An Application of Affective Events Theory to Workplace Bullying

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Glasø ◽  
Tina Løkke Vie ◽  
Gry Rotnes Holmdal ◽  
Ståle Einarsen
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Intention To Leave ◽  
Trait Anger ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Affective Events Theory ◽  
Potential Mediator ◽  
Affective Events ◽  
The Relationship

Within the framework of Affective Events Theory (AET), this study examines emotional experiences as a potential mediator between exposure to bullying and job satisfaction and intention to leave, respectively. We also investigate to what extent trait anxiety and trait anger moderate the relationships between these variables. The results show that the relationships between bullying and both job satisfaction and intentions to leave are partly mediated by the targets’ emotional experiences. Trait anxiety moderates the relationship between exposure to bullying and the targets’ negative emotions. Trait anxiety and trait anger did not moderate the relationship between bullying and the outcomes. The results support the validity of AET, while simultaneously indicating exposure to bullying as a strong stressor in its own right.

scholarly journals Workplace Bullying, Emotions, and Outcomes

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Glasø ◽  
Guy Notelaers
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Workplace Bullying ◽  
Intention To Leave ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Affective Events Theory ◽  
Occupational Outcomes ◽  
Affective Events ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines emotional experiences as potential mediators between exposure to workplace bullying and job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and intention to leave the organization, respectively. A total of 5,520 respondents participated in the study. Drawing upon affective events theory (AET), the results show that emotions partly mediate these relationships and, hence, support the notion that emotions play a central part in the relationship between bullying and essential occupational outcomes.

Drivers of intrapreneurship: an affective events theory viewpoint

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yariv Itzkovich ◽  
Sibylle Heilbrunn ◽  
Niva Dolev
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Affective Events Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Affective Events ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeIn the current study framework, the authors test the underlying assumptions of affective events theory concerning the impact of job satisfaction and job insecurity driven by incivility on intrapreneurial behaviour.Design/methodology/approachData were collected with a sample of 510 employees from five organisations. All hypotheses were tested via SmartPLS3. Additionally, a distinction between formative and reflective measures was performed.FindingsFindings revealed that incivility decreases intrapreneurial behaviour, mediated by job satisfaction and job insecurity. Additionally, this study’s results show that the relationship between job satisfaction and job insecurity and intrapreneurial behaviour distinguishes unionised employees from employees who are not unionised.Research limitations/implicationsThe cross-sectional nature of the present data precluded definitive statements about causality. Additionally, further studies should increase the sample size and include an international perspective to ensure the overall generalisability of the results.Practical implicationsPractically, this study’s findings point to the need for organisational management to understand better underlying employees' perceptions and their antecedents and consequences.Originality/valueThe study results contribute to the literature by testing the core assumptions of affective events theory and by extending the affective events theory model, incorporating contextual influences on the relationship between attitudes and behaviours. The authors also show for the first time that incivility can be directly (compared to indirectly) linked to emotional-based responses, but not to those responses driven by cognitive appraisals. Thus, the study also contributes to the incivility literature and the understanding of various antecedents and consequences of incivility. Additionally, this study addressed the notion of formative versus reflective measurement models for the first time relating to incivility and intrapreneurial behaviour, allowing for more sensitive and less biased results. Herein lies an additional methodological contribution.

Must We Suffer to Succeed?

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane Strack ◽  
Paulo Lopes ◽  
Francisco Esteves ◽  
Pablo Fernandez-Berrocal
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Why do some people work best under pressure? In two studies, we examined whether and how people use anxiety to motivate themselves. As predicted, clarity of feelings moderated the relationship between trait anxiety and the tendency to use this emotion as a source of motivation (i.e., anxiety motivation). Furthermore, anxiety motivation mediated the relationship between trait anxiety and outcomes – including academic achievement (Study 1) as well as persistence and job satisfaction (Study 2). These findings suggest that individuals who are clear about their feelings are more likely to thrive on anxiety and eustress and possibly use these to achieve their goals and find satisfaction at work.

Affective events theory as a theoretical lens for improving the working environment of academics in developing economies

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Ghasemy ◽  
Mahdiyeh Erfanian ◽  
James Eric Gaskin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Affective Events Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Affective Events

PurposeThe rapid pace of progress in academic institutions in developing economies has created stressful and relatively toxic workplaces, resulting in different negative organizational outcomes indicating the need to transform universities into healthier academic workplaces. However, a review of the higher education literature in both developed and developing countries shows that the antecedents and consequences of academics' affective states has been a relatively unexplored area. Hence, our study aims at testing basic tenets of Affective Events Theory (AET) in a higher education context to address this issue.Design/methodology/approachThis is a quantitative study which applies CB-SEM methodology in analyzing the collected data from 2,324 academics in Malaysian higher education sector. We analyzed the data using EQS software package.FindingsOur results provided substantial support for the applicability and relevancy of AET in higher education domain. Specifically, welfare and supervisory support were identified as the two work environment features which significantly and equally contribute to academics' job satisfaction. In addition, the results showed that positive affect, in comparison with negative affect, was three times stronger in influencing academics' job satisfaction.Practical implicationsGiven the considerable role of positive affect in our study, higher education policy makers are urged to make relevant policies to transform universities into more emotionally safe workplaces. In addition, policies should be formulated in a way that encourages supervisory support and decreases workloads to ensure that the conflicts in general are reduced among academics.Originality/valueThis work is the first large-scale study testing the main tenets of AET in the higher education context. In addition, it addresses the problem of multivariate normality and solves this problem based on the robust methodology which corrects standard errors and fit indices, thereby providing more precise and unbiased results.

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