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100 _aZheng, Xingshan
_934243
245 _aUnspoken yet Understood: An Introduction and Initial Framework of Subordinates’ Moqi With Supervisors
300 _a955-983 P.
520 _aAcross two studies and five samples, we introduce the Chinese construct of moqi (a tacit understanding of another person’s expectations and intentions) as a key, but heretofore overlooked, aspect of supervisor–subordinate relationships. In Study 1, using qualitative and quantitative methods, we develop a subordinate-focused moqi scale and establish its discriminant and criterion-related validity. In Study 2, using three-wave data from three sources (subordinates, coworkers, and supervisors), we test an integrative, information-based model explicating (1) subordinates’ actions that are useful in acquiring the necessary information to develop moqi with their supervisor; (2) boundary conditions affecting subordinates’ sensitivity to information and, hence, their development of moqi with the supervisor; and (3) the informational process underlying subordinate moqi’s positive relationship with work effectiveness. Findings suggest that subordinates’ implicit and explicit feedback seeking positively predicted their subsequent perceptions of moqi with a supervisor and, moreover, that the relationship between implicit feedback seeking and subordinate moqi is enhanced by higher subordinate power distance orientation and face consciousness. Results also indicate that subordinate moqi influences task performance and reward recommendations for subordinates via the mediation of increased goal clarity, and the indirect effects is more pronounced for subordinates with higher power distance orientation. We offer an important discussion of moqi’s cultural nuances and make several suggestions for a robust future research agenda.
653 _aMoqi
653 _aLeader–member relationship
653 _across-culture
700 _aLi, Ning
_934244
700 _aHarris, T. Brad
_934245
700 _aLiao, HUI
_934246
773 0 _029017
_974521
_aDEBORAH E. RUPP
_dWEST LAFAYETTE SAGE PUBLICATION 2012
_o55510280
_tJOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
_x 0149-2063
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_cJA-ARTICLE