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Fit for one or fit for all? The normative theory of fit and the normative and distinctive decomposition of fit Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Graham H. Lowman, Peter D. Harms, Dustin Wood
Purpose Central to the fit concept is that congruence between individual and environmental attributes leads to improved outcomes. However, when discussing fit, researchers often describe congruence as alignment between distinctive or unique individual and environmental attributes. We suggest that current approaches to examining fit do not adequately account for this assumption of distinctiveness because
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Unveiling the interplay between leadership behavior and leader well-being: a person-centered approach Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Anja Wittmers, Kai N. Klasmeier, Birgit Thomson, Günter W. Maier
Purpose Drawing on COR theory and based on a person-centered approach, this study aims to explore profiles of both leadership behavior (transformational leadership, abusive supervision) and well-being indicators (cognitive irritation, emotional exhaustion). Additionally, we consider whether certain resource-draining (work intensification) and resource-creating factors (leader autonomy, psychological
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CEO dark triad traits and organization COVID-19 response: the mediating effect of COVID-19 anxiety and moderating effect of follower self-leadership Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Ethlyn A. Williams, Kate M. McCombs, Rajnandini Pillai, Kevin B. Lowe
Purpose This research aims to examine the influence of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) dark triad traits, follower COVID-19 anxiety and self-leadership on follower evaluations of the effectiveness of organizations’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Design/methodology/approach In this paper data were collected over two time periods. At time 1, mid-October 2021, 650 participants responded to questions
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Understanding the multifunctional role of entrepreneurial coaching through a systematic review of the literature Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Giammarco Marras, Matteo Opizzi, Michela Loi
Purpose The aim of this study is to systematise the entrepreneurial coaching (EC) literature by understanding how the phenomenon has been investigated along four dimensions inspired by Gartner’s (1985) conceptualisation of entrepreneurship: entrepreneurial process, context, target and outcomes. In so doing, this study will provide a frame of its multifunctional role and identify relevant gaps and suggestions
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How much information to consider when choosing action to change? The impact of managers’ promotion versus prevention focus Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Melvyn R.W. Hamstra
Purpose This research sought to understand better how readily managers choose action to change the status quo. Specifically, in experimentally manipulated ambiguous situations, I examined the effect of managers’ promotion and prevention focus on how much information they wish to review to help them choose. Design/methodology/approach I developed a novel experimental paradigm and applied it in a sample
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Why do employees craft their jobs: a qualitative analysis of job crafting motives from actor and observer perspectives Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Xinyue Lin, Liang Meng
Purpose Despite its flourishing development since first proposed, job crafting literature has provided limited insights into why people craft their jobs. This study theoretically develops a two-dimensional integrative framework for the motives of job crafting, including orientation (self-oriented vs work-oriented vs other-oriented) and self-determination (autonomous vs introjected vs external) dimensions
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The role of relational mechanisms in the executive coaching process on client outcomes in distance coaching relationships Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Frankie J. Weinberg, Mary M. Hausfeld
Purpose We examine the relationships between clients’ level of coaching readiness and trust in their executive coach and increases to both personal learning improved work performance. Distance relationships, the setting for this study, epitomize the norms of the New World of Work (NWoW), but also provide particular challenges for building trust and recognizing similarities between client and coach
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Psychologically gaining through losing: a metaphor analysis Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Linda Du Plessis, Hong T.M. Bui
Purpose This paper conceptualises how managers psychologically experience and respond to crises via metaphor analysis. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a discourse dynamics approach to metaphor analysis. Conceptual metaphors were analysed and developed into concept maps through 37 semi-structured interviews with senior managers from different portfolios within 16 public universities in South
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One-to-one coaching and coachee personality trait change Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Rebecca J. Jones, Stephen A. Woods
Purpose A specific area of interest in the coaching literature is focused on exploring the intersection of personality and coaching; however, research has yet to explore whether coaching exerts reciprocal effects on personality traits (i.e. if personality trait change can accompany coaching). Utilizing the explanatory theoretical framing of the Demands-Affordances TrAnsactional framework (Woods et al
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“Thriving at work” or not? Research on the effects of performance pressure based on achievement motivation theory and two-factor theory Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Qi He, Jingtao Fu, Wenhao Wu, Siqi Feng
Purpose Based on achievement motivation theory and two-factor theory, this research aimed to synergize cooperative goal interdependence (refer to possessing incentive factors) and illegitimate tasks (refer to the absence of security factors) and build a triple interaction model in the process of performance pressure affecting employees’ thriving at work. Design/methodology/approach This research collected
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Songs of the self: the importance of authentic leadership and core self-evaluations for LGBT managers Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Luke Fletcher, Shaun Pichler, Lakshmi Chandrasekaran
Purpose Based on authentic leadership (AL) theory and research on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workplace experiences, this study proposes that AL explains variance beyond transformational leadership (TL) in attitudinal outcomes for LGBT managers compared to non-LGBT managers. It is further predicted that core self-evaluations (CSEs) bound relationships between AL, LGBT status and outcomes
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The effects of illegitimate tasks on employee silence and voice behavior: moderated mediation model Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Xiaolong Yuan, Feng Wang, Mianlin Deng, Wendian Shi
Purpose Based on conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study aims to examine the impact of daily illegitimate tasks on employees' daily silence and daily voice behavior, as well as the mediating role of daily ego depletion and the moderating role of trait mindfulness. Design/methodology/approach Through daily diary approach, 81 employees were followed for 10 consecutive workdays. Multilevel
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True knowledge vs empowering knowledge: conceptualizing a theory of mindfulness and knowledge transfer (TMKT) Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Abraham Cyril Issac, Amandeep Dhir, Michael Christofi
Purpose Mindfulness is the human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we're doing. This study explores on the impact of mindfulness on different elements of knowledge management, knowledge creation, knowledge sharing and knowledge hiding. Design/methodology/approach The authors undertake an inductive reasoning approach whereby they try to generate themes from specific observations
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Role of work ethic in the work–life satisfaction relationship: a longitudinal moderation model Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Emma Lei Jing, Nanxi Yan
Purpose The authors examine the longitudinal relationship between work satisfaction and life satisfaction, and the moderating role of work ethic. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a nationally representative sample of Dutch working adults (N = 1020; three waves over five years) and take a model comparison approach to identify the longitudinal relationship between work satisfaction and life
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Resolving the double-edged sword of mentoring: the role of generativity Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Ryan Musselman, William J. Becker
Purpose This paper utilizes generativity to explore the relationship between mentoring support and organizational identification, turnover intention and reciprocated mentoring in protégés. Design/methodology/approach The paper used a cross-sectional design with surveys administered to 351 working adults in the USA to test the hypotheses on the relationship between mentoring and turnover intention through
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Co-creating successful mentoring relationships? Investigating mentor and protégé perceptions of dyadic fit and relationship quality Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Nicole Alonso, Alyssa Marshall, Caitlin Porter, Kurt Kraiger
Purpose To examine how perceptions of complementary and supplementary fit and relationship quality contribute to successful mentorship co-creation. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected via cross-sectional survey of 145 mentor–protégé dyads within institutions of higher education in the USA. Mentors evaluated their perceptions of supplementary and complementary fit and relationship quality
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When subordinates respond constructively to abusive supervision: the moderating role of performance goal orientation Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Haizhen Wang, Li-qun Wei, Ruoyong Zhang
Purpose Despite the literature on subordinates' destructive responses to abusive leadership, an emerging body of literature proposes that subordinates may react constructively to abusive supervision under certain conditions. The authors contribute to this line of research by proposing and testing the moderating effects of performance-approach and -avoidance goal orientation on the relationship between
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Null effects of age and gender on worker well-being, work-family conflict and performance while working remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Justin Marcus, Eda Aksoy, Oya Inci Bolat, Tamer Bolat
Purpose A growing body of research has suggested that the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted vulnerable groups such as working women, parents and older adults. Accordingly, and via the lens of social role and identity theories on gender and age at work, the authors examined the intersection of age, gender and potential caregiving responsibilities on worker well-being,
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From fair supervisor to satisfied employee: a comparative study of six organizational justice mechanisms Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Mladen Adamovic
Purpose This research paper aims to elucidate why and how a fair supervisor influences an employee's job satisfaction. While various theoretical approaches have been explored and numerous explanatory mechanisms investigated in prior organizational justice research, it is still unclear which explanatory mechanism is the dominant one to explain fairness effects. To address this gap, the author compares
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More haste, less speed: leader bottom-line mentality and employee counter-productive social cyberloafing Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Yue Zhou, Peiyi Chen, Qingqing Liu, Tingxi Wang
Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore the relationship between leader bottom-line mentality (BLM) and employee social cyberloafing behavior. Based on social exchange theory, the authors propose that leader BLM will promote employee social cyberloafing behavior via psychological contract breach, especially when employee needs for relatedness is high. Design/methodology/approach To test the
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The role of coworker exchange in the relationship between coworker incivility and employees' behaviors: the moderating effect of servant leadership Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Cheng-Chen Lin, Szu-Chi Lu, Fong-Yi Lai, Hsiao-Ling Chen
Purpose This study aims to examine the effects of coworker incivility on employees' behaviors using a moderated mediation model that conceptualizes coworker exchange (CWX) as a mediator and servant leadership as a moderator. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected using a multi-temporal research design. The hypotheses were tested on a sample of 1,272 participants using confirmatory factor
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Work connectivity behavior after-hours spills over to cyberloafing: the roles of motivation and workaholism Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Rong Wang, Zijun Li, Chunyu Bu, Wenbo Zhu
Purpose The authors investigated how and when work connectivity behavior after-hours (WCBA) spilled over to cyberloafing, considering ego depletion as a mediator and motivations and workaholism as moderators. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned objective. Design/methodology/approach In Study 1, 380 employees participated in a scenario experiment with a 2 × 2 between-subjects design. Studies
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Do pro-diversity beliefs enhance OCB? The joint effects of gender diversity and diversity beliefs on group organizational citizenship behavior through collective personality fit Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Sang Hun Sung, Jee Young Seong, Doo-Seung Hong, Linyuan Zhang
Purpose This paper investigates the interaction effects of gender diversity and diversity beliefs on group-level personality fit (“collective personality fit”) and group organizational citizenship behavior (GOCB). It seeks to provide a sufficient understanding of the under-researched area, such as how group composition impacts group behavioral outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected
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Feeling stressed but in full flow? Leader mindfulness shapes subordinates' perseverative cognition and reaction Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Haoju Xie, Xingyu Feng
Purpose This study aims to illustrate the mechanisms underlying the effect of stress on flow states in the context of a multilevel organization, in which case employees' perseverative cognition and reactions to challenge–hindrance stressors are affected by leader mindfulness. Design/methodology/approach Study 1 employed a three-wave time-lag survey, and study 2 conducted a diary study across 10 workdays
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Perceived job insecurity climate in uncertain times: implications for work-related health among leaders versus non-leaders Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Mats Glambek, Mads Nordmo Arnestad, Stig Berge Matthiesen
Purpose Previous studies have demonstrated that perceived job insecurity climate denotes an individual-level stressor. The present study reiterated this notion and investigated whether leadership responsibility moderated the association between perceived job insecurity climate and work-related strain about one year into the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Design/methodology/approach A sample
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Online, offline, or both? The importance of coaching format for side effects in business coaching Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Natalie M. Michalik, Carsten C. Schermuly
Purpose Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, in recent years, face-to-face coaching has largely shifted to online coaching. The authors examined both the side effects of and coaching success in face-to-face, blended and online coaching from both coaches' and clients' perspectives. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned examination. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted two independent
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The impact of knowledge brokering and role crafting on work engagement: a two-wave panel survey of older Japanese workers Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Nobutaka Ishiyama
Purpose This study aimed to investigate the mechanisms of knowledge brokering and role crafting structures that promote the active engagement of older workers at work. Design/methodology/approach The respondents were workers in Japan aged 55–64 years. A two-wave panel survey was conducted. The first and second survey waves included 1,527 and 1,467 respondents, respectively. Findings The results showed
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Trust in management and state government mitigate the relationships between individual- and state-level stressors and well-being during COVID-19 Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Alexandra A. Henderson, Sophia S. Jeong, Kristin A. Horan
Purpose This study aims to examine the role of trust in management and state government in mitigating the relationships between individual- and state-level stressors and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a US sample still working during the first wave of infections (N = 437) and was supplemented with objective state-level data. Data were analyzed
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Care to dare: cross-lagged effects of mentor secure-base support on newcomers' workplace courage Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Yuge Dong, Yujie Yang, Lu Zheng, Lirong Long
Purpose Mentor secure-base support, characterized as mentor availability, noninterference and encouragement of growth, has important implications for newcomer socialization. Drawing on attachment theory, this paper aims to examine the relationship between mentor secure-base support and newcomers' workplace courage. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected at three time points with a new police
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Team reflexivity, thriving at work and employees' work-to-family enrichment: a multilevel perspective Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Zhining Wang, Di Song, Shuang Ren, Benjamin D. Rosenberg, Shaohan Cai
Purpose Based on the conservation of resources theory, the authors propose a research model depicting the positive relationship between team reflexivity and work-to-family enrichment via the mediation of thriving at work, with the moderation of transformational leadership. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned idea. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected data from 367 employees in
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Employee engagement in corporate social responsibility: disentangling the effects of values vs prestige Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Yinyin Cao, Kyungwon Lee
Purpose Drawing on social identity theory, this study aims to disentangle the values and prestige-related mechanisms through which an organization's external corporate social responsibility (CSR) leads to increased employee participation in, and communication of, CSR. The moderating effect of internally-directed CSR initiatives on employees' external CSR (ECSR) behaviors is also examined. Design/methodology/approach
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How's the boss? Integration of the health-oriented leadership concept into the job demands-resources theory Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Miriam Arnold, Thomas Rigotti
Purpose Health-oriented leadership (HoL) encompasses leaders' health behaviors and attitudes toward their followers (StaffCare) and themselves (SelfCare), and there is ample evidence of its positive effects on employee well-being. However, research on the antecedents of StaffCare is still in its infancy and does not account for within-person variability. Therefore, the authors adopt a leader-centered
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Open-office noise and information processing Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Lewend Mayiwar, Thorvald Hærem
Purpose The authors draw on arousal-based models to develop and test a model of open-office noise and information processing. Specifically, the authors examined whether open-office noise changes how people process information and whether such a change has consequences for task performance. Design/methodology/approach In a laboratory experiment, the authors randomly assigned participants (107 students
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Empowering and directive leadership and taking charge: a moderating role of employee intrinsic motivation Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Seckyoung Loretta Kim, Seokhwa Yun, Minyoung Cheong
Purpose This study aims to investigate the associations among different leadership styles and employees' taking charge. Applying Person–Environment (P-E) fit theory, the current study further explores employees' intrinsic motivation as an important individual factor that possibly moderates the hypothesized relationships. Design/methodology/approach In this field study, 212 supervisor–employee matched
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Workplace incivility during organizational socialization: how new managers, varying in moral identity, perceive (mis)fit Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Quan Hong Nguyen, Linh Phuong Vu
Purpose This study aims to investigate the mediating role of perceived person-organization (P-O) fit in the relationship between workplace incivility and affective organizational commitment (AOC) and the moderating effect of moral identity. The context is set in the organizational socialization process of externally hired managers. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical model was developed based
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Devote yourself to enjoy daily work: a diary study on flow experience and organizational identification Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Yanhui Mao, Shuangyang Guo, Mei Xie, Junkai Yu, Xuyuan Deng, Yingchao Li, Yuxi Zhai, Feng Kong
Purpose This paper aims to examine the day-to-day within-person associations between employees' flow experience and organizational identification within the rarely studied context of construction engineering project organizations. Design/methodology/approach In this daily diary design, the authors surveyed 204 (Mage = 28.3, SD = 5.69) employees of a state-owned construction engineering project organization
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Conscientiousness and leader emergence: the mediating role of functional behaviors Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Ling Tan, Jian Guan, Yongli Wang, Jingyu Wang, Wenjing Qian, Chundan Zheng
Purpose Despite extensive research on personality and leader emergence, very little is known about the process by which employees become or emerge as leaders based on their performance. Integrating functional leadership theory and a behavior perspective, the authors aim to explore the parallel multiple behavioral mediators in the conscientiousness–leader emergence link. Design/methodology/approach
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The influence of multitasking on creative work involvement: a conservation of resources perspective Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Jianfeng Yang, Peng Xie, Xiaodong Ming
Purpose Based on conservation of resources theory, this study explored the relationship between multitasking and creative work involvement through the mediation of emotional exhaustion, taking regulatory focus as a first-stage moderator. Design/methodology/approach Based on a three-wave and two-source survey among a sample of 418 employees and 116 leaders, this study conducted multilevel analyses to
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Avoiding the scenario of “The farmer and the snake”: the dark side of servant leadership and an intervention mechanism Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Riguang Gao, Bo Liu
Purpose This study aims to reveal the potential dark side of servant leadership by exploring its differential impact on followers with varying degrees of Machiavellianism and to uncover the role of leader negative feedback as an intervention mechanism in attenuating this negative impact. Design/methodology/approach A three-wave survey with one-month intervals was conducted with 344 participants from
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Beyond LMX: toward a theory-based, differentiated view of leader–member relationships Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Manuel London, Judith Volmer, Jetmir Zyberaj
Purpose This conceptual article develops a theory-based set of themes that characterize how a leader and member interact based on their attachment style, motivation to lead and follow and their interpersonal orientation. Design/methodology/approach This study proposes that the leader's and member's attachment styles, effectuated by their motivation to lead and/or follow and their interpersonal orientation
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Using necessary condition analysis in managerial psychology research: introduction, empirical demonstration and methodological discussion Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Haien Ding, Bård Kuvaas
Purpose In this paper, the authors aim to present a novel methodological tool – necessary condition analysis (NCA) to aid managerial psychology researchers in properly testing necessity statements. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ NCA to analyze whether three basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness are necessary for work engagement. Findings The authors illustrate
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Political self-efficacy matters: an investigation of how and when leader political mentoring affects follower political behavior and promotability Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Chen Zhao, Zhonghua Gao, Yonghong Liu, Ou Yang
Purpose The authors propose a new motivation construct, political self-efficacy, and investigate how and when leader political mentoring influences follower political behavior and promotability through political self-efficacy. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected four samples to develop a scale for political self-efficacy and conducted two field studies of leader-follower dyads to examine
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Co-worker undermining, emotional exhaustion and organisational commitment: the moderating role of servant leadership Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Ahmed Mohammed Sayed Mostafa, Suhaer Yunus, Wee Chan Au, Ziming Cai
Purpose Not much is known about the conditions under which the negative relationship between co-worker undermining and employee outcomes may wax or wane. This study seeks to address this issue by analysing the role of leadership in mitigating the negative impact of co-worker undermining on employee outcomes. Drawing on expectancy violation theory (EVT), the study proposes that servant leadership will
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Doing good or looking good: how socially responsible human resource management practices influence employees' CSR-specific performance Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Juan Wang, Zhe Zhang, Ming Jia
Purpose This study examines whether, how and when socially responsible human resource management (SRHRM) practices increase employees' in-role and extra-role corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. Design/methodology/approach This study uses data from 422 employees of 68 companies. Findings SRHRM improves employees' in-role CSR-specific performance via impression management motivation and
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Birds of a feather flock together? Leader–member trait mindfulness congruence effects on work outcomes Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Linlin Zhang, Haoran Jiang, Tongwen Hu, Zhenduo Zhang
Purpose Drawing upon person–supervisor fit theory, a model is developed to illustrate how leader–member trait mindfulness (in)congruence may impact leader–member exchange (LMX) and how such trait mindfulness (in)congruence can indirectly influence taking charge. Design/methodology/approach Polynomial regression and response surface methodology are used to analyze 237 valid matched leader–member dyads
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Engaging age-diverse workers with autonomy and feedback: the role of task variety Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Tatiana Marques, Inês Carneiro e Sousa, Sara Ramos
Purpose The aging of the population is changing the composition of the workforce in most developed countries. With increasingly older and age-diverse workforces, organizations need to redesign jobs to keep their workers healthy, happy and productive across the lifespan. In the current research, the authors integrate socioemotional selectivity theory and selection, optimization and compensation theory
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Exploring the limits of mindfulness during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative evidence from African context Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Obinna Alo, Ahmad Arslan, Anna Yumiao Tian, Vijay Pereira
Purpose This paper is one of the first studies to examine specificities, including limits of mindfulness at work in an African organisational context, whilst dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It specifically addresses the role of organisational and managerial support systems in restoring employee wellbeing, social connectedness and attachment to their organisations, in order to overcome the
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Dark side of leadership and information technology project success: the role of mindfulness Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Namra Mubarak, Jabran Khan, Sajid Bashir, Samyia Safdar
Purpose The success of projects is a major challenge for information technology (IT) project-based businesses (PBOs). Employees' negative emotions (NE) disrupt the employees' usual work activities by creating obstacles to routine operations. Organizations should take steps to lessen these NE. The current study assessed the mediating role of NE and the moderating influence of employee mindfulness in
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Thinking of how you think of me: working cancer survivors' metaperceptions of competence and why they matter Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Dianhan Zheng, Alexander R. Marbut, Jing Zhang, Avery Britt, David Nwadike
Purpose Cancer-related stigma is a troubling challenge faced by working cancer survivors and organizations aiming to promote inclusive work environments. Research suggests that a harmful stereotype faced by cancer survivors is that the cancer survivors are low in competence. Leveraging the concept of the looking glass self and social cognitive theory, the authors develop a theoretical model about psychological
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Energizing and depleting? The daily effects of organizationally focused citizenship behaviors Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Thomas Kelemen, Samuel Matthews, Sarah Henry, Yejun Zhang, Bret Bradley
Purpose Prior research suggests that organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) can have both positive and negative effects on employees; however, it is unclear about the mediating mechanisms of this relationship and how the effects of challenging and supportive OCB may differ. Drawing on the dual-pathway model of proactivity and OCB research, the authors derive a theoretical model that attempts to
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Leader failed humor and follower advice seeking Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Xiaode Ji, Shengming Liu, Hui Wang
Purpose Drawing on benign violation theory (BVT), this paper aimed to investigate the underlining mechanism and boundary condition of the relationship between follower perception of leader failed humor and follower advice seeking. Design/methodology/approach A three-wave survey with 256 leader-follower dyads and an online experiment with 117 participants were conducted to test the hypotheses. Findings
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Working in times of COVID-19: investigating the effect of daily risk perception of COVID-19 infection on goal progress Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Donghun Seo, Sunghyuck Mah, Sophia Miri Yoo, Minju Oh, Byung-Im Kim, Jeong-Yeon Lee, Seokhwa Yun
Purpose Based on the transactional theory of stress and coping, this study aims to understand the daily impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on employee goal progress. In particular, the authors explore how COVID-19 induces anxiety related to task setbacks that consequently influences one's goal progress. Design/methodology/approach A daily diary study was conducted with a total of 558 observations
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Linking self-efficacy and organizational identification: a moderated mediation model based on a self-verification perspective Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Wenhao Luo, Yuqing Sun, Feng Gao, Yonghong Liu
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of employees' self-efficacy on employees' organizational identification. Based on a self-verification perspective, this paper focuses on the mediating role of leader–member exchange social comparison (LMXSC) and the moderating role of perceived organizational justice. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a field survey (Study 1)
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Trait affectivity and applicant reactions: a multiwave field study Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-25 Michael B. Harari,Eyran Kraus,Victor Boyi,Chockalingam Viswesvaran,Craig Haas
PurposeAlthough affective accounts of organizational justice theory have been offered, suggesting a role played by trait affectivity dimensions – trait positive affectivity (TPA) and trait negative affectivity (TNA) - in shaping applicant reactions to selection procedures, research in this area relies on cognitive information processing accounts of justice perceptions. Thus, the role played by TPA
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Beliefs about job-seeking strategies: dimensionality, measurement and outcomes Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-06 Michael Horvath,Nicole A. Celin,Ryan Murcko,Brittany P. Bate,Christopher A. Davis
PurposeJob-seeking success relates to engagement with specific job-seeking strategies, so it is important to understand the beliefs that job-seekers have of them. Using multiple methods, this study aims to establish a typology of the beliefs job-seekers have about strategies, create and validate a measure of these beliefs and relate them to job-seeking behavior.Design/methodology/approachIn the first
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Resurrecting the evil genius: examining the relationship between unethical behavior and perceived competence Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2022-04-04 Daphna Motro,Daniel Sullivan
PurposeUsing the stereotype content model (SCM) as a framework, the authors examine how the negative relationship between peoples’ unethical behavior and perceptions of their competence only holds when the unethical act is simple.Design/methodology/approachIn two studies, participants (n = 401) evaluated the competence of an employee who behaved unethically. In one condition, the unethical behavior
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Editorial: Addressing the nurse workforce crisis: a call for greater integration of the organizational behavior, human resource management and nursing literatures Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2022-03-15 Graham H. Lowman,Peter D. Harms
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Guest editorial: Contemporary managerial issues in the nursing sector Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2022-03-15 Peter D. Harms,Graham H. Lowman
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How leaders benefit from engaging in high-quality leader-member exchanges: a daily diary study Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Stefanie Richter-Killenberg,Judith Volmer
PurposeDrawing from the conservation of resources theory and the success resource model of job stress, the authors investigated the role of leader behaviours in the context of leader-member exchanges (LMXs) as a driver of leaders' job-related well-being and recovery. Specifically, they hypothesised positive affect and perceived competence as potential mechanisms enhancing leaders' job satisfaction
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Daily supervisor support, engagement and prosocial behavior: how turnover intentions reduce the resources to pay it forward Journal of Managerial Psychology (IF 4.043) Pub Date : 2022-02-25 Jeffrey J. Haynie,Virajanand Varma,Elizabeth Ragland
PurposeThe authors test the daily perceived supervisor support (PSS) to job engagement relationship with respect to employees' extra-role displays. Additionally, the authors propose employees' turnover intentions (TIs) to minimize these indirect effects when high.Design/methodology/approachIn Study 1, employees in a field sample responded to a repeated survey spanning ten days to test the proposed