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Leader-member Exchange & Employee Retention: Investigating the Mediating Role of Work-life Balance


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1 Research Scholar, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management, University of Mumbai, Vidyavihar (E),Mumbai 400077, India
2 Professor (General Management Area), K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Vidyavihar (E), Mumbai 400077., India
3 Research Associate, India
     

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This paper synthesizes the causal mechanism and intends to examine the relationship of leader-member exchange and employee retention through the mediating effect of worklife balance. This framework is based on the social exchange theory and tokenism theory. The hypothesis was tested statistically by analyzing the responses from women employees working in the Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT BPM) industry using SEM AMOS. The result motivates human resource managers to focus on enhancement of healthy leader-member exchange relationship that ensures retention of women talent.
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Authors

Kishore Ashok Manelkar
Research Scholar, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management, University of Mumbai, Vidyavihar (E),Mumbai 400077, India
Radha Iyer
Professor (General Management Area), K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Vidyavihar (E), Mumbai 400077., India
Kiran Gupta
Research Associate, India

Abstract


This paper synthesizes the causal mechanism and intends to examine the relationship of leader-member exchange and employee retention through the mediating effect of worklife balance. This framework is based on the social exchange theory and tokenism theory. The hypothesis was tested statistically by analyzing the responses from women employees working in the Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT BPM) industry using SEM AMOS. The result motivates human resource managers to focus on enhancement of healthy leader-member exchange relationship that ensures retention of women talent.

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