How do employees build and maintain relationships with leaders? Development and validation of the workplace upward networking scale

IF 5.2 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Journal of Vocational Behavior Pub Date : 2024-03-05 DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2024.103985

Song Wang , Kun Luan

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Abstract

The importance of social networking helping employees achieve career success is widely recognized. However, there is limited discussion regarding employees' subtle networking behaviors with leaders and their impact. With this paper we contribute to this oversight by conceptualizing workplace upward networking (WUN) and by developing and validating a new scale that assesses the extent to which employees build and maintain relationships with leaders in pursuit of resources. Using 10 samples (N = 1597), the results provide strong evidence for the reliability and validity of the WUN scale, and support the nomological network of the WUN construct. Our work contributes to social networking research by demonstrating the theoretical uniqueness of WUN versus similar constructs, such as workplace peer networking and impression management, as well as the underlying mechanisms by which WUN affects work outcomes. Overall, with this study we offer support for the reliability and validity of WUN scale and advance the burgeoning node-specific networking literature both conceptually and empirically.

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员工如何与领导建立并保持关系？开发和验证工作场所向上网络量表

社交网络对员工取得事业成功的重要性已得到广泛认可。然而，有关员工与领导建立微妙关系网络的行为及其影响的讨论却十分有限。本文通过对工作场所向上网络（WUN）的概念化，以及开发和验证一个新的量表，来评估员工为寻求资源而与领导建立和保持关系的程度，从而为这一疏忽做出贡献。通过使用 10 个样本（= 1597），研究结果为 WUN 量表的可靠性和有效性提供了有力证据，并支持了 WUN 构建的名义网络。我们的研究通过证明 WUN 相对于工作场所同伴网络和印象管理等类似结构的理论独特性，以及 WUN 影响工作结果的内在机制，为社交网络研究做出了贡献。总之，通过这项研究，我们为 WUN 量表的可靠性和有效性提供了支持，并在概念和经验上推动了新兴的特定节点网络文献的发展。

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Journal of Vocational Behavior PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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13.10

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5.40%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Vocational Behavior publishes original empirical and theoretical articles offering unique insights into the realms of career choice, career development, and work adjustment across the lifespan. These contributions are not only valuable for academic exploration but also find applications in counseling and career development programs across diverse sectors such as colleges, universities, business, industry, government, and the military. The primary focus of the journal centers on individual decision-making regarding work and careers, prioritizing investigations into personal career choices rather than organizational or employer-level variables. Example topics encompass a broad range, from initial career choices (e.g., choice of major, initial work or organization selection, organizational attraction) to the development of a career, work transitions, work-family management, and attitudes within the workplace (such as work commitment, multiple role management, and turnover).