How and when authoritarian leadership affects compulsory citizenship behavior? A moderated mediation model of façade creation and leader-member exchange

This study draws on the impression management perspective to examine how authoritarian leadership influences compulsory citizenship behavior (CCB) via displaying façades of conformity and whether leaders in high-quality leader-member exchange (LMX) moderates the relationships among these factors based on a moderated mediation model. The data collected from 612 leader-subordinate dyads in public organizations and a major plastic corporation in Taiwan indicate that authoritarian leaders in high-quality LMX relationships with subordinates are less likely to instill façades of conformity, thereby reducing CCB among their subordinates. Additionally, this study demonstrates that displaying façades of conformity serves as a mediator in the relationship between authoritarian leadership and CCB. These findings carry implications for advancing our understanding of subordinate conditions and their connections to workplace issues.