Challenging research that touts positive career outcomes for proactive individuals, this study takes the organizational decision-maker's perspective and draws on tournament theory to qualify and better understand the link between manager proactivity and subsequent promotion into the executive ranks. Results from three studies support a moderated mediation model wherein proactivity is associated with leader schema matching, which, in turn, enhances promotion and inhibits derailment. However, the positive effects of proactivity are nullified when managers also engage in unethical behavior, which operates as a boundary condition on the indirect relations between proactivity and subsequent job mobility. These findings help explain why some proactive managers are derailed rather than promoted into senior leadership.

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欢迎来到俱乐部？晋升和脱轨决策中的不道德行为和主动性

这项研究具有挑战性，提倡积极主动的个人取得积极的职业成果，它从组织决策者的角度出发，并利用锦标赛理论来限定和更好地理解经理的积极性与随后晋升为高管级别之间的联系。三项研究的结果支持有调节的中介模型，其中主动性与领导者图式匹配相关，这反过来又增强晋升并抑制脱轨。然而，当管理者也从事不道德行为时，主动性的积极影响就会被抵消，这成为主动性与随后工作流动之间间接关系的边界条件。这些发现有助于解释为什么一些积极主动的管理者会出轨而不是晋升为高级领导层。