领导语言框架、下属特质调节焦点与下属工作态度

Leader′s Linguistic Framing,Followers′ Chronic Regulatory Focus and Followers′ Work Attitude

把调节焦点理论和调节匹配理论引入领导语言框架研究领域,探讨领导者语言框架风格及其对下属工作态度的影响机理。基于调节焦点理论,通过一个定性分析对促进型和防御型两种领导语言框架风格进行探讨;基于调节匹配理论,运用实验研究方法分析并验证领导语言框架风格与下属特质调节焦点的匹配对下属工作态度影响的作用机理。研究结果表明,对特质促进型调节焦点的下属而言,领导促进型语言框架更能促进其积极的工作态度,而对特质防御型调节焦点的下属而言,领导防御型语言框架更能促进其积极的工作态度。

This paper introduces regulatory focus theory and regulatory fit theory to the research field of leader′s linguistic framing and probes into leader′s linguistic framing and its influence on followers′ work attitude.First,two leader′s linguistic framing styles,namely promotion linguistic framing and prevention linguistic framing were identified based on regulatory focus theory and by a qualitative method.Then,drawing on regulatory fit theory and using an experiment method,this paper theoretically proposes and empirically verifies that followers′ work attitudes are motivated by the fitness between their chronic regulatory focus and their leaders′ linguistic framing.The research results reveal that for promotion-focused followers,their leaders′ promotion linguistic framing is more effective for stimulating their positive work attitudes and that for prevention-focused followers,their leaders′ prevention linguistic framing is more effective for stimulating their positive work attitudes.This paper concludes by discussing its main findings,theoretical and practical contributions and the limitations in this study.