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In: | Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 22, 2017, 1, S. 113-132 |
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Emerald
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 113-132 |
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ISSN: |
1356-3289
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DOI: | 10.1108/ccij-06-2015-0032 |
veröffentlicht in: | Corporate Communications: An International Journal |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Kollektion: | Emerald (CrossRef) |
<jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>State suspicion is a suspension in employees’ cognitive and motivational drives toward the organization. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of leaders’ cultural intelligence (CQ) in mitigating employees’ state suspicion. An understanding was also sought on moderating roles of employees’ attachment styles on the negative relationship between CQ and state suspicion.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title><jats:p>Harvested from respondents from multinational software companies in Vietnam business context, the data were analyzed through hierarchical multiple regression analysis.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title><jats:p>The data provided evidence for the negative effect of leaders’ CQ on employees’ state suspicion. Employee attachment styles were also found to play the moderating roles for that negative relationship.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title><jats:p>This research advances suspicion research stream through its convergence with CQ research stream.</jats:p></jats:sec> |