scholarly journals Creativity in the South Korean Workplace: Procedural Justice, Abusive Supervision, and Competence

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 500
Author(s):  
Woo-Sung Choi ◽  
Seung-Wan Kang ◽  
Suk Bong Choi
Keyword(s):  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Job Demand ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
Survival And Growth ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
The Relationship

Innovation is now a feature of daily life. In a rapidly changing market environment and amid fierce competition, organizations pursue survival and growth through innovation, and the key driver of innovation is the creativity of employees. Because the value of creativity has been emphasized, many organizations are looking for effective ways to encourage employees to be creative at work. From a resource perspective, creativity at work can be viewed as a high-intensity job demand, and organizations should encourage it by providing and managing employee resources. This study is an attempt to empirically investigate how competence and abusive supervision affect the relationship between procedural justice and creativity from the conservation of resources perspective. Findings from two-wave time-lagged survey data from 377 South Korean employees indicate that procedural justice increases creativity through the mediation of competence. Furthermore, abusive supervision has a negative moderating effect on the relationship between procedural justice and competence. The findings show that competence moderates the relationship between procedural justice and creativity and that the lower the level of abusive supervision, the greater the effect of procedural justice on competence and creativity.

scholarly journals When Employees are Emotionally Exhausted Due to Abusive Supervision. A Conservation-of-Resources Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zubair Akram ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Umair Akram
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This study represents an important step towards understanding why supervisors behave abusively towards their subordinates. Building on the conservation of resources theory, this study investigates the impact of abusive supervision on counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs) from a stress perspective. Furthermore, job demands play a significant moderating effect, and emotional exhaustion has a mediating effect on the relationship between abusive supervision and CWBs. A time-lagged design was utilized to collect the data and a total of 350 supervisors-subordinates’ dyads are collected from Chinese manufacturing firms. The findings indicate that subordinates’ emotional exhaustion mediates the relationship between abusive supervision and CWBs only when subordinates are involved in a high frequency of job demands. Additionally, emotional exhaustion and abusive supervision were significantly moderated by job demands. However, the extant literature has provided that abusive supervision has detrimental effects on employees work behavior. The findings of this study provide new empirical and theoretical insights into the stress perspectives. Finally, implications for managers and related theories are discussed, along with the boundaries and future opportunities of this study.

Dear top management, please don’t make me a cynic: intention to sabotage

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 1266-1286 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mohammed Abubakar ◽  
Huseyin Arasli
Keyword(s):  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Differentiated Service ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Service Sabotage ◽  
Employee Cynicism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The conceptualization of service sabotage failed to adequately tap the domain of interest. Phenomena like turnover and service sabotage are difficult to measure and are not suitable for individual-level study. However, “intention” is suitable for individual-level or management-oriented studies. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach A new scale (eight items) to measure the intention to sabotage was developed and tested using a sample of bank (n=313) and insurance (n=258) employees in Nigeria. Cynicism and the desire for justice are the roots of sabotage. As such, the inability to stabilize institutionalized work processes and procedures may cause employees to be overcome with the intention to sabotage service, prior to the actual sabotage. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, this paper investigates the impact of employee cynicism on intention to sabotage as moderated by procedural justice. Findings The analyses suggest that employee cynicism is related to the intention to sabotage, and procedural justice moderates the relationship between employee cynicism and intention to sabotage. The findings endorse the model of interest, and implications of this study for research and practice are discussed. Originality/value The study differentiated service sabotage from intention to sabotage, and developed and tested a scale to measure the intention to sabotage.

scholarly journals Psychological Safety in Ghana: Empirical Analyses of Antecedents and Consequences

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mavis Agyemang Opoku ◽  
Suk Bong Choi ◽  
Seung-Wan Kang
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines psychological safety as a mediator in the relationship between Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) and voice behavior. Based on the conservation of resources theory, a moderated mediation framework was used to examine human capital investments, specifically employee education and tenure, as boundary conditions of this relationship. The research hypotheses were tested with a sample of 207 employee-supervisor dyads working in a time-lagged design. The study found that psychological safety is an intermediary mechanism through which LMX affects voice behavior. Employees’ level of education negatively moderates the relationship between LMX and psychological safety. Furthermore, the results suggest that organizational tenure accentuates the relationship between LMX and psychological safety, and strengthens the indirect effect of LMX on voice behavior. The theoretical contributions and managerial implications are discussed in addition to directions for future research.

Abusive Supervision and Employee Empowerment: The Moderating Role of Resilience and Workplace Friendship

2021 ◽  
pp. 154805182110054
Author(s):  
Ayesha Arshad ◽  
Peter Y. T. Sun ◽  
Fabrice Desmarais
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Structural Empowerment ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Workplace Friendship ◽  
The Face ◽  
Time Lagged

Several studies have explored why employees leave their organization in the face of abusive supervision. However, there is a lack of research on what makes employees continue with employment despite being affected by abusive supervision. This study responds to the calls made to analyze multiple mechanisms that employees use to cope with abusive supervision. It addresses this gap by examining employees’ psychological and social resources that can mitigate the effects of abusive supervision. We specifically consider employee psychological and structural empowerment, as well as resilience and workplace friendship. This is a time-lagged study using a sample of 146 postgraduate students who have a minimum of 2 years of work experience. Utilizing the tenets of conservation of resources theory, we find that damage to psychological empowerment plays a significant role in diminishing the work engagement and creativity of employees, as compared to structural empowerment. We also find that workplace friendship plays a significant role in weakening the damaging effects of abusive supervision on structural empowerment. Future studies should consider other psychological and social mechanisms that can mitigate the effects of abusive supervision. Moreover, organizations should work toward developing a culture of sharing and support between coworkers.

Is abusive supervision always harmful toward creativity? Managing workplace stressors by promoting distributive and procedural justice

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zubair Akram ◽  
Saima Ahmad ◽  
Umair Akram ◽  
Muhammad Asghar ◽  
Tao Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Employee Creativity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Workplace Stressors

Purpose This paper aims to answer the question of how, why and when abusive supervision affects employee creativity. Drawing on the conservation of resources theory, this paper examines the direct and indirect (via psychological distress) effects of abusive supervision on employee creativity. It further investigates the boundary conditions imposed by employees’ perceived distributive and procedural justice in the relationships between abusive supervision, psychological distress and employee creativity. Design/methodology/approach The study uses multi-sourced and time-lagged data collected in three waves from a survey of employees-supervisor dyads working in the Chinese manufacturing sector. In the first wave, the authors received data from 347 employees on perceived abusive supervision and perceived distributive and procedural justice. In the second wave, 320 employees shared their perceptions of psychological distress at work. In the third wave, the authors received ratings for employee creativity from the direct supervisors of 300 employees. The data were analyzed using bootstrapped moderated mediation procedures. Findings The findings revealed a significant negative influence of abusive supervision on employee creativity both directly and indirectly in the presence of perceived psychological distress. However, distributive and procedural justice was found to mitigate the negative impact of abusive supervision on employee creativity. Practical implications Abusive supervision has adverse consequences for employees’ creativity because it affects their psychological health. HR and top management should prioritize addressing abusive supervision first and foremost to boost employee creativity in the workplace. Managers should give employees opportunities for participation and foster a climate of fairness in the organization to mitigate the harmful consequences of abusive supervision. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first empirical study that examines the psychological distress-based mechanism in the relationship between abusive supervision and creativity while considering the interactive effects of distributive and procedural justice. It addresses an important research gap in the literature by proposing that organizational perceived distributive and procedural justice can mitigate the detrimental effects of abusive supervision.

High involvement work practices often lead to burnout, but thanks to humble leadership

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 503-525
Author(s):  
Gul Afshan ◽  
Muhammad Kashif ◽  
Firdous Khanum ◽  
Mansoor Ahmed Khuhro ◽  
Umair Akram
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
High Involvement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Humble Leadership

PurposeBased on the conservation of resources theory, this study aims to investigate high involvement work practices (HIWP) as an antecedent to burnout with a mediating role of perceived work–family (WF) imbalance. Moreover, this study examines whether humble leadership moderates the relationship between HIWP and WF imbalance.Design/methodology/approachUsing a time-lagged survey approach, data are collected from 200 employees working in the Indian services sector organizations.FindingsThe findings demonstrate that HIWP has a direct negative effect on burnout and an indirect effect via WF imbalance. Also, humble leadership moderates the relationship between HIWP and WF imbalance.Originality/valueBy studying the pessimistic view of HIWP in the Indian context, this study contributes to the scant studies available on its effect on burnout in collectivistic societies. Furthermore, humble leadership's moderating role in the relationship between HIWP and WF imbalance is unique to this study.

Subordinates’ negative workplace gossip leads to supervisor abuse: based on the conservation of resources theory

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cunjun Ye ◽  
Bin He ◽  
Xu Sun
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Internal Mechanism ◽  
Time Lagged

Purpose Based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, this paper aims to explore the potential influence of perceived subordinates’ negative workplace gossip on abusive supervision in China. Moreover, the COR theory helps in examining the mediating role of self-esteem threat and psychological distress and the moderating role of mindfulness on the effects of perceived subordinates’ negative workplace gossip on abusive supervision. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected from 305 supervisor-subordinate dyads in China using the time-lagged and multi-source methods and hierarchical regression analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings Results reveal that perceived subordinates’ negative workplace gossip is positively related to abusive supervision and the relationship is moderated by the supervisor’s traits of mindfulness. In addition, perceived subordinates’ negative workplace gossip has an indirect effect on abusive supervision via self-esteem threat (cognition) and psychological distress (emotion). Originality/value The study helps to understand the influence of perceived subordinates’ negative workplace gossip on abusive supervision based on the COR theory. At the same time, it also enriches the understanding of the internal mechanism between perceived subordinates’ negative workplace gossip and abusive supervision.

How and when LMX quality relates to counterproductive performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 557-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.M. Jawahar ◽  
Bert Schreurs ◽  
Shawn J. Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose In spite of the recent meta-analysis by Martin et al. (2016), we have very little insight about the theoretical mechanism explaining the leader–member exchange–counterproductive work behavior (LMX–CWB) relationship. Drawing on social cognitive theory, the purpose of this paper is to test if occupational self-efficacy functions as a mediating mechanism to explain the relationship between LMX quality and counterproductive performance directed toward the supervisor. In addition, based on the conservation of resources theory, the paper investigates if supervisor–subordinate relationship tenure acted as a second-stage moderator of this mediated relationship. Design/methodology/approach The authors used two-wave time-lagged data from a sample of 189 high-tech professionals to test the hypotheses, controlling for age, sex, and trust. Findings The results of this paper showed that occupational self-efficacy carried the effect of LMX quality on counterproductive performance, but only for workers who have longer supervisor–subordinate relationship tenure. Originality/value This paper is unique in proposing and testing a social cognitive mechanism to explain the relationship between LMX quality and counterproductive performance. As Johns (2017) advocated, the authors incorporated length of time, a contextual variable into this study by investigating supervisor–subordinate relationship tenure as moderating the proposed mediated relationship.

scholarly journals Effects of Anger and Moral Identity on the Relationship between Supervisors’ Incivility and Deviant Behavior: A Study of Public Service Officers in Republic of Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10585
Author(s):  
Yong Hyun Kim ◽  
Seung Yeon Son ◽  
Seung-Wan Kang
Keyword(s):  
Moral Identity ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Negative Leadership ◽  
Military Units ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the effects of supervisors’ incivility regarding employees’ deviant behavior, the mediating effect of anger, and the moderating role of moral identity in the relationship between incivility and deviant behavior. To test our hypotheses, we collected data from supervisor–employee dyads in South Korean military units, applying a time-lagged design, hierarchical regression, and SPSS macro. The results elicited three relevant findings. First, supervisors’ incivility was found to positively influence employees’ deviant behavior. Second, employees’ anger was confirmed to have a mediating effect between supervisors’ incivility and employees’ deviant behavior. Third, the analysis demonstrated that moral identity moderates the relationship between anger and deviant behavior, and incivility through anger has an indirect effect on deviant behavior. These findings imply that supervisors’ incivility, which is readily observed within the organization, is a harmful behavior that increases anger and deviant behavior. These findings suggest that negative leadership should be minimized and employees with high moral identity should be selected to reduce deviant behavior that harms the organization.

scholarly journals Influence of Leader Mindfulness on the Emotional Exhaustion of University Teachers: Resources Crossover Effect

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beini Liu ◽  
Zehui Zhang ◽  
Qiang Lu
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Paired Data ◽  
Crossover Effect ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
The Relationship

This study combined conservation of resources theory with the job demands-resources model to explore the influence of leader mindfulness on the emotional exhaustion of university teachers Using a time-lagged research design, 388 paired data sets were gathered. Multiple regression and bootstrapping were used to test each hypothesis. The results showed that first, leader mindfulness significantly reduces the emotional exhaustion of university teachers. Second, the results showed that workplace telepressure partially mediates the relationship between leader mindfulness and the emotional exhaustion of university teachers. Third, university teacher mindfulness positively moderates the relationship between leader mindfulness and workplace telepressure. Finally, the results of this study indicate that self-efficacy in managing negative emotions negatively moderates the relationship between workplace telepressure and the emotional exhaustion of university teachers. This study empirically examined the interpersonal influence of leader mindfulness and the initial resources effect of university teacher mindfulness and self-efficacy in managing negative emotions from the bilateral perspective of leaders and university teachers.

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