International Journal of Organizational Leadership 6(2017) 276-282
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Leader-member exchange relationship and
organizational justice: Moderating role of
organizational change
Muzammal Ilyas Sindhu
1
, Hafiz Mushtaq Ahmad
2
, Shujahat Haider Hashmi
3*
1
PhD Scholar, Bahria University, Islamabad
2
Professor, Bahria University, Islamabad
3
Lecturer, CUST Islamabad
ABSTRACT
Keywords:
Organizational Justice,
LMX, Organizational
Change, Moderation
Effect
In modern world, there exists direct relation between leader-member exchange and
organizational justice because if subordinates feel satisfied in availing benefits, they will
improve organizational performance. Organizational change and modifications are
necessary for availing competitive advantage and for survival. This study examined the
impact of leader-member exchange relationship on organizational justice with moderating
role of organizational change. Supervisors contribute to implement the changes as
organization provides justice. Simple and multiple regression analysis were used as
statistical technique. Top level managerial personnel have more authority to regulate
positive changes for better performance. The findings revealed that there existed significant
and positive relationship between LMX and organizational justice. Furthermore,
organizational change showed negative moderating effect between LMX and organizational
justice. The managerial implications we present may help to address how organizational
contexts might be manipulated in an attempt to understand, reduce, and avoid the
development of organizational change to produce more effective and successful change.
Received
09 September 2016
Received in revised form
22 February 2017
Accepted
24 February 2017
Correspondence:
shujahat_hashmi@hotmail.com
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Leadership is personal ability to influence and motivate members of an organization. It enables
the participants to contribute in creation of effectiveness and builds organizational success
(Ashkanasy, Gupta, Mayfield, & Trevor-Roberts, 2004). Leader member exchange theory
proposed the influence of leaders on members’ behaviors. Leaders formulate high quality
social exchanges based on liking and trust whereas low quality exchanges in case of least time
contractual relations (Sparrowe & Liden, 1997). Furthermore, this relation establishes a social