人以群分:管理者-下属在目标清晰度上的分歧如何影响价值观一致性和组织承诺

Birds of a feather:how managersubordinate disagreement on goal clarity influences value congruence and organizational commitment

大量研究强调了员工价值观与组织价值观协调一致的重要性。然而,尽管有证据表明价值观一致性会影响关键的个人和组织成果,但是研究中仍存在一些空白。我们在现有的公共管理理论基础上增加了以下内容:(1)研究价值观一致性是否影响以及如何影响员工对组织的情感承诺;(2)对最近要求学者们阐明价值观一致性如何塑造员工态度和行为的呼吁进行回应。基于美国地方政府高级管理人员样本收集的二元数据,结果表明,价值观一致性与较高的情感组织承诺水平相关。此外,在目标模糊性较高的情况下,价值观一致性更为重要。

A substantial body of research underscores the importance of congruence between employee and organizational values.Yet,despite evidence that value congruence affects key individual and organizational outcomes,several gaping holes still exist in the research.We add to existing public management scholarship by:(1)examining whether and how value congruence affects an employee’s affective organizational commitment;and(2)responding to recent calls for scholars to clarify the processes through which value congruence shapes employee attitudes and behavior.Drawing on dyadic data compiled on a sample of senior managers in US local governments,results indicate that value congruence is associated with higher levels of affective organizational commitment.Additionally,value congruence is even more important in instances when higher levels of goal ambiguity are present.