Relative Leader-Member Exchange: A Review and Agenda for Future Research

Bin Li, Maolin Ye

School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jssm.2015.86092                

Abstract

As an extension concept of LMX, relative leader-member exchange (RLMX) refers to actual level of one’s own LMX quality as compared with the average LMX within the team. This paper distinguishes the definition of RLMX from related constructs, introduces RLMX’s measurement and concludes outcome variables of RLMX which include voice behavior, affective commitment, psychological contract, self-efficacy, etc. At last, we point out the directions of future researches.

Keywords

Relative Leader-Member Exchange (RLMX), Leader-Member Exchange (LMX), Group Leader-Member Exchange (GLMX), Individual-Within Group Level

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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