Superficial Harmony and Conflict Avoidance Resulting from Negative Anticipation in the Workplace

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Xue Zhang ◽  
Xin Wei
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Conflict Avoidance ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Potential Conflict ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

ABSTRACTThis research examines how people perceive and respond to potential conflict in work settings. When individuals highly value their interpersonal relationships with others, they may take the potential costs to relationships into consideration in deciding how to handle conflict. We propose that individuals take an avoidance approach to conflict to prevent disruption in relationships from confrontation. Specifically, the value that individuals place on superficial harmony is positively related to their negative anticipation of relationship costs, which in turn leads to conflict avoidance. Furthermore, the direct relationship between superficial harmony and negative anticipation and the indirect relationship between superficial harmony and conflict avoidance are negatively moderated by the closeness of relations between the parties involved. The results of two studies conducted in workplace settings supported our hypothesized moderated mediation model. Highlighting the role of superficial harmony in conflict avoidance, this research contributes to the existing literature on conflict management and has practical implications for effectively managing conflict in the workplace.

Do Hostile Media Perceptions Lead to Action? The Role of Hostile Media Perceptions, Political Efficacy, and Ideology in Predicting Climate Change Activism

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 1099-1124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Feldman ◽  
P. Sol Hart ◽  
Anthony Leiserowitz ◽  
Edward Maibach ◽  
Connie Roser-Renouf
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Hostile Media

This study joins a growing body of research that demonstrates the behavioral consequences of hostile media perceptions. Using survey data from a nationally representative U.S. sample, this study tests a moderated-mediation model examining the direct and indirect effects of hostile media perceptions on climate change activism. The model includes external political efficacy as a mediator and political ideology and internal political efficacy as moderators. The results show that hostile media perceptions have a direct association with climate activism that is conditioned by political ideology: Among liberals, hostile media perceptions promote activism, whereas among conservatives, they decrease activism. Hostile media perceptions also have a negative, indirect relationship with activism that is mediated through external political efficacy; however, this relationship is conditioned by both ideology and internal political efficacy. Specifically, the indirect effect manifests exclusively among conservatives and moderates who have low internal efficacy. Theoretical, normative, and practical implications are discussed.

Ethical Leadership and Unethical Employee Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 1271-1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenjing Gan
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Moral Justification ◽  
Employee Behavior ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

I explored the role of employee moral justification as a cognitive mediator in the relationship between ethical leadership and unethical employee behavior, and then investigated employee moral identity as a moderator of this indirect relationship. I based my moderated meditation model on social learning theory and tested it by analyzing data collected from 271 employees of 17 firms in China at 2 time points separated by approximately 3 weeks. The results showed that the negative indirect relationship between ethical leadership and unethical employee behavior through moral justification was significant when employee moral identity was strong. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.

The role of marketing capability in linking CSR to corporate financial performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (7) ◽  
pp. 1333-1354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Yim ◽  
Young Han Bae ◽  
Hyunwoo Lim ◽  
JaeHwan Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Signaling Theory ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Marketing Capability ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The authors use signaling theory in proposing a conceptual framework that simultaneously incorporates both the mediating effects of corporate reputation (CR) and the moderating effects of marketing capability (MC) into the corporate social responsibility (CSR)–corporate financial performance (CFP) link and theorize a single moderated mediation model. The empirical results of the research confirm the theorized moderated mediation model among the four variables, where a firm’s CR plays a mediating role in the relationship between CSR and CFP, and a firm’s MC moderates the effect of CSR on CR exclusively in the first link. Both theoretical and practical implications of the moderated mediation model are discussed. Design/methodology/approach This study uses structural equation model estimations with the relevant secondary datasets collected from publicly available databases. Findings The empirical results confirm the theorized moderated mediation model in the conceptual framework that uses signaling theory. Specifically, the results identify the moderating role of MC in only the CSR- CR link (but not in the CR and CFP link), such that CR plays a moderated mediation role in the CSR–CFP link. Research limitations/implications The current research is not without limitations. These limitations mainly stem from data sets used in the empirical analyses. More details are discussed in the limitations and future research directions section. Practical implications The empirical findings suggest that a firm needs to develop a consolidated CSR-marketing program, simultaneously satisfying stakeholders’ needs for both the firm’s socially desirable business practices and value-creating marketing programs to increase its CR, which will, in turn, lead to better profitability for the firm. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the current research is the first to use signaling theory in building a conceptual framework that theorizes a moderated mediation model regarding the simultaneous effects of CR and MC on the relationship between CSR and CFP and to empirically test this conceptual framework of the single moderated mediation model. By doing so, the current research clarifies an unanswered question in the literature of whether the underlying mechanism in the CSR–CFP link is based on a mediated moderation or moderated mediation of CR and MC.

The Role of Power Motivation in Creativity: A Moderated Mediation Model

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Yun Fan ◽  
Xu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Creative Performance ◽  
Power Motivation ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Indirect Relationship

We hypothesized that power motivation would influence employees' creative performance. Drawing on a relational perspective, we conceptualized a moderated mediation model in which power motivation enhanced individual creativity through improving the quality of leader–member exchange (LMX). We further hypothesized that supervisor support for creativity would moderate the indirect effect of power motivation on creativity through LMX. In a sample of 410 Chinese employees in 6 state-owned companies, we found that power motivation was positively related to creativity, and that this relationship was mediated by LMX. Moreover, the results suggested that the indirect relationship between power motivation and creativity via LMX was stronger when supervisor support for creativity was high than when it was low.

scholarly journals Social Virtual Reality (VR) Involvement Affects Depression When Social Connectedness and Self-Esteem Are Low: A Moderated Mediation on Well-Being

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-Woo Lee ◽  
Sanghoon Kim ◽  
Jun-Phil Uhm
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Socially Isolated ◽  
Practical Implications

While social interaction and play in a VR environment are becoming ever more popular, little is known about how social VR games affect users. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the role of several contingent factors in social VR games by modeling the relationships between involvement, well-being, depression, self-esteem, and social connectedness. A conditional process-moderated mediation model of the measured variables was analyzed with 220 pieces of collected data. The result showed that: (1) the direct effect of involvement on well-being was significant, and (2) the index of moderated mediation involving depression, self-esteem, and social connectedness was significant. We conclude that high levels of involvement in social VR games by socially isolated users with low self-esteem can negatively affect their well-being. The findings of this study contribute in several ways to our understanding of the effect of social VR games upon users and provide important practical implications.

The effect of sponsorship purpose articulation on fit: moderating role of mission overlap

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae-Ahn Kang ◽  
Hirotaka Matsuoka
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis study aimed to examine the effects of two sponsorship purpose articulations (commercially oriented vs noncommercially oriented) on attitude toward the sponsor via sponsor–property fit and the moderating effect of the overlapped mission between the sponsor and the property.Design/methodology/approachA 2 (purpose articulation type: commercially oriented vs noncommercially oriented) × 2 (mission overlap articulation condition: present vs absent) between-subjects experimental design with a control condition was employed with student sample (n = 171). The moderated mediation model was tested using Hayes' PROCESS macro model 8.FindingsThe commercially oriented purpose articulation did not improve sponsor–property fit as much as the noncommercially oriented purpose articulation, resulting in less favorable attitudes toward the sponsor. When the mission overlap was simultaneously articulated, the less positive effects of the commercially oriented purpose articulation were weaker.Practical implicationsThe findings provided incongruent sponsors with insights on mixed articulation strategies with sponsorship purposes and the overlapped mission.Originality/valueThis study extends previous research by presenting the first understanding of the different processes in which two sponsorship purpose articulations developed attitudes toward the sponsor via sponsor–property fit and by investigating the moderating effect of the simultaneously articulated mission overlap on the processes.

Leader moral disengagement and follower knowledge hiding. A moderated mediation model of follower Machiavellianism and trust in the leader

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakan Erkutlu ◽  
Jamel Chafra
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
Knowledge Hiding ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis study aims to build a moderated mediation model to investigate the roles that trust in the leader and follower Machiavellianism can play in the relationship between moral disengagement of the leader and hiding of knowledge of the followers.Design/methodology/approachData were gathered from eight universities in Turkey using a set of 72 matched leader (dean)–follower (faculty member) questionnaires. The hypotheses were tested with multiple regression, moderated regression and bootstrapping analyses.FindingsThe findings reveal that leader moral disengagement positively influences follower knowledge hiding, while trust in the leader mediates this influence and follower Machiavellianism not only moderates the relationship between leader moral disengagement and trust in the leader but also reduces the indirect relationship between leader moral disengagement and follower knowledge hiding through trust in the leader.Research limitations/implicationsEven though measurements of research variables were collected from different sources and with time separation, common method bias might have existed. Also, this research is carried out in a single cultural context posing the issue of the generalizability of our findings to other cultural contexts.Originality/valueThe main contribution of this study is to construct and investigate a conceptual model that focuses on the possible effect of moral disengagement of the leader on knowledge hiding by the followers. Also, by supporting the mediating role of trust in the leader, this research reveals that followers of leaders with high moral disengagement are more prone to indulge in the hiding of knowledge. Moreover, the moderating role of follower Machiavellianism, found in this study, provides an additional understanding that followers may vary in the degree to which they are sensitive to the leader's influence.

The role of spiritual leadership in fostering inclusive workplaces

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 908-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Gotsis ◽  
Katerina Grimani
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Leadership ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Societal Relevance ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Inclusion is of critical importance to creating healthier workplaces, if the ongoing dynamic of workforce diversity is taken for granted. The purpose of this paper is to designate the role of spiritual leadership in fostering more humane and inclusive workplaces. Design/methodology/approach The authors review the extant literature on two distinct research streams, inclusion and inclusive leadership, and spiritual leadership, elaborate a mediation model, identify antecedents and outcomes, and articulate a set of propositions reflecting key findings. Findings The authors advance a conceptual model according to which inclusive practices founded on spiritual values will mediate the positive relationship between spiritual leadership and a climate for inclusion. They argue that calling and membership as components of spiritual wellbeing will reinforce employees’ experience of both uniqueness and belongingness, thus affecting their perceptions of inclusion and inducing multi-level beneficial outcomes. Practical implications Spiritual leadership assumes a preeminent role in embracing and valuing diversity: it embodies a potential for positioning inclusive ideals more strategically, in view of enabling employees unfold their genuine selves and experience integration in work settings. Social implications Spiritual leadership helps inclusive goals to be situated in their societal context; inclusion is thus viewed as both an organizational and societal good, embedded in social contexts, and pertinent to corporate vision, mission and philosophy. Originality/value The paper examines spiritual leadership as a predictor of climates for inclusion. Drawing on spiritual values, spiritual leaders display a strong potential for inclusion, facilitating diverse employees to experience feelings of both belongingness and uniqueness in work settings that assume high societal relevance.

Response Interference as a Mechanism Underlying Implicit Measures

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 218-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bertram Gawronski ◽  
Roland Deutsch ◽  
Etienne P. LeBel ◽  
Kurt R. Peters
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Implicit Measures ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Response Interference ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Stimulus Features ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Over the last decade, implicit measures of mental associations (e.g., Implicit Association Test, sequential priming) have become increasingly popular in many areas of psychological research. Even though successful applications provide preliminary support for the validity of these measures, their underlying mechanisms are still controversial. The present article addresses the role of a particular mechanism that is hypothesized to mediate the influence of activated associations on task performance in many implicit measures: response interference (RI). Based on a review of relevant evidence, we argue that RI effects in implicit measures depend on participants’ attention to association-relevant stimulus features, which in turn can influence the reliability and the construct validity of these measures. Drawing on a moderated-mediation model (MMM) of task performance in RI paradigms, we provide several suggestions on how to address these problems in research using implicit measures.

Employee Strengths Use and Thriving at Work

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-205
Author(s):  
He Ding ◽  
Xixi Chu
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Model Data ◽  
Strengths Use ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Humble Leadership ◽  
Thriving At Work

Abstract. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of employee strengths use with thriving at work by proposing a moderated mediation model. Data were collected at two time points, spaced by a 2-week interval. A total of 260 medical staff completed strengths use, perceived humble leadership, self-efficacy, and thriving scales. The results of path analysis showed that strengths use is positively related to thriving, and self-efficacy mediates the relationship of strengths use with thriving. In addition, this study also found perceived humble leadership to positively moderate the direct relationship of strengths use with self-efficacy and the indirect relationship of strengths use with thriving via self-efficacy. This study contributes to a better understanding of how and when strengths use affects thriving.

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