The Relationship Between Supervisor Bottom-Line Mentality and Subordinate Work Performance: Linear or Curvilinear Effects?

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Table 1 Comparison of Measurement Models

Model	Descriptions	χ^2	df	χ^2/df	RMSEA	CFI	TLI
Model 1	Three factors: BLM, WP, PD	116.12	101	1.15	0.02	0.99	0.99
Model 2	Two factors: BLM and WP were combined into one factor, PD	1779.89	103	17.28	0.24	0.44	0.34
Model 3	One factor: BLM, WP and PD were combined into one factor	2224.65	104	21.39	0.27	0.29	0.18

Abbreviations: BLM, bottom-line mentality; WP, work performance; PD, power distance orientation; RMSEA, root mean square error of approximation; CFI, comparative fit index; TLI, Tucker-Lewis index.

Table 2 Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Matrix

Variable^a	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Age	2.87	0.99
2. Gender^b	1.66	0.48	−0.07
3. Tenure	3.70	0.80	0.05	0.15*
4. Education	2.21	0.71	0.34**	−0.15*	−0.15*
5. BLM	3.09	1.27	0.02	−0.03	−0.08	0.22**	(0.90)
6. WP	3.07	1.00	0.10	0.05	0.09	0.07	0.37**	(0.87)
7. PD	3.51	1.06	0.00	−0.10	−0.13*	−0.21*	0.04	−0.19**	(0.94)

Notes: N=284. Coefficient alphas are given in parentheses on the diagonal. ^bFemales were coded as 1, and males were coded as 2. **p<0.01. *p< 0.05.

Abbreviations: ^aBLM, bottom-line mentality; WP, work performance; PD, power distance orientation.

Table 3 Regression Results

Variable^a	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5
	Whole Sample		Whole Sample		Whole Sample		High PD		Low PD
	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Constant	2.05**	0.42	1.26**	0.41	0.46	0.55	−0.81	0.68	1.32	0.72
Age	0.08	0.06	0.10	0.06	0.10	0.06	−0.03	0.07	0.18*	0.08
Gender^b	0.11	0.13	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.08	0.15	−0.04	0.15
Tenure	0.12	0.08	0.14	0.07	0.14*	0.07	−0.02	0.09	0.24*	0.09
Education	0.09	0.09	−0.04	0.09	−0.05	0.09	0.17	0.12	−0.05	0.11
BLM			0.30**	0.05	0.95**	0.31	2.16**	0.40	0.37	0.38
BLM× BLM					−0.11*	0.05	−0.33**	0.07	−0.03	0.06
ΔR^2	0.02		0.14**		0.01*
R^2	0.02		0.16		0.18		0.29		0.19
N	284		284		284		137		147

Notes: ^bFemales were coded as 1, and males were coded as 2. **p<0.01. *p<0.05.

Abbreviations: ^aBLM, bottom-line mentality; WP, work performance; PD, power distance orientation.

Figure 1 Relationship between supervisor BLM and subordinate work performance.

Figure 2 Relationship between supervisor BLM and subordinate work performance for subordinates high and low in power distance orientation.