The Effect of Leader Humor on Employees' Feedback-seeking Behavior: The Mediation Role of PROmotion Focus
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摘要: 基于调节焦点理论, 探讨不同类型的领导幽默对员工反馈寻求行为的影响以及促进焦点的中介作用和员工控制点的调节效应。实证结果表明: 领导幽默对员工反馈寻求行为具有显著影响, 亲和型领导幽默与员工反馈寻求行为呈正相关关系, 攻击型领导幽默与员工反馈寻求行为呈负相关关系; 促进焦点在领导幽默和员工反馈寻求行为之间起中介作用; 员工控制点在领导幽默与促进焦点之间起负向调节作用。本研究丰富了领导幽默的作用机制。Abstract: Based on the regulatory focus theory, this study explores the influence of leader humor styles on employees' feedback-seeking behavior and the mediation role of PROmotion focus as well as the moderation role of employees' locus of control. Empirical results indicate that leader humor has a significant impact on employees' feedback-seeking behavior; affiliate humor is positively correlated with employees' feedback-seeking behavior, while AGgressive humor is negatively correlated with it; PROmotion focus mediates the relationship between leader humor and employees' feedback-seeking behavior; the employees' locus of control play a negative role in moderation between leader humor and PROmotion focus. This study enriches the researches of the mechanism for leader humor.
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表 1 描述性统计与相关性分析结果
序号 变量 M SD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Gen 1.55 0.50 2 AGe 1.90 0.71 -0.15* 3 Edu 3.05 0.49 -0.09 -0.10 4 LGen 1.37 0.48 0.50** -0.18** -0.01 5 LAGe 2.47 0.82 -0.16* 0.33** 0.24** -0.28** 6 Ten 2.31 0.92 -0.17** 0.56** -0.06 -0.12 0.24** 7 AF 3.31 0.84 -0.02 0.06 -0.10 -0.00 -0.09 0.12 8 AG 2.40 0.60 0.06 -0.08 0.04 0.16** -0.19 -0.11 -0.31** 9 PRO 3.65 0.59 -0.16* -0.00 -0.02 -0.14** 0.04 0.03 0.29** -0.41** 10 FB 4.47 1.15 -0.18** 0.05 0.07 -0.10 0.01 0.13 0.28** -0.20** 0.50** 11 LC 3.47 0.63 -0.20** 0.08 -0.08 -0.16* 0.08 0.10 0.28** -0.37** 0.51** 0.38** 注：Gen表示性别, AGe表示年龄, Edu表示学历, LGen表示领导性别, LAGe表示领导年龄, Ten表示与领导共事时间, AF表示亲和型幽默, AG表示攻击型幽默, PRO表示促进焦点, FB表示员工反馈寻求行为, LC表示员工控制点, M表示均值, SD表示标准差; *、**分别表示在0.05和0.01水平上的显著性。下同。 
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表 2 验证性因子分析结果
模型 χ2 df χ2/df RMSEA CFI TLI SRMR 五因子(AF, AG, PRO, FB, LC) 129.86 80 1.62 0.05 0.97 0.96 0.05 四因子a(AF, AG, PRO+LC, FB) 277.49 84 3.30 0.10 0.88 0.85 0.10 四因子b(AF+AG, PRO, FB, LC) 259.43 84 3.09 0.09 0.89 0.87 0.06 三因子a(AF+AG, PRO+LC, FB) 409.22 87 4.70 0.12 0.81 0.77 0.11 三因子b(AF+AG+PRO, FB, LC) 518.81 87 5.96 0.14 0.74 0.69 0.10 二因子(AF+AG+PRO+LC, FB) 637.69 89 7.17 0.16 0.67 0.61 0.11 单因子(AF+AG+PRO+FB+LC) 892.42 90 9.92 0.19 0.51 0.43 0.13
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表 3 六因子模型与五因子模型拟合情况对比
模型 χ2 df χ2/df RMSEA CFI TLI SRMR 六因子(AF, AG, PRO, FB, LC, CMB) 83.62 74 1.13 0.02 0.99 0.99 0.03 五因子(AF, AG, PRO, FB, LC) 129.86 80 1.62 0.05 0.97 0.96 0.05
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表 4 层级回归结果
变量 员工反馈寻求行为 促进焦点 员工反馈寻求行为 促进焦点 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M10 性别 -0.23 -0.22* -0.24* -0.14 -0.14 -0.16 -0.14 -0.14 -0.04 -0.08 年龄 -0.03 -0.03 -0.03 0.00 -0.05 -0.04 0.00 0.00 -0.05 -0.06 学历 0.12 0.15 0.14 0.16 -0.03 -0.03 0.15 0.16 0.04 0.03 领导性别 -0.05 -0.05 0.01 0.01 -0.10 -0.02 -0.01 0.01 -0.02 0.01 领导年龄 -0.06 -0.03 -0.07 -0.07 0.04 0.00 -0.05 -0.07 0.01 -0.03 与领导共事时间 0.11 0.08 0.10 0.10 -0.01 -0.01 0.10 0.10 0.00 0.02 亲和型幽默 0.25*** 0.20*** 0.13** 0.11** 攻击型幽默 -0.24** -0.40*** 0.01 -0.20** 促进焦点 0.64*** 0.59*** 0.65*** 员工控制点 0.38*** 0.29*** 亲和型幽默x员工控制点 -0.21*** 攻击型幽默x员工控制点 0.33*** R2 0.05 0.12 0.09 0.28 0.11 0.19 0.30 0.28 ΔR2 0.05 0.07 0.04 0.23 0.08 0.16 0.25 0.23 F 2.05 4.63*** 3.06** 12.99*** 4.26*** 7.83*** 12.37*** 11.32***
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