리더의 배려행동이 부하의 성과에 미치는 영향: 부하의 역량 및 도덕성의 조절효과 검증

This study investigates the effect of leader consideration on followers’ performanceand moderating effects of followers’ competency and morality on therelationship between leader consideration and followers’ performance. Data from199 employees in 14 firms show that a leader’s consideration behavior positivelyrelates to followers’ performance and that followers’ competency and moralitymoderate the relationship between a leader’s consideration behavior and followers’performance. These results indicate that (1) a leader’s consideration behavior is amajor factor for enhancing followers’ performance and (2) a leader’s considerationbehavior facilitates followers’ performance in certain conditions such as high levelof competency and morality. According to Ohio Leadership Studies a leader’sstructuring behavior is a major factor for enhancing followers’ performance. Sothis study investigates the relationship between a leaders’ structuring behavior andfollowers’ performance and the moderating effects of competency and morality onthe relationship between the two variables. The results show that a leader’sstructuring behavior does not relate to followers’ performance and that followers’competency and morality do not moderate the relationship between a leader’sstructuring behavior and followers’ performance. Based on the these results, wesuggest a practical meaning of the results and provide limitations of this studyand recommendation for future research.