How Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Differentiation Reduces the Benefit of LMX on Work Stress in Teams

Stress in teams is gaining more and more attention due to the huge costs caused by stress and the increasing importance of teamwork in many organizations. Although research has examined stress in team settings, few studies have investigated how leadership shapes individual team members’ stress which in turn influences their important work behaviors. Drawing from transactional theory of stress, this study hypothesizes that team members with high...