AUTHOR=Chénard-Poirier Léandre Alexis , Vandenberghe Christian , Morin Alexandre J. S. TITLE=From Perceived Supervisor Social Power to Employee Commitment: Definition and Scale Development JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2021 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.603739 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.603739 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
It has been theoretically proposed that employees’ perceptions of their supervisor social power in the organization entail a potential to influence their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. However, no study has investigated such potential. This lack of research stems from the absence of a common understanding around the meaning of perceived supervisor social power (PSSP) and the absence of any validated measure. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to establish PSSP definition and to validate a five-item scale to measure this construct. Three studies encompassing four independent samples of employees from three different countries and three different languages (i.e., France, cross-sectional [