... relational energy and, in turn, undermines task performance, as well as why these effects are contingent on employees' reciprocity orientations. This study examines the moderated mediation of exchange ideology in the indirect relationship between leader–member exchange (LMX) ambivalence and task performance...

...Yicong Sun; Aimin Yan; Xinfang Hu; Zhimei Zang Purpose This study draws on the trait activation theory to investigate the relationship between Machiavellianism and relational energy, considering the mediating role of facades of conformity and the moderating role of leader–member exchange...