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Revista de Psicología del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
On-line version ISSN 2174-0534Print version ISSN 1576-5962
Abstract
FATIMA, Tasneem et al. Servant leadership and machiavellian followers: a moderated mediation model. Rev. psicol. trab. organ. [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.3, pp.215-229. Epub Dec 13, 2021. ISSN 2174-0534. https://dx.doi.org/10.5093/jwop2021a19.
Despite promoting positive employee outcomes, servant leaders may become the victim of manipulation by followers. The current study investigates this underexplored side of servant leadership by examining the employee-related outcomes of the interaction between servant leadership and follower Machiavellianism through mediating mechanism of exploitative manipulative behavior. It is argued that employees high in Machiavellianism engage in exploitative manipulative behavior to achieve subjective career success and social power while working with a servant leader. We used PROCESS macro to analyze our mediation and moderated mediation hypotheses, respectively. We collected data in a time-lagged design (three-time lags) from 320 dyads (self and peer) responses from service sector organizations. The results fully supported our hypotheses. Limitations and future research directions are also presented.
Keywords : Servant leadership; Exploitative manipulative behavior; Machiavellianism; Subjective career success; Social power; Pakistan.