Leader-Member exchange and co-operative communication between group members: Replication of Lee (1997,2001) study on Malaysia respondents

摘要

This study attempts test the affects of superior-subordinate relationships on group co-operative communication. Based on the Tukey’s HSD multiple comparisons test indicates that there are significant differences in subordinates’ perceptions of cooperativeudcommunication between in-group and out-group; mid-group and out-group; and between mid-group and in-group. This study also reveals that the impact of superior-subordinateudrelationships were greater on cooperative communication behavior between group members in Malaysia compared to US respondents. Thus, in a relation-oriented societyudlike Malaysia, the supervisor may be a more important factor in influencing employee behavior and attitudes at work group than organization as an impersonal entity. Theudconsequences of these results were elaborated in details.