The U-shaped effect of responsible leadership on employees’ cyberloafing

IF 0.9 4区管理学 Q4 BUSINESS

South African Journal of Business Management Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI:10.4102/sajbm.v55i1.4210

Jinqiang Zhu, Jiaxiu Zhao

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Abstract

Purpose: The study explores the U-shaped impact of responsible leadership on cyberloafing and the moderating effect of self-efficacy based on conservation of resources theory.Design/methodology/approach: This is a field study based on quantitative analysis of full-time employees in the enterprises who work on computers for over 1 year. Hierarchical regression was employed to examine hypotheses. Bootstrap and Bayesian analysis to conduct robustness tests.Findings/results: Results from 305 employees showed that responsible leadership had a U-shaped impact on cyberloafing. The self-efficacy moderated the U-shaped relationship between responsible leadership and cyberloafing. For employees with high self-efficacy, responsible leadership is more likely to reduce cyberloafing, but for employees with low self-efficacy, responsible leadership is more likely to increase cyberloafing.Practical implications: Organisations should recognise the role of leaders in mitigating employees’ cyberloafing behaviour through effective supervision, and equip the leaders with a comprehensive understanding of their impact. Besides, for employees with low self-efficacy, leaders should pay attention and help them through effective supervision.Originality/value: Our work illustrated the double-edged sword effect of responsible leadership on employee cyberloafing and identified self-efficacy as a key boundary condition of the conservation of resources theory. This study expands the related research on the influencing factors of cyberloafing behaviour and provides clue for the possible negative effects of responsible leadership. In addition, this study deepens the conservation of resources theory.

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责任型领导对员工网络休闲的 U 型效应

目的：本研究以资源保护理论为基础，探讨责任型领导对网络越狱的U型影响以及自我效能感的调节作用：本研究是一项基于定量分析的实地研究，研究对象为企业中从事计算机工作超过 1 年的全职员工。研究采用了层次回归法来检验假设。采用 Bootstrap 和贝叶斯分析法进行稳健性检验：来自 305 名员工的研究结果表明，责任型领导对 "网络休闲 "的影响呈 "U "型。自我效能感调节了责任型领导与网络游离之间的 U 型关系。对于自我效能感高的员工，责任型领导更有可能减少网络休闲，但对于自我效能感低的员工，责任型领导更有可能增加网络休闲：组织应认识到领导者在通过有效监督减少员工网络游离行为方面的作用，并让领导者全面了解其影响。此外，对于自我效能感低的员工，领导者应给予关注，并通过有效监督帮助他们：我们的研究说明了责任型领导对员工网络越狱的双刃剑效应，并指出自我效能感是资源保护理论的一个关键边界条件。本研究拓展了网络违规行为影响因素的相关研究，为责任型领导可能产生的负面影响提供了线索。此外，本研究还深化了资源保护理论。

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South African Journal of Business Management Multiple-

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2.00

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7.70%

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审稿时长

25 weeks

期刊介绍： The South African Journal of Business Management publishes articles that have real significance for management theory and practice. The content of the journal falls into two categories: managerial theory and management practice: -Management theory is devoted to reporting new methodological developments, whether analytical or philosophical. In general, papers should, in addition to developing a new theory, include some discussion of applications, either historical or potential. Both state-of-the-art surveys and papers discussing new developments are appropriate for this category. -Management practice concerns the methodology involved in applying scientific knowledge. It focusses on the problems of developing and converting management theory to practice while considering behavioural and economic realities. Papers should reflect the mutual interest of managers and management scientists in the exercise of the management function. Appropriate papers may include examples of implementations that generalise experience rather than specific incidents and facts, and principles of model development and adaptation that underline successful application of particular aspects of management theory. The relevance of the paper to the professional manager should be highlighted as far as possible.