Abstract
Drawing on the social exchange theory, we examine whether, how and when benevolent leadership stimulates subordinates’ willingness to undertake illegitimate tasks in the Chinese context. A pilot study was conducted to test the internal consistency reliability of the adapted willingness to undertake illegitimate tasks scale. A scenario experimental study (Study 1) and a multiple source, time-lagged field study (Study 2) were conducted to test our hypotheses. Consistent findings were accumulated for the indirect relationship between benevolent leadership and subordinates’ willingness to undertake illegitimate tasks through felt obligation (both Study 1 and 2). Moreover, the results of study 2 showed that disintegration avoidance orientation amplified the positive effects of benevolent leadership on felt obligation, whereas job insecurity amplified the positive effects of felt obligation on subordinates’ willingness to undertake illegitimate tasks. Moreover, disintegration avoidance orientation and job insecurity respectively strengthened the mediating role of felt obligation on subordinates’ willingness to undertake illegitimate tasks.
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