Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of leader power bases on information technology (IT) professionals’ certain employee outcomes: Attitudinal and behavioral compliance, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and intention to quit. A convenience sampling was used and the data were collected from 153 Turkish IT professionals. The results show that leader expert power, referent power, and legitimate power positively influence subordinate behavioral compliance while reward power negatively affects behavioral compliance. In addition, referent power positively affects attitudinal compliance and helping OCB whereas referent power negatively influences intention to quit. Moreover, legitimate power negatively affects attitudinal compliance, civic virtue, and sportsmanship OCB. Overall, the results support the partial influence of leader power bases on the listed employee outcomes.
Recommended Citation
Cenkci, Tuna
(2014)
"The Impact of Leader Power on Employee Outcomes: An Empirical Study of Information Technology Professionals in Turkey,"
Journal of the North American Management Society: Vol. 8:
No.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/jnams/vol8/iss1/1