How power states and others’ statuses influence status consumption: The role of signaling effectiveness

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 531-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaotong Jin ◽  
Wei Xu ◽  
Yan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
High Power ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Status Consumption ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Power Scale ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Fundamental Mechanism

This research aims to examine how power states and others’ statuses interact to influence status consumption. Specifically, consumers in low-power states are more inclined to engage in status consumption than those in high-power states when others’ statuses are superior. However, consumers in high-power states are more inclined to engage in status consumption than those in low-power states when others’ statuses are inferior. Signaling effectiveness plays a mediating role in the interaction effect of power states and others’ statuses on status consumption. Two studies were conducted to test our hypotheses. Study 1 tested how others’ statuses moderate the effects of power states on status consumption and how signaling effectiveness mediates the moderating role of others’ statuses on the effects of power states on status consumption. Study 2 further tested the two hypotheses in a different scenario through the sense of the power scale used to measure the power state. This research confirms the effects of power states on status consumption depending on others’ statuses and the fundamental mechanism of status consumption. The theoretical contributions and practical implications are of value for both researchers and managers.

Feeling Guilty and Flattering God: The Mediating Role of Prayer

2021 ◽  
pp. 009164712199242
Author(s):  
Beata Zarzycka ◽  
Kamil Tomaka ◽  
Katarzyna Zając ◽  
Klaudia Marek
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
High Power ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Significant Mediator

Ingratiation refers to acts of flattery, typically given by a low-power person to a high-power one, performed to gain acceptance and approval. This study investigates ingratiation in the religious setting, asking whether people feeling high levels of guilt or shame tend to manifest such ingratiating behavior toward God. The study aimed to examine the mediating role of prayer in the relationship between guilt and shame and ingratiation toward God. A total of 148 respondents (80 women and 68 men) participated in the study. The Religious Ingratiation Scale, the Content of Prayer Scale, and the Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale were applied to the research. The results showed that feeling guilty increased the tendency to ingratiation toward God. Prayer was the significant mediator in this relationship. People high in guilt tend to flatter God by offering more adoration and fewer repine prayers.

Organizational injustice and knowledge hiding: the roles of organizational dis-identification and benevolence

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadia Jahanzeb ◽  
Dirk De Clercq ◽  
Tasneem Fatima
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Knowledge Hiding ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sense Of Obligation ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Organizational Injustice

PurposeWith a basis in social identity and equity theories, this study investigates the relationship between employees' perceptions of organizational injustice and their knowledge hiding, along with the mediating role of organizational dis-identification and the potential moderating role of benevolence.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses were tested with three-wave survey data collected from employees in Pakistani organizations.FindingsThe experience of organizational injustice enhances knowledge hiding because employees psychologically disconnect from their organization. This mediation by organizational dis-identification is buffered by benevolence or tolerance for inequity, which reduces employees' likelihood of reacting negatively to the unfavourable experience of injustice.Practical implicationsFor practitioners, this study identifies organizational dis-identification as a key mechanism through which employees' perceptions of organizational injustice spur their propensity to conceal knowledge, and it reveals how this process might be mitigated by a sense of obligation to contribute or “give” to organizational well-being.Originality/valueThis study establishes a more complete understanding of the connection between employees' perceptions of organizational injustice and their knowledge hiding, with particular attention devoted to hitherto unspecified factors that explain or influence this process.

The relationship between ethical leadership and employee voice: The roles of error management climate and organizational commitment

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Cheng ◽  
Haiqing Bai ◽  
Caixia Hu
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Error Management ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

AbstractStudies have shown that voice could be utilized as an effective method to improve organizational effectiveness. This study explores the relationship between ethical leadership and employee voice behavior by focusing on the mediating role of the error management climate and the moderating role of the employee's organizational commitment. Analysis of data collected in three phases in China indicates that the error management climate partly mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and voice behavior. Also, organizational commitment is found to moderate the relationship between the error management climate and voice behavior. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.

scholarly journals Risk Propensity, Gambling Cognition and Gambling Behavior: The Role of Family and Peer Influences

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianbin Situ ◽  
Ziying Mo
Keyword(s):  
Learning Style ◽  
Gambling Behavior ◽  
Peer Influences ◽  
Risk Propensity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

<p>Drawing on learning style theory (Curry, 1983), the present study examines the influence of risk propensity on gambling behavior by focusing on the mediating role of gambling cognition and the moderating role of both familial monitoring and peer gambling. Applying a survey of 207 local residents and tourists in Macau, we found that risk propensity positively related to gambling behavior through its influences on facilitating gambling cognition controlled by familial monitoring; and gambling cognition also positively linked to gambling behavior moderated by peer gambling. Moreover, the moderated path analysis suggests that familial monitoring weakened risk propensity’s direct influence on gambling cognition, and peer gambling strengthened the relationship between gambling cognition and gambling behavior. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.</p>

INTERPERSONAL JUSTICE AND INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOURS: THE ROLE OF THE WORKGROUP

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (03) ◽  
pp. 2050073
Author(s):  
ASMA DABOUSSI AYADI ◽  
CHI ZHANG ◽  
SAMIA KAROUI ZOUAOUI ◽  
MARC OHANA
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Interpersonal Justice ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

In this research, we examine the effect of workgroup interpersonal justice (WIJ) (defined as the extent to which employees are treated with dignity and respect by their co-workers) on innovative work behaviours (IWB). Specifically, we first test the mediating role of group identification (GI) in this relationship. Next, we examine the moderating role of reflexivity of the group on this mediation effect. Based on 204 employees, our results showed that the indirect effect of the WIJ on IWB, through GI, is moderated by the reflexivity of the group. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Effects of Leader Narcissism on Career Success of Employees: An Interpersonal Relationship Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaqiang Wang ◽  
Dan Li ◽  
Lei Wu ◽  
Zhihui Ding
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Relationship Conflict ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Employee Behaviors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

Previous studies have shown that leader narcissism has a significant impact on the effectiveness of a leader and employee behaviors; however, research on career outcomes of employees is still inadequate. This study explores the effects of leader narcissism on the career success of employees from an interpersonal relationship perspective and examines the mediating role of supervisor-subordinate conflict and the moderating role of dominant personality traits of employees. Data from 291 employees in Chinese companies have revealed that leader narcissism, directly and indirectly, affects the career success of employees through supervisor-subordinate relationship conflict. However, dominant personality traits of employees strengthen the impact of leader narcissism on supervisor-subordinate relationship conflict. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings of this study are further discussed.

scholarly journals Does Death Anxiety Moderate the Adequacy of Retirement Savings? Empirical Evidence from 40-Plus Clients of Spanish Financial Advisory Firms

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Garmendia ◽  
Gabriela Topa ◽  
Teresa Herrador ◽  
Montserrat Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Financial Behavior ◽  
Retirement Savings ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Retirement Saving ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

This three-wave study analyses the mediating role of financial behavior in the relationship between financial goals and retirement saving adequacy, and the moderating role of Death anxiety. The participants in the study (N = 276) were 40-plus Spanish clients of financial advisory firms. The results show that the relationship between financial goals and retirement saving adequacy is, in fact, mediated by financial behavior. We also found that death anxiety moderates the financial behavior-retirement saving adequacy relationship. The theoretical and practical implications of the study for design are discussed at the end of the paper.

Contract Breach and Retirement Among Spanish Adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Topa ◽  
Irene Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Contract Breach ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

The present research examines the effects of contract breach on retirement satisfaction. We specifically tested the moderating role of retirement self-efficacy and the mediating role that negative affect may play in influencing the relationships between contract breach and retirement satisfaction, either anticipated or actual. Two empirical studies have been conducted by self-reported questionnaires, with older workers of Spanish descent from Spain—one sample being comprised of workers still in the workforce (Study 1; N = 160) and the other being comprised of recent retirees (Study 2; N = 215). We found that contract breach was positively related to negative affect and negatively related to both anticipated (Study 1) and actual retirement satisfaction (Study 2). Moreover, moderation analyses showed that these effects are strong for participants with low rather than high retirement self-efficacy. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Linking leader humor to employee creativity: the roles of relational energy and traditionality

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Yang ◽  
Fu Yang ◽  
Chao Ding
Keyword(s):  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Different Levels

PurposeThe current study examines the effects of leader humor on the creativity of employees by focusing on the mediating role of relational energy and the moderating role of traditionality.Design/methodology/approachThis study used three-wave data from 302 employee–supervisor dyads and tested the hypotheses using hierarchical regression and bootstrapping.FindingsThe results indicated that leader humor was positively associated with employee creativity, relational energy mediated this influence. Besides, traditionality not only moderated the relationship between leader humor and relational energy but also attenuated the indirect relationship between leader humor and employee creativity through relational energy.Practical implicationsLeadership training programs can be used to assist leaders in improving their humorous skills. In addition, supervisors should implement humorous behaviors according to the different levels of traditionality of employees.Originality/valueIntegrating conservation of resource theory, this study provides solid evidence that the extent to which relational energy mediates the relationship between leader humor and employee creativity depends on traditionality. It provides a new direction for leader humor.

The Malleability of Stereotype Effects on Spontaneous Trait Inferences

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Meifang Wang ◽  
Feng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
High Power ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Gender Stereotype ◽  
Baseline Condition ◽  
Spontaneous Trait Inferences ◽  
Trait Inferences ◽  
Sense Of Power ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Past research has demonstrated that perceivers are more likely to draw spontaneous trait inferences (STIs) from stereotype-consistent behaviors than from stereotype-inconsistent behaviors. Four studies were conducted to examine the moderating role of power in stereotype effects on STIs. Priming power using the scrambled sentence task, Study 1 found that high-power participants drew STIs from elderly stereotype-consistent but not from elderly stereotype-inconsistent sentences, while low-power participants did not draw STIs from elderly stereotype-consistent or stereotype-inconsistent behaviors. Study 2 replicated the findings of Study 1 by exploring the moderating role of power in gender stereotype effects on STIs. Measuring participants’ dispositional power via the Personal Sense of Power, Study 3 found that dispositional power also moderated the effects of gender stereotype on STIs. Study 4 found that compared with the baseline condition (no-power manipulation), the low-power condition inhibited STIs from stereotype-consistent behaviors, but the high-power condition did not facilitate STI formation from stereotype-consistent behaviors. The current study is the first to show that power influences the reliance on stereotypes when spontaneously inferring traits from behaviors.

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