Hypothesis 1 (H1) was aimed at assessing the
cross-level mediation of servant leadership (of occupational head) and identification with leader, with lower level mediation of servant leadership of team leaders (Mathieu and Taylor, 2007).
The multilevel models were calculated as random intercept and slope models with
cross-level interactions.
Cross-level model, Multi-level approach, Organizational commitment.
We performed a keyword search of the full texts of the articles in the targeted journals using the following and related keywords: "multilevel," "multilevel analysis," "hierarchical linear modeling," "HLM," "nested data," "
cross-level data," "level of measurement," "random coefficients models," and "Raudenbush" (because of the common application of HLM software in multilevel research) (Ozkaya et al., 2013).
The findings not only advance our understanding of the
cross-level dynamics of social capital, but also provide a possible explanation for the mixed empirical results found in previous studies.
Specific methodological issues are then addressed in chapter clusters, with a cluster on design addressing cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, negative wording, missing data, and sample size; a cluster on analysis discussing weighted composites, outliers, and the Sobel test; and a cluster on interpretation offering caution when comparing reliability estimates, attenuating shared method bias, and dealing with
cross-level effects and measurement invariance.
Model 2 in Table 1 presents
cross-level interactions effects in multilevel modeling.
Findings reveal that: (1) children who experienced a lack of community were less engaged and had more difficulty academically; (2) teachers' perceptions of support and safety in school were also related to academic outcomes; (3)
cross-level interaction pointed to the importance of considering the fit between the child and the school environment--children who had a good fit (i.e., perceived a more negative climate in the context of a school with a more negative climate) actually reported being more engaged, compared to children who had a poor fit (i.e., perceived a negative climate in the context of a less negative climate); and (4) SACD programs did not directly improve academic outcomes.
A third objective was to explore the interaction of individual and agency factors (termed
cross-level interaction; that is, moderation in multilevel modeling terminology).
If this is the case, then
cross-level interactions are possible, suggesting a final moderation hypothesis relating to the level of climate in the group:
Now we have to
cross-level this, because we've realized we're spending way too much on personnel.