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korean management review - Vol. 49 , No. 5

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korean management review - Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 1295-1322
Abbreviation: kmr
ISSN: 1226-1874 (Print)
Print publication date 31 Oct 2020
Received 16 Mar 2020 Revised 15 Jul 2020 Accepted 29 Jul 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17287/kmr.2020.49.5.1295

The Effect of Regulatory Focus Fit between Supervisor and Subordinate on Psychological Well-Being of Subordinate: The Mediating Role of Value from Fit
Jihwan Park ; Youngsam Cho
(First Author) Graduate School of Techno-HRD, KOREATECH (pjh0803@koreatech.ac.kr)
(Corresponding Author) Dept. of Business Administration, Gyeongsang National University, BERI (yscho@gnu.ac.kr)

상사와 부하 간의 조절초점 적합성이 부하의 심리적 웰빙에 미치는 영향: 부합 가치의 매개효과

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Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to verify the relationship among regulatory focus fit, value from fit, and psychological well-being of subordinates, and also the mediating effect of value from fit between regulatory focus fit and psychological well-being. For this purpose, we conducted an experimental study for undergraduate and graduate students (160 pairs) and a survey method for office workers (182 pairs) to verify the relationship between study variables. In the experimental study, as a result of data analysis through one-way MANOVA, the result showed that the more supervisor and subordinate coincided with each other in regulatory focus, the higher value from fit and psychological well-being improved. In survey study, as a result of data analysis through polynomial regression analysis, it was found that prevention focus fit showed a positive relationship with value from fit, but did not have a significant relation with psychological well-being, similar to the results of experimental study. On the other hand, promotion focus fit showed positive relationship with value from fit and psychological well-being, respectively, and it was also found that there was a significant mediating effect of value from fit between promotion focus fit and psychological well-being. This study is meaningful to increase the reliability of the study by showing a consistent result between the effects of state regulatory focus fit through experimental design and chronic regulatory focus fit through survey method. Based on the results of these empirical analyses, the theoretical and managerial implications were discussed.


Keywords: regulatory focus fit, promotion focus, prevention focus, value from fit, psychological well-being

Acknowledgments

This paper was supported by the new professor research program of KOREATECH in 2019.


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• The author Jihwan Park is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Techno-HRD at the Korea University of Technology & Education. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Korea University. His research interests include leadership, creativity, psychological well-being, and strategic human resource management.

• The author Youngsam Cho is an Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration at the Gyeongsang National University. He received his Ph.D. in International Business from the Korea University. His research interests include leadership, goal orientation, motivation, and psychological well-being.