Leader-Member Exchange and Affective Commitment to Change: Mediating Role of Change Self-Efficacy

摘要

Rapid changes in the business environment require organizations to have the ability to adjust to the changes and maintain their competitive advantage. Success in dealing with change must be supported by organizational members' commitment to change. Organizational members' commitment to change is effected by the leader with the relationship quality between superior and subordinate (leader-member exchange/LMX) and by the person with their change self-efficacy. This study investigates the effect of LMX and its dimensions (professional respect, affect, contribution, and loyalty) on affective commitment to change, which is still limited. As well as to examine the role of change self-efficacy as a mediator in the relationship between LMX and affective commitment to change. Data were collected from 612 respondents who worked at a social security institution in Indonesia. Statistical analysis using Structural Equation Modelling on LISREL 8.80 shows that the dimensions of LMX (effect and contribution) have a positive influence on affective commitment to change, and change self-efficacy has a significant role in mediating effect affect and contribution to affective commitment to change. The results of this study are expected to provide information on the dimensions of LMX that effect on employees' affective commitment to change by mediating change self-efficacy.