A field study of 127 engineering personnel found significant relationships between subordinate self-esteem and both instrumental and supportive leader behavior perceptions. Moderated regression analysis revealed that the duration of the superior-subordinate dyad association strongly influenced the relationship between the two variables under study, suggesting that relationship duration should be considered in leadership perception/attribution studies.
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