Effects of perceived risk and trust in subordinate on leader empowering behaviors in China

Author

Qing-quan, Pan ; Hui-min, Wei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Sociology, Guangxi Univ. of Technol., Liuzhou, China

fYear

2010

fDate

24-26 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

1043

Lastpage

1048

Abstract

Drawing on a sample of 184 supervisors from mainland China, the current research examined the impact of perceived risk and trust in subordinate on leader empowering behavior by using scenario experiment. The results indicated that trust in subordinate had positive influence on three dimensions of leader empowering behaviors, and trust in subordinate had stronger effect on participative decision than on informing or coaching. Perceived risk only had negative effects on participative decision and informing. In addition, perceived risk moderated the relationship of trust in subordinate with participative decision and informing. In specially, only in the high-risk condition, trust in subordinate showed significant influence on participative decision and informing. Our research provided valuable insights for literatures on empowerment and trust which are becoming more important in China situated in transitional economy.

Keywords

behavioural sciences; economics; human resource management; risk management; high-risk condition; leader empowering behaviors; participative decision; perceived risk; subordinate trust; transitional economy; Analysis of variance; Data structures; Indexes; Lead; Load modeling; Organizations; Psychology; empowerment; leader empowering behavior; perceived risk; trust in subordinate;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management Science and Engineering (ICMSE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

2155-1847

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8116-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSE.2010.5719927

Filename

5719927