“揭开黑箱”--变革型领导中介变量的研究现状与展望

"Opening the Black Box": The Development and Prospect on the Mediating Variable for the Transformational Leadership

变革型领导作用机制的研究目前是国内外学者关注的一个热点。大家比较一致的结论是心理授权在变革型领导行为与领导有效性之间起到中介作用,其中,心理授权中工作意义和自我效能两个维度起主要作用。学者们还发现信任和组织公平在变革型领导与员工工作绩效之间能起到显著的中介作用;另外,领导-成员交换关系和工作特征等作为变革型领导行为过程中的中介变量也得到验证。在未来,基于目标设置的变革型领导作用机制的构思将为今后研究提供一条新思路。

The research for the mechanism of how transformational leadership takes effect is popular at present. It is generally agreed that psychological empowerment mediates the relationship between transformational leadership and leadership effectiveness. As the main dimensions of psychological empowerment, meaningfulness and self-efficacy significantly mediate the relationship. It is also reported that trust and organizational justice significantly mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and employee performance. In addition, leader-member exchange and job characteristics play the mediating role between transformational leadership and subordinate behavior. In the future, goal setting will be explored as a different way for explaining the effects of transformational leaders.