Can “Temps” Secure Future Employment? Investigating the Relationship Between Proactive Behaviors and Employers’ Rehiring Decision

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Ève Lapalme ◽  
Olivier Doucet ◽  
Andréa Gill ◽  
Gilles Simard
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Role Clarity ◽  
Contract Renewal ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines how the adoption of proactive socialization behaviors by temporary agency workers is related to contract renewal intention of the supervisor in the client organization in which they are assigned. We propose that the adoption of such behaviors will be associated with a favorable performance evaluation from the supervisor in the client organization, and in turn, to his or her contract renewal intention through two mechanisms, namely, role clarity and leader–member exchange (LMX), which refers to the quality of the relationship between the temporary worker and his or her supervisor. Data were collected from 217 worker–supervisor dyads. Results indicate that information-seeking behavior is related to performance evaluation through role clarity. This indirect relationship is however negative, as greater role clarity relates negatively to performance evaluation. Our results also show that LMX acts as a mediator between feedback seeking, boss-relationship building, and performance. Finally, favorable performance evaluation is positively associated with contract renewal intention.

Is More Feedback Seeking Always Better? Leader-Member Exchange Moderates the Relationship Between Feedback-Seeking Behavior and Performance

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 2195-2217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Wai Lam ◽  
Kelly Z. Peng ◽  
Chi-Sum Wong ◽  
Dora C. Lau
Keyword(s):  
Performance Standards ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Feedback Seeking ◽  
Multilevel Research ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Feedback is information made available to employees in their work environment, whereas feedback-seeking behaviors (FSBs) help employees to evaluate proactively whether their work has met performance standards and their behavior is considered appropriate. Prior studies have provided a perspective on how the feedback-seeking contexts affect the emergence and development of FSBs. In this study, we extend that perspective by investigating when FSBs affect job performance so that we can understand whether more feedback seeking is always better. Adopting the relational view of leadership, we hypothesize that the FSB-performance relationship should be stronger for employees with low leader-member exchange (LMX) and in groups with low aggregate LMX and low LMX differentiation. Using a multilevel research design and a sample of 379 teachers in 25 groups, we find support for most of our hypotheses. We discuss the implications of the study for the FSB and the proactive behavior literature and suggest avenues for future research.

Impact of employee pro-organizational unethical behavior on performance evaluation rated by supervisor: a moderated mediation model of supervisor bottom-line mentality

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Zhan ◽  
Yun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Modeling ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The topic of employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB) has attracted more and more interest in both practice and academic fields. However, previous studies have mainly investigated the antecedents of UPB and little research has discussed the outcome variables. This study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the effect mechanism of UPB on employee performance evaluation rated by a supervisor through a leader-member exchange (LMX) and the moderating role of supervisor bottom-line mentality (BLM). Design/methodology/approach This study used a sample consisting of 304 employees and 96 supervisors in several manufacturing firms in China. The authors used hierarchical linear modeling to test the hypotheses, as this was cross-level research. In addition, this paper also uses Mplus7.4 to test the moderating effects of supervisor BLM on the indirect effects between the UPB and performance evaluation by a moderated path analysis. Findings The results confirm that UPB is positively related to performance evaluation rated by supervisors. Additionally, the mediating effect of LMX in the relationship between UPB and performance evaluation is successfully demonstrated. Furthermore, supervisor BLM cross-levelly moderates the relationship between UPB and LMX, as well as moderates the mediation effect of LMX on the correlation between UPB and performance evaluation. Research limitations/implications The primary contribution of this research is building a cross-level model for the effect of UPB on followers’ performance evaluation scored by the supervisor and thereby extending the nomological networks of both UPB and performance evaluation literature. Another contribution the study makes to the literature is that it provides a new perspective to understand how UPB relates to followers’ performance evaluation. Originality/value This is the first study about how and when UPB predicts followers’ performance evaluation rated by the supervisor.

You’re Not Old as Long as You’re Learning: Ageism, Burnout, and Development Among Italian Teachers

2020 ◽  
pp. 089484532094283
Author(s):  
Greta Mazzetti ◽  
Michela Vignoli ◽  
Dina Guglielmi ◽  
Béatrice I. J. M. Van der Heijden ◽  
Arnoud T. Evers
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Age Discrimination ◽  
Impaired Performance ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to explore the buffering role of opportunities for professional development within the frame of the indirect relationship between workplace age discrimination (as a job demand) and job performance on a sample of N = 325 Italian teachers. Results of moderated mediation analysis indicated that emotional exhaustion mediates the relationship between workplace age discrimination and impaired job performance. Furthermore, the relationship between workplace age discrimination and performance through the mediation of emotional exhaustion became stronger at lower levels of professional development. Although professional development is recognized as a crucial job resource, this study sheds light on its protective role among teachers dealing with discrimination caused by their age. Fostering of professional development could prevent teachers from feeling emotionally exhausted and, in turn, from the occurrence of impaired performance.

Modeling team performance from the perspective of politics and ethical leadership

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1357-1380
Author(s):  
Chieh-Peng Lin ◽  
Na-Ting Liu ◽  
Chou-Kang Chiu ◽  
Kuang-Jung Chen ◽  
Ni-Chen Lin
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Team Performance ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Team Identification ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Performance Development ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a model of team performance by applying social exchange and social capital perspectives in a single model setting. It hypothesizes that team performance is indirectly affected by politics through leader–member capitalization (LMC) and by ethical leadership through leader–member exchange (LMX). Meanwhile, team identification is hypothesized to moderate the relationships between politics and LMC and between ethical leadership and LMX. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses of this study were empirically tested using a survey of work teams from the banking and insurance industry in Taipei, Taiwan. Findings The relationship between team performance and ethical leadership is fully mediated by LMX, while the indirect relationship between team performance and politics is mediated via both LMC and LMX. Team identification positively moderates the relationship between ethical leadership and LMX. Originality/value This study is one of the few to examine the mediating roles of LMC and LMX simultaneously in team performance development. This study provides several key findings that complement the existing literature by evaluating fresh associations among LMC, LMX and their determinants and moderator.

scholarly journals Information Seeking in the Elite PDI Perjuangan about Gibran Election as the Solo Mayor

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Musayyarah Fatmayani ◽  
Drs Pawito ◽  
Widodo Muktiyo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
The Political ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Information Search Behavior ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to express an understanding of how information-seeking patterns among the political elite of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle in Surakarta relate to the issue of the possible nomination of Gibran Rakabuming Raka - son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo as a candidate for Mayor of Surakarta. This research analyzes through social media, especially Facebook, about the relationship between information seeking behavior of the political elite of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) with certainty about the issues circulating in the community. This research paradigm uses phenomenology with a qualitative approach. The source / participant of this research is the political elite PDI Perjuangan this is because according to the news circulating Gibran will run for office using PDI Perjuangan party vehicles. This study concludes that the pattern of information seeking among the political elite of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) in Surakarta with information certainty needs. The need for information seeking is growing, making the PDI Perjuangan elite in Surakarta a source of information which then forms information search behavior patterns based on the use of social media, especially Facebook. 

scholarly journals Kepemimpinan, budaya organisasi dan kinerja: peran mediasi motivasi kerja

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-53
Author(s):  
Muchammad Ismail Hamzah ◽  
Endi Sarwoko
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Research Implication ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship

This research aims to analyze the direct relationship between leadership, organizational culture on performance, and to analyze the indirect relationship that is mediated by work motivation. The study used a quantitative approach, namely explanatory research, using a sample of 110 research that were taken randomly from certified teachers at junior high schools in Malang Regency. The data were collected using a questionnaire with a 5 point Likert scale, while the data analysis technique used Path Analysis. The research findings showed that performance was influenced by leadership and work motivation, but the leadership was not proven to affect work motivation. Another research finding is that organizational culture does not significantly contribute to performance, but contributes to work motivation, work motivation only mediates the relationship between organizational culture and performance. The research implication is that to improve performance, effective leadership and work motivation are needed, further increasing work motivation can be achieved from strengthening organizational culture. The next researcher is suggested to test the role of leadership on organizational culture.

scholarly journals Relationship between Characteristics of Farmers and Impact of ICT Enabled Web Portal (Krishinet)

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Vinod Singh ◽  
V. L. V. Kameswari
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Profile Characteristics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
High Information

ICT can be used reasonably in transferring the modern agricultural technologies to the farmers. ICT has many applications in agricultural extension most especially in accessing required information and knowledge. Hence, the present investigation was carried out in Jabalpur, Patan, Sihora and Panagar Blocks of Jabalpur District of Madhya Pradesh. The main objective of the study was to analyse the relationship between selected profile characteristics of farmers and impact of Krishinet Portal. A total of 280 respondents were purposively selected for the study through simple random technique. The results of the study shown that majority of the respondents (48.57%) were middle aged (38-51 years), educated upto higher secondary level (24.64%), had medium family size (51.79%), had lower income (Rs. 33000 to 55000 p.a.) (38.22%), had small (2.5 to 5 acre) land holding (43.57%), had medium information seeking behavior (58.21%), had positive attitude towards KGK (61.78%), had positive attitude towards ICT (69.29%), had medium innovativeness (52.14%) and medium economic motivation (62.50%). The relationship between selected profile characteristics and impact of Krishinet portal indicated that education, annual income, operational land holding, information seeking behavior, attitude towards KGK and attitude towards ICT were positively significantly related, which means the respondents who is more educated, more annual income, large size of operational land holding, high information seeking behavior, positive attitude towards KGK and positive attitude towards ICT, getting more benefit from use of Krishinet portal.

scholarly journals The effect of newcomers’ proactive personality on organizational socialization through information seeking behavior

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 749-773
Author(s):  
JiWoon Yoo ◽  
Jinkook Tak
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Organizational Socialization ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Information Seeking Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leader Behaviors ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among newcomers’ proactive personality, information seeking behavior and organizational socialization. Specifically, This study investigated not only the main effect of newcomers’ proactive personality on information seeking behaviors which related to job and relationship building, and organizational socialization but also the moderating roles of team climate and leader behaviors on the relationships between proactive personality and information seeking behaviors, and between information seeking behaviors and organizational socialization. Online survey was conducted to 151 korean employees working for at least 3 months to 6 months and 151data were obtained for statistical analysis. Three steps of analysis procedures were carried out. First, correlation analysis was conducted and the results showed that there were positive relationship among main variables such as proactive personality, information seeking behavior, organizational socialization and etc. Second, the results of structural equitation model analyses showed that newcomers’ information seeking behaviors fully mediate proactive personality and organizational socialization. Third the results of hierarchial regression analyses showed that while leader behaviors which were specified to feedback behavior and consideration behavior moderated the relationship between information seeking behaviors and organizational socialization, Team openness did not moderate the relationship between proactive personality and information seeking behaviors. The implications and limitations of this study and the directions for future research were discussed on the basis of the results.

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