Abstract:

This study examines psychological attachment styles (secure, preoccupied, fearful, and dismissing) as antecedents of leader-member interaction quality. According to research hypotheses, employees with secure attachment styles are successful in establishing a quality leader-member interaction, and employees with fearful, preoccupied and dismissing attachment styles are expected to experience low-quality leader-member interaction. The data were collected from the employees of four different companies operating in the IT sector in Istanbul, a total of 140 people answered the online questionnaires. The data were analyzed in the SPSS program. The results showed that attachment styles affect the quality of leader member interaction. Only a positive relationship was found between secure attachment style and leader member interaction quality and insecure attachment styles (preoccupied, fearful, dismissing) and a negative relationship was found between leader member interaction.

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