Research on the Influence Mechanism of Implicit Incentive on Employee's Territorial Marking Behaviors – the Moderating Effect of Recognition Expectation

Based on field theory and prospect theory, this paper attempts to explain the influence mechanism of organizational implicit incentives on employee's territory marking behaviors and further verify the moderating effect of recognition expectation. Through a paired survey of 280 employees and supervisors in the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta and Macau Special Administrative Region, it shows that growth incentives, job incentives, and relationship incentives significantly affect territorial marking behaviors through psychological contracts. The recognition expectation of employees will enhance the relation between psychological contract and territorial marking behaviors.