Upper Level Technical Orientation and First Level Leadership Within a Noncontingency and Contingency Framework.

Exploring the Importance of Business Clockspeed as a Moderator for Determinants of Supplier Network Performance*

“…Peters and Champoux (1979) recommended that the slope coefficients be used for analysis because they "suggest the differential impacts which are likely to occur from interventions targeted at alternative groups and alternative variables" (p. 91). Following the procedure used by Hunt et al (1975), values for the moderating variable falling above or below the median value were used to obtain two equations. The equations, one for the low (below the median) values and the other for the high (above the median) values of the moderating variable, were used to regress the independent variables on SN performance.…”

“…Using a procedure described by Hunt, Osborn, and Larson (1973, the significant interaction effects noted in Table 2 were analyzed further to determine the nature of the moderating effects on the relationships between the independent variables and SN performance. As noted by several researchers (Arnold, 1982;Hunt et al, 1975;Peters & Champoux, 1979;Peters et al, 1984), an infinite number of slope coefficients (non-standardized coefficients) can be computed within a moderated multiple regression model. Peters and Champoux (1979) recommended that the slope coefficients be used for analysis because they "suggest the differential impacts which are likely to occur from interventions targeted at alternative groups and alternative variables" (p. 91).…”

Effects of dyadic duration on the relationship between leader behavior perceptions and follower outcomes

“…To determine the nature of significant interactions involving performance, dyadic duration, and leader behavior, regression line plots were constructed. In keeping with Hunt, Osborn and Larson (1975), reference points for plot lines were determined using values of * I standard deviation from the means of the moderator (dyadic duration) and independent (leader behavior) variables. These plots, representing but one configuration of many that could be drawn using continuous variables, are presented in Figure 1.…”

“…That is, within dyads of shorter duration, supportive leader behavior had a positive impact on subordinate performance. In a technical environment, close communication and a collaborative spirit between supervisors and subordinates are important to the individual and organization (Joyce, 1986). Supportive leader behavior may have served to expedite the socialization of subordinates in shorter term dyads to these important expanded role activities, helping them to perform in accordance with generalized norms of the culture.…”

A Reexamination of Ability as a Moderator of Role Perceptions—satisfaction Relationship

“…Moderated multiple regression analysis (Saunders, 1956;Zedeck, 1971) was used to investigate the hypothesized moderating effects of employee ability. This technique is essentially an analog to traditional analysis of variance but has a number of advantages over ANOVA for handling field data (Hunt, Osborn, and Larson, 1975). Two types of regression models were constructed: an independent predictor model including role variables and one of the ability measures; and a moderated regression model including an interaction term between each role variable and the respective ability measure included in the independent predictor model.…”