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The relationship between line manager behavior, perceived HRM practices, and individual performance: examining the mediating role of engagement

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posted on 2023-06-08, 16:54 authored by Kerstin Alfes, Catherine Truss, Emma C Soane, Chris Rees, Mark Gatenby
This article examines the role played by line managers in the link between HRM practices and individual performance outcomes. Drawing on social exchange theory, the authors test a mediated model linking perceived line manager behavior and perceived human resource management practices with employee engagement and individual performance. The study focuses on two self-report measures of individual performance; task performance and innovative work behavior. Two studies with a total of 1,796 participants were conducted in service-sector organizations in the United Kingdom and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The data reveal that perceived line manager behavior and perceived HRM practices are linked with employee engagement. In turn, employee engagement is strongly linked to individual performance and fully mediates the link between both perceived HRM practices and perceived line manager behavior and self-report task performance (study 1), as well as self-report innovative work behavior (study 2). The findings show the significance of the line manager in the HRM-performance link, and the mediating role played by employee engagement. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Human Resource Management

ISSN

0090-4848

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Issue

6

Volume

52

Page range

839-859

Department affiliated with

  • Business and Management Publications

Notes

Special Issue: Human Resource Management and the Line

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2014-03-27

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