{"title":"Do you pass it on? An examination of the consequences of perceived cyber incivility","authors":"Kim A. McCarthy, J. Pearce, J. Morton, S. Lyon","doi":"10.1108/omj-12-2018-0654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/omj-12-2018-0654","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The emerging literature on computer-mediated communication at the study lacks depth in terms of elucidating the consequences of the effects of incivility on employees. This study aims to compare face-to-face incivility with incivility encountered via e-mail on both task performance and performance evaluation.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000In two experimental studies, the authors test whether exposure to incivility via e-mail reduces individual task performance beyond that of face-to-face incivility and weather exposure to that incivility results in lower performance evaluations for third-parties.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The authors show that being exposed to cyber incivility does decrease performance on a subsequent task. The authors also find that exposure to rudeness, both face-to-face and via e-mail, is contagious and results in lower performance evaluation scores for an uninvolved third party.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This research comprises an empirically grounded study of incivility in the context of e-mail at study, highlights distinctions between it and face-to-face rudeness and reveals the potential risks that cyber incivility poses for employees.\u0000","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/omj-12-2018-0654","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43411436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How face threat sensitivity affects proactive negotiation behavior","authors":"E. Miles, Jeff Schatten, E. Chapman","doi":"10.1108/omj-05-2019-0725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/omj-05-2019-0725","url":null,"abstract":"Face threat sensitivity (FTS) has been found to influence objective negotiated outcomes when the threat to face is activated. The purpose of this study is to extend that research by testing whether FTS – which is defined as a propensity to act – is associated with the outcomes of negotiators when the threat has not been specifically activated. Face theory specifies that face threats can cause individuals to take proactive steps to avoid threats before they might occur.,Drawing on face theory and social role theory, the authors conduct a negotiation experiment and use hierarchical regression to test hypotheses concerning the relationship between FTS for sellers and buyers on negotiated outcomes in both distributive and integrative negotiations. The authors also use moderated regression to test if gender moderates the relationship between buyer and seller FTS and negotiation outcomes.,Results show that, when the threat is not activated, high FTS buyers pay more than low FTS buyers. Consistent with face theory and social role theory, this effect is moderated by gender, with the association being stronger for women buyers than for men buyers.,This paper exhibits that FTS can influence negotiator behavior even when FTS is not activated. This is valuable to negotiation scholars and practitioners who are interested in the role that individual characteristics play in negotiation behavior.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"2-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/omj-05-2019-0725","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48138960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social network influences on employee responses to organizational withdrawals","authors":"Frank Siedlok, P. Hibbert, F. Whitehurst","doi":"10.1108/omj-01-2018-0498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/omj-01-2018-0498","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The purpose of this paper is to develop a more detailed understanding of how embedding in different social networks relates to different types of action that individuals choose in the context of organizational closures, downsizing or relocations. To develop such insights, this paper focuses on three particular types of social networks, namely, intra-organizational; external professional and local community networks. These three types of networks have been frequently related to different types of action in the context of closures and relocations.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000This is a conceptual paper. The authors develop the argument by integrating relevant recent literature on the salience related to embedding in different types of social networks, with a particular focus on responses to organizational closure or relocation.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The authors argue that at times of industrial decline and closure: embeddedness in intra-organizational networks can favor collective direct action; embeddedness in professional networks is likely to favor individual direct action and embeddedness in community networks can lead to individual indirect action. The authors then add nuance to the argument by considering a range of complicating factors that can constrain or enable the course (s) of action favored by particular combinations of network influences.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000On a theoretical level, this paper adds to understandings of the role of network embeddedness in influencing individual and collective responses to such disruptive events; and direct or indirect forms of response. On a practical level, the authors contribute to understandings about how the employment landscape may evolve in regions affected by organizational demise, and how policymakers may study with or through network influences to develop more responsible downsizing approaches.\u0000","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/omj-01-2018-0498","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42841394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In spite of technology: a failure in student project ownership","authors":"Pauline L. Stamp, T. D. Peters, Andrew Gorycki","doi":"10.1108/omj-11-2019-0835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/omj-11-2019-0835","url":null,"abstract":"Students often complain about doing group work, which may lead them to be less engaged as a group and to seek shortcuts in developing their presentations. The purpose of his essay is identify and preferentially rectify student behavioral errors arising from placing too much trust in technology that can lead to too little personal interaction and engagement. The authors present their viewpoint on the classroom presentation outcome of a student group that used Google Docs to “prepare” for their presentation.,In a recent organizational behavior course, the authors had one such group arrive for their in-class presentation, only to discover that one group member was absent. The group had used Google Docs to share their research, yet no member read what the others had submitted. As a result, none of the group members could present the missing student’s material, with the obvious negative grading and finger-pointing outcomes.,The authors recognized that students needed more management direction than simply being proficient with technology. They lacked engagement behaviors leading to project responsibility. Engagement behaviors would include voice/face-to-face communication and content-related discussions questioning assumptions while strategically planning and operationalizing their topic of presentation.,The educational implications suggest an expanded role for the instructor to emphasize the role of student engagement behavior and the over-reliance on technology. Practical implications suggest making stronger connections to workplace expectations, making the student experience more transferable to their incipient workplaces and promoting the concept of team over group in terms of responsibility and conscientiousness and ultimately justifying their participation in providing value for their employer.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"17 1","pages":"36-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1108/omj-11-2019-0835","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45556707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Sensemaking and Organizational Identification in Employee Engagement for Sustainability","authors":"Kent D. Fairfield","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1679078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1679078","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This exploratory study examines how sensemaking and organizational identification occur inside an organization and how they can affect how employees engage in managing for sustainability. Qualitative data suggest a positive effect of organizational identification on support for sustainability goals and actions and, conversely, how individual sustainability actions may in turn increase organizational identification. The findings from interviews of a sample of eight companies reveal many different goals, challenges, and means of seeking sustainability. Analysis points toward the dynamics of cognitive and emotional processing across this diverse sample, suggesting implications for practitioners and further research.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"278 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1679078","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45539332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Klaas Szierbowski-Seibel, Bernhard A. Wach, Rüdiger Kabst
{"title":"The Collaboration of Human Resource Management and Line Management–An International Comparison","authors":"Klaas Szierbowski-Seibel, Bernhard A. Wach, Rüdiger Kabst","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1679076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1679076","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The extant research advocates for the strategic integration of human resource management (HRM) in managerial decision making to foster firm performance. However, the empirical evidence of a stronger strategic integration of HRM is still limited, especially in terms of strategic guidelines such as a human resource (HR) strategy and international comparative matters. Drawing on responses from 588 German and US-based organizations and related to the new institutionalism theory, this study examines whether a HRM partnership (i.e., sharing responsibilities between HRM and line management) that represents a particular form of strategic integration of HRM is beneficial for organizations. In particular, we find international differences as a more pronounced HRM partnership increases employee turnover in the USA, whereas no significant changes are encountered in Germany. We further demonstrate that organizations located in the USA are more likely to have a formal HR strategy compared to those in Germany. However, this study can neither provide support for the direct effect of a HRM partnership on employee turnover nor of a moderation of this relationship through the HR strategy.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"262 - 277"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1679076","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42749048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Should all Stakeholders be Treated Fairly? Identifying Stakeholders that Legitimately Matter","authors":"Desmond W. Ng","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1679079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1679079","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A key contribution of stakeholder research is that a firm’s purpose and objective is influenced by those stakeholders who have a legitimate stake in a firm’s business activities. Yet, identifying those that have a legitimate stake remains a challenge in stakeholder research. This research draws on legitimacy arguments to explain how stakeholders develop accountability and reliability in their legal and moral claims and how legitimacy influences a firm-manager’s obligations of fairness to these stakeholder groups. A concept of directness, consisting of close and relational specific exchanges, is introduced to explain this legitimation process. Directness offers accountability and reliability when an obligation of fairness is owed to those stakeholders that have a legitimate stake to a firm’s business activities. This directness-legitimation process influences a firm-manager’s fairness obligations and provides an important normative underpinning to the stakeholder concept.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"298 - 310"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1679079","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47371169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Management Support, Team Member Support, and Job Status on Safety Climate and Employee Attitudes","authors":"B. Racicot, Mary C. Kernan, Edward D. Nicholls","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1679075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1679075","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of management and team member support on employee attitudes through the mediating effect of safety climate. Five hundred fifty-six physicians and nurses from a large teaching hospital in the eastern United States completed survey items assessing their perceptions of management support, team member support, and safety climate as well as job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Results indicated that while job satisfaction and commitment were directly affected by perceptions of management and team member support, these relationships were also partially mediated by safety climate. In addition, the results suggested that team member support contributed to the prediction of safety climate over and above the effect of management support alone indicating that multiple sources of support may be important in developing positive safety climates. The hypothesized moderating effect of job status was not significant. Implications of the results and suggestions for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"251 - 261"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1679075","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45994170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Goel, Lin Xiu, Sheila K. Hanson, Raymond J. Jones
{"title":"HR Flexibility in Family Firms: Integrating Family Functioning and Family Business Leadership","authors":"S. Goel, Lin Xiu, Sheila K. Hanson, Raymond J. Jones","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1681254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1681254","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We developed a conceptual model that links central constructs of family functioning to HR flexibility and subsequent HR outcomes in family businesses. We proposed that family functioning was associated with two fundamental leadership decisions (i.e. family-business integration and family involvement) in family businesses. We posited that family business leaders have immense discretion to make these critical decisions that establish the degree to which the family firms would exhibit HR flexibility. We distinguished the three dimensions of HR flexibility – skill, behavioral, and HR practices flexibility and proposed that skill and behavioral HR flexibility generally lead to positive HR outcomes whereas the effects of HR practice flexibility on HR outcomes would be moderated by whether the employee is a family or non-family employee.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"311 - 323"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1681254","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44805980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Jabarzadeh, N. Sanoubar, A. Vahdat, Faezeh Khosravi Saghezchi
{"title":"The Role of Shared Leadership and Communication in Promoting Strategic Consensus and Performance","authors":"Y. Jabarzadeh, N. Sanoubar, A. Vahdat, Faezeh Khosravi Saghezchi","doi":"10.1080/15416518.2019.1661821","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15416518.2019.1661821","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The current study aims to investigate the effect of strategic consensus among managers on organizational performance, with an emphasis on shared leadership and communications in Iranian knowledge-intensive firms. Since Iran has its unique cultural characteristics with favoring a more authoritarian attribute, and leadership in knowledge-intensive firms has a more shared style, the context of the study is more appealing to such relationships. Data were collected from 115 randomly selected knowledge-intensive firms and analyzed using structural equation modeling by LISREL. Findings show that shared leadership positively influences strategic consensus of the management team, but it does not have a direct effect on performance. Also, communication among managers increases their strategic consensus which in turn positively affects firm performance. The findings act as a guideline for managers and suggest them to broaden the scope and the content of consensus and also for more effective decision-making and improved performance.","PeriodicalId":39393,"journal":{"name":"Organization Management Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":"220 - 234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15416518.2019.1661821","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45161496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}