Linking Goal-Directedness, Leader Support, and Employee Outcomes: Evidence from U.S. Federal Agencies (목표지향성이 조직구성원의 직무태도에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구: 리더지원의 매개효과 검증을 중심으로)

Jinwoo Jeong (정진우); Jieun Son (손지은); 이지한

Linking Goal-Directedness, Leader Support, and Employee Outcomes: Evidence from U.S. Federal Agencies

Korean Society and Public Administration
Abbr : KSPA
2016, 26(4), pp.355-377
Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Jinwoo Jeong ¹, Jieun Son ², 이지한 ³

¹인제대학교
²서울대학교
³성균관대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examines how public employees’ perceptions about goal-directedness in the workplace impact their perceived leader support and attitudinal outcomes (i.e., job satisfaction and turnover intention). Specifically, this study focuses on public employees’ perceived leader support as a mediator in understanding the relationship between goal-directedness and employee outcomes. This study empirically found that goal-directedness plays an important role in enhancing public employees’ perceived leader support and in their behavioral outcomes. More importantly, findings show that public employees’ perceived leader support mediated the relationship between goal-directedness and their behavioral outcomes such as job satisfaction and turnover intention. The findings of this research provide new insights about underlying processes in understanding the relationship between goal-directedness and employees’ work attitudes and behavioral outcomes.

KEYWORDS

goal-directedness, leader support, job satisfaction, turnover intention

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