When leader-member exchanges make workers happy and innovative: do efforts and rewards act as mediators?

Pascale Desrumaux ^[2] ; Sabine Pohl ^[1] ; Eric Dose ^[2] ; Marc-Eric Bobillier Chaumon ^[3]
1. [1] Université Libre de Bruxelles
  
  Université Libre de Bruxelles
  
  Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Bélgica
2. [2] Université de Lille
3. [3] Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris
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Localización: Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, ISSN-e 0718-2724, Vol. 17, Nº. 1, 2022, págs. 21-30
Idioma: inglés
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- Today innovation is considered to be essential for organizational development, and organizations depend increasingly on employees’ efforts to innovate. Drawing on the eudemonic theory of well-being based on the idea of optimal functioning, we look at whether rewards and efforts act as mediators between leader-member exchange (LMX) and two dependent variables: well-being at work and innovative work behaviors (IWB). We examine how LMX is linked to IWB and well-being at work, and we test the mediating effects of workload and rewards in these links. A sample of 179 French workers responded to an online questionnaire. The results indicated that LMX was significantly linked to IWB and psychological well-being at work. The study also found an indirect effect of work rewards between LMX and psychological well-being at work. This mediating role was not found in the relationship between LMX and IWB.