A closer look at the positive crossover between supervisors and subordinates: The role of home and work engagement

How can we explain the crossover of positive experiences from supervisors to their subordinates? Drawing on crossover research and social learning theory (SLT), our main goal in this study is to explore mechanisms and boundary conditions to understand how positive crossover occurs from supervisors to their subordinates. We focus on the nature and foundations of positive crossover in the domains of work and home, and explore the downstream consequences for subordinates’ domain-specific outcomes. Using matched supervisor–subordinate data, the results of multi-level analyses demonstrated that perceived organization support (POS) of subordinates does not impact the positive association between supervisors’ and subordinates’ work engagement. However, family supportive supervisor behaviours (FSSBs), as perceived by subordinates, strengthen the positive association between supervisors’ and subordinates’ home engagement. Importantly, subordinates’ work and home engagement explains why supervisors’ state of engagement in work and home domains, respectively, influences subordinates’ functioning in work and home domains, underscoring a trickle-down model. We contribute to crossover research through demonstrating that crossover occurs from supervisors to their subordinates in work and family domains. Firstly, we highlight the role of relational mechanisms as boundary conditions of crossover process. Secondly, we extend the understanding of how crossover impacts on subordinates’ key outcomes at work and home. Thirdly, we expand crossover research in an understudied context, Chile. In doing so, we contribute to the literature on hierarchical market economies, through providing further insights on the operation of interpersonal ties and relations in such contexts.

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The Relationship between Psychological Ownership and Subjective Happiness of the Employees: Mediating Role of Work Engagement

Journal of Professional & Applied Psychology ◽

10.52053/jpap.v2i1.30 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 10-20

Author(s):

Kamran Khan ◽

Mahvia Gul

Keyword(s):

Work Engagement ◽

Positive Association ◽

Psychological Ownership ◽

Subjective Happiness ◽

Significant Positive Association ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Telecommunication Companies ◽

The Relationship

The study investigates the relationship between psychological ownership with subjective happiness of the employees. The study also examines the mediating role of work engagement in order to explain the relationship between subjective happiness and psychological ownership at workplace. The purposive sampling techniques have been used with cross sectional design in order to collection data. Mediation analysis was conducted on SPSS by using sample of 271 employees from leading telecommunication companies working in Pakistan. The results showed that psychological ownership has significant positive association with subjective happiness of the employees. Further, work engagement significantly positively mediates this relationship. The present research contributes on the literature of psychological ownerships and subjective happiness and provides possible solutions for maintaining positive atmosphere of psychological ownership that ultimately increase the subjective happiness of the employees.

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Demystifying ontological classification in language engineering

10.26686/wgtn.13224770 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

C Atkinson ◽

Thomas Kuehne

Keyword(s):

Research Area ◽

Language Models ◽

Systems Modeling ◽

Language Engineering ◽

Domain Specific ◽

Support Domain ◽

International Publishing ◽

Multi Level ◽

Linguistic Classification

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. The introduction of ontological classification to support domain-metamodeling has been pivotal in the emergence of multi-level modeling as a dynamic research area. However, existing expositions of ontological classification have only used a limited context to distinguish it from the historically more commonly used linguistic classification. In important areas such as domain-specific languages and classic language engineering the distinction can appear to become blurred and the role of ontological classification is obscured, if not fundamentally challenged. In this paper we therefore examine critical points of confusion regarding the distinction and provide an expanded explanation of the differences. We maintain that optimally utilizing ontological classification, even for tasks that traditionally have only been viewed as language engineering, is critical for mastering the challenges in complex systems modeling including the validation of multi-language models.

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The knowledge hiding loop: exploring the boundary conditions

Kybernetes ◽

10.1108/k-04-2021-0307 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Yunpeng Sun ◽

Arslan Ayub ◽

Tehreem Fatima ◽

Hassan Danial Aslam ◽

Salman Bahoo

Keyword(s):

Boundary Conditions ◽

Task Performance ◽

Social Identity Theory ◽

Service Sector ◽

Positive Association ◽

Extended Period ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Knowledge Hiding

PurposeUsing norms of reciprocity, this study explores how employees' exposure to workplace ostracism (WO) affects their task performance through the mediating role of knowledge hiding (KH). Moreover, drawing on social identity theory, this research outstretches the boundary conditions of KH, i.e. under which KH is less likely to occur.Design/methodology/approachTime-lagged, multisource data collected from 297 employees in service sector organizations in Pakistan were analyzed using SMARTPLS (v 3.3.3).FindingsThe findings reveal that perception of WO provokes KH behavior in employees, which, in turn, deteriorates their task performance. Results also disclose that moral identification (MI) and organizational identification (OI) buffer against the positive association between WO and KH, such that the ostracism-KH link is weaker at higher levels of MI and OI, and vice versa.Practical implicationsThe study envisages that a KH loop occurs between the knowledge hider and the knowledge seeker, which fosters spirals of conflict that might prevail in organizations over an extended period of time. Therefore, the occurrence context of KH should be mitigated through appropriate managerial interventions. In addition, nurturing self-identities will be beneficial for both employees and organizations.Originality/valueThis is the first study that investigates the relationship between WO and task performance while also considering the mediating role of KH and the moderating roles of MI and OI.

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Work engagement and job performance: the moderating role of perceived organizational support

Anales de Psicología ◽

10.6018/analesps.33.3.238571 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 708 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Guo Yongxing ◽

Du Hongfei ◽

Xie Baoguo ◽

Mo Lei

Keyword(s):

Task Performance ◽

Work Engagement ◽

Organizational Support ◽

Perceived Organizational Support ◽

Positive Association ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

Future Research ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

<p>The present research was aim to examine whether the relationship between work engagement and objective task performance is moderated by perceived organizational support (POS). Based on the existing literature, perceived organizational support is hypothesized to strengthen the positive association between employees’ work engagement and their objective task performance. The hypotheses were tested on a sample of 1049 employees. Results of hierarchical regression analysis show that: (1) work engagement is positively related to objective task performance, and (2) the relationship between work engagement and objective task performance is moderated by POS, such that the positive relationship is more significant when POS higher than lower. In the end, theoretical and practical implications, and suggestions for future research are discussed.</p>

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