Reduced self-worth: an investigation of why and when coworker undermining facilitates employee interpersonal deviance

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Nankai Business Review International Pub Date : 2021-10-29 DOI:10.1108/nbri-07-2021-0046

Jing Quan, Jih‐Yu Mao, Yujie Shi, Xiao Liang

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Purpose This study investigates why and when undermined employees exhibit deviant behavior toward coworkers. Drawing upon social exchange theory, coworker undermining reduces employee organization-based self-esteem (OBSE), which in turn, fosters employee negative reciprocal behavior in the form of interpersonal deviance. In addition, this study examines the moderating role of relational-interdependent self-construal (RISC) in affecting the indirect effect. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from a two-wave survey. Participants were 316 employees of a service company in western China. Ordinary least squares regressions were used to test the hypothesized relationships. Findings Coworker undermining is positively related to employee interpersonal deviance, mediated by decreased employee OBSE. In addition, this indirect relationship is more salient for employees with a higher than lower RISC. Originality/value This study suggests that employee OBSE serves as an explanation for why coworker undermining leads to employees’ antagonistic consequences. Furthermore, this study highlights the boundary-condition role of RISC in the influence process.

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自我价值的降低:同事破坏为什么以及何时会促进员工的人际行为的调查

目的:本研究探讨被削弱的员工为何以及何时会对同事表现出越轨行为。根据社会交换理论，同事破坏会降低员工基于组织的自尊(OBSE)，而OBSE反过来又会以人际偏差的形式促进员工的消极互惠行为。此外，本研究还探讨了关系依赖自我解释(RISC)在影响间接效应中的调节作用。设计/方法/方法数据收集自两波调查。参与者是中国西部一家服务公司的316名员工。使用普通最小二乘回归来检验假设的关系。发现员工破坏与员工人际越轨正相关，并以员工强迫症的降低为中介。此外，这种间接关系在RISC高的员工中比在RISC低的员工中更为突出。独创性/价值本研究表明，员工的强迫症可以解释为什么同事破坏会导致员工的敌对后果。此外，本研究还强调了RISC在影响过程中的边界条件作用。

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