The association between leaders’ workplace loneliness and members’ organizational trust: A cross-level moderated mediation model
Huicong Lv et al.
What the paper says
In an era marked by the rapid expansion of Internet communication, unmediated interpersonal relationships are increasingly rare. In the workplace, however, loneliness can have a range of negative consequences. This study investigated the impact of workplace loneliness on organizational trust in a Chinese context. For data collection, 65 work teams (65 leaders and 240 members) were recruited from two private and two state-owned enterprises. Team leaders took the Loneliness at Work Scale (LAWS) while team members completed the LAWS, the Leader-Member Exchange Scale (LMX-7), and the Organizational Trust Scale. A cross-level moderated mediation model was applied using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM). Results show that members? workplace loneliness is a cross-level mediator between leaders? workplace loneliness and members? organizational trust. In addition, leader-member exchange (LMX) was a cross-level moderator in the association between leaders? and members? workplace loneliness. These findings enhance our understanding of the negative impact of workplace loneliness on organizations and shed light on the influence that team leaders exert on their members, providing valuable insights into work team management.
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Evidence weight
Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
| F · citation impact | 0.16 × 0.4 = 0.06 |
| M · momentum | 0.53 × 0.15 = 0.08 |
| V · venue signal | 0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03 |
| R · text relevance † | 0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20 |
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