship? Is LMX disagreement always detrimental for a follower's career? Can the examination of LMX agreementThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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“…There is also evidence for implications of LMX on employees' work and their performance as well as career-related outcomes [10,82,83]. For example, LMX quality was shown to play an important role in employees' employability [10].…”

“…There is also evidence for implications of LMX on employees' work and their performance as well as career-related outcomes [10,82,83]. For example, LMX quality was shown to play an important role in employees' employability [10]. Similarly, others found that LMX positively moderated the relationship between job-related activities (i.e., learning) and employability [83].…”

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“…Similarly, personal resources such as optimism and self-efficacy facilitate employees' experiences with changing and uncertain environments [12]. Moreover, social resources such as social support and employees' relationship with their supervisors have been claimed to be important for employees in rapidly changing and uncertain economies [10].…”

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