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Culture-Free Leadership Effectiveness Versus Moderators of Leadership Behavior: An Extension and Test of Kerr and Jermier's “Substitutes for Leadership” Model in Taiwan

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This study was designed to examine whether several situational variables serve as moderators of the effects of leader reward and punishment behaviors for Taiwanese workers. Contrary to what would be expected from Kerr and Jermier's (1978) substitutes for leadership model, none of the situational variables was found to reverse (1) the positive relationship between leader contingent reward behavior and subordinate performance or satisfaction, or (2) the generally negative relationship between leader noncontingent punishment behavior and these subordinate criterion variables. Potential limitations of these findings, and their implications for the study of leadership effectiveness across cultures are then discussed.

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  1. Louisiana State University,

    Jiing-Lih Farh

  2. Indiana University,

    Philip M. Podsakoff

  3. Fu-Hsin-Kong University,

    Bor-Shiuan Cheng

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*Jiing-Lih Farh is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Louisiana State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Business from Indiana University. His current research interests focus on leadership, motivation theories, and performance appraisal.

**Philip M. Podsakoff is an Associate Professor of Personnel and Organizational Behavior at Indiana University at Bloomington. He received his D.B.A. degree from Indiana University. His research interests include leadership, social influence processes, motivation, and the relationship between employee attitudes and behaviors.

***Bor-Shiuan Cheng is Chairperson of the Department of Psychology at Fu-Hsin-Kong University in Taipei, Taiwan. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the National Taiwan University. His major research interests are in the areas of leadership and job satisfaction.

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Farh, JL., Podsakoff, P. & Cheng, BS. Culture-Free Leadership Effectiveness Versus Moderators of Leadership Behavior: An Extension and Test of Kerr and Jermier's “Substitutes for Leadership” Model in Taiwan. J Int Bus Stud 18, 43–60 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8490411

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