title: The influence of the perception of a familial climate on job performance: mediation of loyalty to supervisors and moderation of filial behaviour.
abstract: With a collectivist cultural perspective, we examined the positive effects of employees' perceptions of a familial climate on loyalty to supervisors, the mediation of loyalty between perception of a familial climate and job performance, and the moderation of employees' filial behaviour on the relationship between perception of a familial climate and loyalty. The participants consisted of 247 supervisor-and-subordinate dyads in Taiwan. The results supported our hypotheses. Through the mechanisms of family behaviour transference, social identification and supervisor-subordinate exchange, perception of an organizational familial climate enhanced loyalty to supervisors. Furthermore, loyalty to supervisors mediated the relationship between perception of a familial climate and job performance. Filial behaviour moderated the relationship between perception of a familial climate and loyalty; thus, the relationship of perception of a familial climate and loyalty was stronger for employees with low levels of filial behaviour and weaker for employees with high levels of filial behaviour. These findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical implications for future research and management practices.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Resource Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chin-Kang
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Jen
authors.forename: Li-Fang
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Chu-Yen
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Ming-Che
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D010559:Personnel Management; D012931:Social Environment; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support; D012945:Social Values; D013624:Taiwan; D035502:Trust