A Paradoxical Study of the Influence of Underdog Expectations on Employees' Work Status

International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management Pub Date : 2024-02-19 DOI:10.4018/ijabim.338722

Di Wu, Jun Yang, Yong Wang

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Abstract

While prior studies have demonstrated that underdog expectations (UEs) can benefit or harm performance, research of whether they are detrimental or beneficial to employees' work status has not been much explored. Based on the two-mode models of self-regulation theory, the authors develop a model of the double-edged sword effect of UEs on employees' work status and their boundary conditions. Data from 357 employees showed that: (1) UEs positively affect affective rumination (AR), AR positively affects work alienation (WA) and thus mediates between UEs and WA; (2) UEs positively affect problem-solving pondering (PSP), PSP positively affects work engagement (WE) and thus mediates between UEs and WE; (3) Mindfulness moderated the relationship between UEs and AR, thereby moderating the mediating effects of AR and PSP; (4) Mindfulness moderated the relationship between UEs and PSP, thereby moderating the mediating effects of PSP. This study advances the UEs research. It also provides suggestions on how to leverage the positive effects of UEs with the alertness to mitigate its negative effects.

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劣势期望对员工工作状态影响的悖论研究

尽管之前的研究已经证明，弱势期望（UEs）会对工作绩效有利或有害，但有关其对员工工作状态是有害还是有利的研究却鲜有涉及。作者以自我调节理论的双模式模型为基础，建立了UEs对员工工作状态及其边界条件的双刃剑效应模型。来自 357 名员工的数据显示(1）UEs正向影响情感反刍（AR），AR正向影响工作疏离（WA），从而在UEs和WA之间起到中介作用；（2）UEs正向影响问题解决思考（PSP），PSP正向影响工作投入（WE），从而在UEs和WE之间起到中介作用；（3）正念调节了UEs和AR之间的关系，从而调节了AR和PSP的中介作用；（4）正念调节了UEs和PSP之间的关系，从而调节了PSP的中介作用。本研究推动了 UEs 研究。它还为如何利用 UEs 的积极效应和警觉性来减轻其负面影响提供了建议。

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