{"title":"Professional Development Experiences Aligned to the Ideal Self: A Positive Psychology Perspective on Individual Development","authors":"Udayan Dhar","doi":"10.1177/00218863241269055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00218863241269055","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to use a positive psychology lens to broaden and refine our understanding of professional development experiences, and to construct a practical, but evidence-based framework for a developmental human resource management (HRM) system. Study 1 uses focus group interviews with 18 full-time professionals enrolled in a management education program to explore experiences that are likely to strengthen and clarify one's aspirational future professional identity, or the ideal self. In study 2, two separate professional samples ( N = 204, 271) are used for measurement development and hypotheses testing. Overall, the two studies show that 15 specific development experiences are particularly helpful in the formation of a clear and motivating ideal self for professionals in a wide variety of industries. As a practical application of the findings, a framework for a Developmental HRM System is proposed.","PeriodicalId":515858,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science","volume":"56 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141923764","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":"Balancing Depth and Breadth to Understand Macro Phenomena: Some Advice for Analyzing Global Qualitative Datasets","authors":"Rebecca Bednarek","doi":"10.1177/00218863241260435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00218863241260435","url":null,"abstract":"For qualitative scholars, achieving interpretive depth when analyzing large global datasets represents a particular challenge. It is, however, a challenge worth navigating given the power of such datasets to provide a depth of insight into large-scale societal issues. Building on existing insights about qualitative analysis and examples from my own experience of large global research projects, here I seek to offer some advice in this regard. I provide three general heuristics that scholars can keep in mind as characterizing this endeavor: the hermeneutic circle, distributed cognition; and embracing doubt. I then show how these heuristics unfold practically, illustrating a four-step process that I hope is helpful for qualitative researchers seeking to balance depth and breadth to understand macro phenomena.","PeriodicalId":515858,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science","volume":"63 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141347058","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":"Facilitating Change: The Role of Adaptability and LMX for Change Support","authors":"Pedro Neves, Karen van Dam","doi":"10.1177/00218863241257959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00218863241257959","url":null,"abstract":"Employee adaptability is of crucial importance in today's dynamic business environments. Yet, we still have limited knowledge of how the effects of individual adaptability are influenced by the work environment, and leaders in particular. In light of Uncertainty Reduction Theory, we hypothesized that employees with high adaptability will be more trustful toward change management and more supportive of the change, particularly when Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) is high. At two points in time, we collected data from 244 employees working in companies undergoing substantial organizational changes. Our main findings support the theoretical model, offering important insights into the mechanisms and boundary conditions involved in employees’ change responses. Practitioners should beware that while individual adaptability is a central element for change responses, it also largely depends on social relationships within the work context (i.e., LMX), suggesting the need to stimulate both in order to promote the appropriate change response.","PeriodicalId":515858,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141384732","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}
Qiao Wang, Zhouyue Wu, Jingjing Liu, Yajun Zhang, Liangcan Liu
{"title":"Middle Managers’ Role Overload, Workplace Anxiety, and Resistance to Change: The Moderating Effect of Emotion Regulation Strategies","authors":"Qiao Wang, Zhouyue Wu, Jingjing Liu, Yajun Zhang, Liangcan Liu","doi":"10.1177/00218863241246284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00218863241246284","url":null,"abstract":"Middle managers play a pivotal role in organizational change. However, little is known about the antecedents of middle managers’ resistance to change. Drawing from the conservation of resource theory, this study examines the impact of middle managers’ role overload on their resistance to change. We collected time-lagged data from 242 middle managers in China. Our results show that middle managers’ role overload is positively related to resistance to change, and that this relationship is mediated by middle managers’ workplace anxiety. Furthermore, emotion regulation strategies moderate the effect of middle managers’ role overload on workplace anxiety as well as the indirect effect of middle managers’ role overload on resistance to change via workplace anxiety. These findings offer theoretical insights into how to effectively implement organizational change and manage middle managers’ resistance to change.","PeriodicalId":515858,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science","volume":"49 S244","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140694748","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":"Honey, We Shrunk Our Impact: Social Impact in Organizational Research","authors":"Gavin Schwarz, D. Bouckenooghe","doi":"10.1177/00218863231223870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00218863231223870","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515858,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science","volume":"368 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139847966","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":"Honey, We Shrunk Our Impact: Social Impact in Organizational Research","authors":"Gavin Schwarz, D. Bouckenooghe","doi":"10.1177/00218863231223870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00218863231223870","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515858,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science","volume":" 41","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139788251","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":"Engaging Gatekeepers, Optimizing Decision Making, and Mitigating Bias: Design Specifications for Systemic Diversity Interventions.","authors":"Claartje J Vinkenburg","doi":"10.1177/0021886317703292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886317703292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this contribution to the <i>Journal of Applied Behavioral Science</i> Special Issue on Understanding Diversity Dynamics in Systems: Social Equality as an Organization Change Issue, I develop and describe design specifications for systemic diversity interventions in upward mobility career systems, aimed at optimizing decision making through mitigating bias by engaging gatekeepers. These interventions address the paradox of meritocracy that underlies the surprising lack of diversity at the top of the career pyramid in these systems. I ground the design specifications in the limited empirical evidence on \"what works\" in systemic interventions. Specifically, I describe examples from interventions in academic settings, including a bias literacy program, participatory modeling, and participant observation. The design specifications, paired with inspirational examples of successful interventions, should assist diversity officers and consultants in designing and implementing interventions to promote the advancement to and representation of nondominant group members at the top of the organizational hierarchy.</p>","PeriodicalId":515858,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science","volume":"53 2","pages":"212-234"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2017-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0021886317703292","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35029428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ellen Giebels, Renee S M de Reuver, Sonja Rispens, Elze G Ufkes
{"title":"The Critical Roles of Task Conflict and Job Autonomy in the Relationship Between Proactive Personalities and Innovative Employee Behavior.","authors":"Ellen Giebels, Renee S M de Reuver, Sonja Rispens, Elze G Ufkes","doi":"10.1177/0021886316648774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886316648774","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examine why and when proactive personality is beneficial for innovative behavior at work. Based on a survey among 166 employees working in 35 departments of a large municipality in the Netherlands we show that an increase in task conflicts explains the positive relation between a proactive personality and innovative employee behavior. This process is moderated by job autonomy in such a way that the relationship between proactive personality and task conflict is particularly strong under low compared with high autonomy. The present research contributes to the discussion on the potential benefits of task conflict for change processes and highlights the importance of examining the interplay between personality and work context for understanding innovation practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":515858,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science","volume":"52 3","pages":"320-341"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0021886316648774","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34378115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of social support on prenatal care.","authors":"C St John, T J Winston","doi":"10.1177/0021886389251006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886389251006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines the effects of social support on the receipt of adequate prenatal care. A study was conducted to test the hypotheses that social support helps women overcome obstacles to obtaining such care, and that social support has greater effects on women facing the most obstacles. Survey data were gathered for more than 90% of the women who gave birth in Oklahoma hospitals during specific periods in the summer of 1986. The authors found only weak support for the first hypothesis, and for the second hypothesis found only support that must be qualified according to the measure of social support. Strong evidence indicates, however, that difficulty in paying for prenatal care, personal inconveniences, and unwanted pregnancies are obstacles to obtaining such care. The findings account for some of the frequently observed demographic differences associated with receipt of adequate prenatal care, although such differences persisted even after the obstacles were considered. The authors present implications for policy makers seeking to improve women's receipt of adequate prenatal care.</p>","PeriodicalId":515858,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science","volume":"25 1","pages":"79-98"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0021886389251006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21169642","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 use of decision analysis for organizational design: reorganizing a community hospital.","authors":"R R McDaniel, J B Thomas, D P Ashmos, J P Smith","doi":"10.1177/002188638702300304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/002188638702300304","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Organizational design is presented as a decision process, with specific structures seen as providing alternative choices. To illustrate this, the authors present the case of a major metropolitan hospital that used the process to coordinate service delivery (nursing care versus patient care) and service focus (product oriented versus function oriented). Through interviews with more than 40 hospital administrators and staff, the authors created a list of 20 attributes, and used simple multi-attribute utility analysis to generate six design alternatives. The decision makers unanimously chose one alternative, even though potential for significant conflict existed because of differing values and objectives. The authors find decision analytic techniques useful for both the problem formulation and for generating and evaluating structural alternatives, and conclude that in this case consensus was facilitated by the decision process used.</p>","PeriodicalId":515858,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science","volume":"23 3","pages":"337-50"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"1987-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/002188638702300304","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21153648","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}