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Culture, Work, and Subjective Well-Being: The Role of LMX and Resilience in Spanish and Chinese Cultures

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  • Pilar González-Navarro

    (Instituto de Investigación en Psicología de los Recursos Humanos, del Desarrollo Organizacional y de la Calidad de Vida Laboral (IDOCAL), Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Elena Talavera-Escribano

    (Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK)

  • Rosario Zurriaga-Lloréns

    (Instituto de Investigación en Psicología de los Recursos Humanos, del Desarrollo Organizacional y de la Calidad de Vida Laboral (IDOCAL), Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Lucía I. Llinares-Insa

    (Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

Abstract

Globalization and interdependencies among nations require a better understanding of the influence of culture on organizational processes. In order to succeed in global business, leaders have to respond to practices that may be different in diverse cultures. This study was conducted within the framework of the leader member exchange approach and from a positive perspective of organizations linking successful businesses and workers’ well-being. The aim of this study was to examine whether the quality of the relationship with the leader predicts engagement and life satisfaction, and whether resilience moderates this relationship in two different cultural contexts (Spanish and Chinese). The sample was composed of 277 workers (127 Chinese workers corresponding to a vertical-collectivistic culture and 150 Spanish workers representing a horizontal-individualistic culture). To test the hypotheses, a structural equations model (SEM) was conducted using the maximum likelihood (ML) estimation method. Results revealed that leader-member exchange (LMX) positively predicts engagement and life satisfaction and that the moderator role of resilience varies across cultures. Resilience moderated the relationship between LMX and engagement and life satisfaction only in the Spanish sample. In the Chinese sample, resilience only moderated the relation between LMX and life satisfaction. Finally, our study contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between leaders and subordinates operating in a global context.

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  • Pilar González-Navarro & Elena Talavera-Escribano & Rosario Zurriaga-Lloréns & Lucía I. Llinares-Insa, 2019. "Culture, Work, and Subjective Well-Being: The Role of LMX and Resilience in Spanish and Chinese Cultures," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:24:p:4945-:d:294810
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