Chen, C.; Yu, C.T., and Zhang, Y.Y., 2020. The transformational leadership of water-intensive enterprises to social loafing: The mediating role of person-organization fit. In: Guido Aldana, P.A. and Kantamaneni, K. (eds.), Advances in Water Resources, Coastal Management, and Marine Science Technology. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 104, pp. 940–944. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.

This article examines the relationships between transformational leadership, person-organization (P-O) fit, perceived organizational support (POS) and social loafing, specifically the mediating effect of person-organization fit in the correlation between transformational leadership and social loafing and the moderating effect of POS on the correlation between P-O fit and social loafing. It uses social exchange theory to look investigate person-organization fit. The author collected a sample of 382 employees from water-intensive enterprises in mainland China. SPSS 23.0 software was used to test hypotheses in the literature. Conclusions suggest that person-organization fit is avital mediator and POS is an important moderator, while transformational leadership significantly negatively influences social loafing. The implication of these results is discussed.