Employees' Psychological Ownership and Self-Efficacy as Mediators Between Performance Appraisal Purpose and Proactive Behavior

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 1101-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Qiu ◽  
Bei Hu ◽  
Zhang Xu ◽  
Yucai Li
Keyword(s):  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Psychological Ownership ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Intermediary Role ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

We analyzed the impact of performance appraisal purpose on employees' proactive behavior, and explored the roles of psychological ownership and self-efficacy as mediators in this relationship. We conducted a survey with 512 employees of enterprises in 4 cities in China. The results of analysis of the data collected showed that an evaluative performance appraisal had a negative influence on the employees' proactive behavior whereas a developmental performance appraisal had a positive influence. Psychological ownership and self-efficacy were found to have an intermediary role between performance appraisal purpose and the employees' proactive behavior. Self-efficacy had a significant positive effect on psychological ownership. Implications of these results for theory and management practice are discussed.

Can Corporate Social Responsibility Decrease the Negative Influence of Financial Distress on Accounting Quality?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 11124
Author(s):  
Jun Hyeok Choi ◽  
Saerona Kim ◽  
Dong-Hoon Yang ◽  
Kwanghee Cho
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Accounting Quality ◽  
Distressed Firms ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

This study aimed to test how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can affect the impact of corporate financial distress on earnings management. Based on the existing literature, distressed firms tend to hide their financial crises through earnings manipulation. However, as CSR can positively affect companies in terms of performance, risk reduction, and market response, the better a firm’s CSR is the less managers will attempt earnings management even if they experience temporary distress. Consistent with the literature, test results using Korean-listed companies show that distress increased earnings management, and we confirmed that CSR weakened the positive effect of distress on earnings management. After testing each of the CSR subcategories, significant results were found mainly on environmental performance, reflecting the globally increasing interest in environmental issues. This study contributes to the literature on distress and earnings management, which rarely considers CSR as a moderating factor.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF STATE GRANTS UPON EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ENTERPRISES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (Suppl.1) ◽  
pp. 607-613
Author(s):  
D. Stoyanova ◽  
D. Stoyancheva
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
State Grants ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

This report aims to analyze the impact of state grants upon the effectiveness efficiency of the enterprises in the Agricultural sector. The presence/absence of the correlation between the “received state grants - financial results from the activity of the agricultural enterprises” was studied. The efficiency of agricultural enterprises is expressed through the indicators of profitability and productivity. The empirical data for a period of 10 years 2008 – 2017 were shown in the study. The main activities of the surveyed enterprises are crop, livestock and combined - crop-livestock. Based on the results obtained, it is expected that the receipt of grants will have a positive influence on the performance of enterprises in the agricultural sector, measured by indicators of effectiveness and productivity. The following research hypotheses have been proved: the positive effect of the grant is more obvious in larger agricultural enterprises, which have higher productivity and profitability compared to small and medium-sized farms; agricultural enterprises which receive grants and are characterized by higher investment activity and are also characterized by higher innovation activity; based on the predominant number of crop enterprises, it is assumed that this type of activity leads to the achievement of higher financial results as a result of the activity of the agricultural enterprises; the age of the enterprises, expressed through the years of their activity, contributes significantly to higher profitability and productivity of the carried out activity.

scholarly journals TO EXAMINE LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE AS MODERATING VARIABLE ON THE INFLUENCE OF EMPLOYEE PSYCHOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY TOWARD EMPLOYEES’ JOB SATISFACTION AND TURNOVER INTENTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zakiy
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

The studies revealed that organizational change could create employee’s psychological uncertainty. However, this study argues that the quality of leader-member exchange enables to control the impact of the psychological uncertainty during the change toward employee’s attitude. This study represents job satisfaction and turnover intention as proxy of employee’s attitude for that matter. Based on social exchange theory, quality relationship of leader and employees affects on the relationship of psychological uncertainty and employee’s job satisfaction and turnover intention. This study selected private hospitals experiencing the changes of operational system for complying with national health security system. This study conducted cross-section survey for individual level-analysis. This study produces some findings. Firstly, the LMX has been failed to reduce the negative influence of psychological uncertainty towards employee’s job satisfaction, although the quality of the LMX was good. employee’s job satisfaction is more perceived as  personal afective state experienced during the organizational change. Secondly, the LMX has been successfully moderated the positive influence of the psychological uncertainty towards employee’s turnover intention.The data were collected by using questioners, distributed to the employees who worked in hospitals in Yogyakarta Province. There were 193 questioners that could be collected and analyzed by using Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA) to test the hypothesis by using SPSS application version 21. The result of the study shows that psychological uncertainty had negative correlation to employee’s job satisfaction and positive influence to psychological uncertainty toward turnover intention. Besides, LMX was proven to moderate positive influence of psychological uncertainty toward turnover intention, but it could not moderate negative influence of psychological uncertainty toward job satisfaction. 

143 TREATMENT WITH VITAMINS A AND E IMPROVE OOCYTE QUALITY AND IN VITRO EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN BOS INDICUS COWS

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 175 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. F. Evangelista ◽  
C. E. A. Souza ◽  
M. E. A. Moraes ◽  
A. A. A. Moura
Keyword(s):  
Embryo Development ◽  
Bos Indicus ◽  
Oocyte Quality ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Early Embryo ◽  
Oocyte Yield ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Paired T Test

We assessed the impact of a single intra-muscular injection of vitamins A and E on oocyte quality and yield and early embryo development in Bos indicus cows. Twenty Bos indicus cows, of Gyr, Brahman, and Nellore breeds, weighing between 450 and 600 kg were subjected to ovum pick-up (OPU). Oocytes were collected in Dulbecco’s PBS (DBPS) containing heparin and antibiotics, counted, and morphologically classified. Viable oocytes were taken to the laboratory, in vitro matured for 24 h and in vitro fertilized using 25 million sperm mL–1. After 168 h of incubation (39°C, 5% CO2), viable embryos were counted and classified. Then, after 10 days, the cows received an intra-muscular injection of 1 000 000 UI of vitamin A and 1 g of vitamin E, and, after 12 days, were again subjected to the same procedure described above. Differences in oocyte yield and embryo development were analysed using paired t-test. The 40 OPUs from 20 cows yielded a total of 520 oocytes. Nellore and Brahman cows produced more embryos/cow (P < 0.01) compared with Gyr. After vitamin treatment, the cows produced more oocytes (n = 303; P < 0.01) compared with the previous OPU (n = 217), resulting in 95 more viable oocytes (31%). Brahman, Gyr, and Nellore cows yielded 11.2 ± 1.8, 8.5 ± 1.5, and 12.0 ± 2.6 oocytes before vitamin treatment, respectively. From those oocytes, 224 embryos were obtained, 89 before vitamin injection and 135 after treatment (P < 0.02), with 36 more embryos (40%) produced. Irrespective of breed, cows responded equally to vitamin injection. A single parenteral injection of vitamins A and E had a significant positive effect on oocyte yield after OPU and in vitro embryo development on Bos indicus cows. We suggest that this effect is probably due to the positive influence of retinoids on oocyte and embryo development.

scholarly journals Learning or Relaxing: How Do Challenge Stressors Stimulate Employee Creativity?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongbo Sun ◽  
Xiaojuan Hu ◽  
Yixin Ding
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

As important situational factors in the workplace, challenge stressors play an important role in stimulating employee creativity. This study used self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion as intervening processes to delve into the impact of promotion and depletion mechanisms of challenge stressors on employee creativity. According to the theory of resource conservation, the study explores the moderating effect of learning and relaxing at work on the promotion and depletion mechanisms of challenge stressors. Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis was conducted to analyze the effect of a combination of factors on employee creativity. A total of 240 valid paired-samples were collected from employees of three enterprises in information technology, finance, and evaluation services industries. This study drew the following conclusions. Challenge stressors have a direct positive effect on employee creativity, self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion have partial mediating effects on the relationship between challenge stressors and employee creativity, learning positively moderates the relationship between challenge stressors and self-efficacy, and qualitative comparative analysis reveals three configurations that improve employee creativity.

Study on the Influence of FDI on China's Green Innovation in Manufacturing System

2013 ◽  
Vol 448-453 ◽  
pp. 4571-4576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Xin Bi ◽  
Yu Han Wang ◽  
Chao Jun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Green Manufacturing ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Fdi Inflows ◽  
Intermediary Role ◽  
Positive Effect

This paper, by using technology of structural equation model (SEM) of the PLS model, discussed the relationship between FDI and promoting green innovation capability of MGIS. The research finds that it has a positive effect on FDI inflows to green innovation resources of MGIS inputs, but FDI information inflows have an inhibitory effect on the manufacturing green innovation human resources. At the same time, green innovation resources of MGIS inputs also have a positive effect on the green innovation capability, but the green innovation resources has an inhibitory effect on the green R&D capability. This paper also finds that based on the intermediary role of innovation resources, FDI inflows have a significant positive influence on green R&D capability and green manufacturing capability, but they have inhibitory effect on the market development capability for green products.

scholarly journals Effects of Facial Skin Smoothness and Blemishes on Trait Impressions

Perception ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 608-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bastian Jaeger ◽  
Fieke M. A. Wagemans ◽  
Anthony M. Evans ◽  
Ilja van Beest
Keyword(s):  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Facial Skin ◽  
Social Approach ◽  
Approach And Avoidance ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Smooth Skin ◽  
Trait Inferences ◽  
Trait Impressions ◽  
Positive Effect

People make trait inferences based on facial appearance, and these inferences guide social approach and avoidance. Here, we investigate the effects of textural features on trait impressions from faces. In contrast to previous work, which exclusively manipulated skin smoothness, we manipulated smoothness and the presence of skin blemishes independently (Study 1) and orthogonally (Study 2). We hypothesized that people are particularly sensitive to skin blemishes because blemishes potentially indicate poor health and the presence of an infectious disease. We therefore predicted that the negative effect of blemished skin is stronger than the positive effect of smoothed skin. The results of both studies are in line with this reasoning. Across ratings of trustworthiness, competence, maturity, attractiveness, and health, the negative influence of skin blemishes was stronger and more consistent than the positive influence of skin smoothness (Study 1). Moreover, the presence of skin blemishes diminished the positive effect of skin smoothness on attractiveness ratings (Study 2). In sum, both facial skin blemishes and facial skin smoothness influence trait impression, but the negative effect of blemished skin is larger and more salient than the positive effect of smooth skin.

The impact of future time orientation on employees’ feedback-seeking behavior from supervisors and co-workers: The mediating role of psychological ownership

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Qian ◽  
Xiaosong Lin ◽  
Zhuo R. Han ◽  
Bowen Tian ◽  
George Z. Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Influence ◽  
Time Orientation ◽  
Psychological Ownership ◽  
Feedback Seeking ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Future Time Orientation ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractFuture time orientation is essential if an employee is to be motivated to conduct activities that generate long-term rather than immediate gain, and which may involve risk. Given that feedback seeking requires the employee to slow down and seek input, it is surprising that little is known about the relationship between future time orientation and feedback seeking. Drawing upon psychological ownership theory and construal-level theory, we hypothesized a positive influence of future time orientation on feedback seeking from various sources (i.e., supervisors and co-workers). We also hypothesized job-based psychological ownership as a newly identified motive of feedback seeking and employed it to explain how future time orientation exerts influences. Tested with data from a sample of 228 subordinate–supervisor dyads from China, the results revealed that (1) future time orientation was positively related to feedback seeking from supervisors and co-workers and (2) job-based psychology ownership mediated the relationship between future time orientation and feedback seeking.

scholarly journals Effect of Money Supply on Economic Growth: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Cordelia Onyinyechi Omodero
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Money Supply ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Monetary Authorities ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
The Impact

The effect of money supply in enhancing economic growth in Nigeria and Ghana is investigated in this study. The major objectives of the study are to establish the joint and individual influences of money supply mechanisms on economic growth in Nigeria and Ghana. The study employs data from 2009 to 2018 and uses Ordinary Least Squares regression technique for analysis of the data. The findings reveal that broad money supply (M2) has an insignificant negative influence on RGDP in Nigeria, but in Ghana the impact is significant and positive. Broad money supply (M3) exerts insignificant positive influence on RGDP in Nigeria, but significant negative impact on RGDP in Ghana while credit to private sectors (CPS) has insignificant positive influence on RGDP in both Nigeria and Ghana. The study among others suggests that the Monetary Authorities in the two countries should come up with monetary policy strategies that will help drive the economy better and such policies should consider M2 and CPS more as their contributions are necessary for economic expansion that lead to more output and employment.

scholarly journals The Impact of Governance Rules on Earnings Management: Applied Study on Industrial and Service Companies Listed on Palestine Stock Exchange

2019 ◽  
pp. 103-136
Author(s):  
Yousef Alrayyes ◽  
Nahed Al Khaldy
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Independence Property ◽  
Ceo Duality ◽  
Board Directors ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the study is to analyze the impact of corporate governance rules on earnings management for companies listed on Palestine Exchange. A number of corporate governance variables was selected to achieve this aim, including size of board of directors, CEO duality, board of director’s independence, property rights, number of board directors’ meetings. Modified Jones Model has been used to detect earnings management. Panel Data Model has also been involved in the study, where the population study consists of the 48 companies listed on Palestine Exchange, and which are distributed across five main sectors. The study sample included 13 industrial and services companies listed on Palestine Exchange. This study found that there was a negative influence between board size and CEO duality, and between earnings management. The study also showed that there is a positive influence between board independence and earnings management. Moreover, it showed that no relationship between board directors meetings and internal ownership with earnings management. The study stressed on the need for continued reinforcement of the governance rules, in order to avoid the negative impacts resulted from failure to apply these rules, taking into consideration the support of board independence in their relationship with areas of executive work to avoid taking decision that may affect earnings management. It also recommended that doing other researches on the same subject should be continued, taking into account the examination of variables other than those in this study to get to the variables that have the greatest impact on earnings management for companies listed on Palestine Exchange. 

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