Context-contingent Effect of 
            <i>Zhongyong</i> on Employee Innovation Behavior

Du, Jing; Manman, Ran; Cao, Ping

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1041.2014.00113

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“…This factor was important, because research has shown that east Asians generally behave in ways compatible with the “zhongyong-oriented action model” ( Yao et al, 2010 ; Chou et al, 2014 ). We assessed zhongyong using a 6-item scale ( Du et al, 2014 ). A sample item is “Everything has limitations, so it is not very good to exceed them.” The coefficient alpha was 0.803 for this survey.…”

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How Does Psychological Empowerment Prevent Emotional Exhaustion? Psychological Safety and Organizational Embeddedness as Mediators

Zhou

Chen

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Emotional exhaustion in the workplace can cause employees psychological and physical health problems, affect work performance, and create burdens for the organization. Existing studies have demonstrated that psychological empowerment helps reduce emotional exhaustion. This study explores the internal mechanism of this relationship. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we advance a dual mediation model to explain how high psychological empowerment results in low emotional exhaustion, by increasing psychological safety and organizational embeddedness. Data were collected from 226 on-the-job MBA students at a university in western China. The results demonstrate that psychological safety and organizational embeddedness play mediating roles in the negative relationship between psychological empowerment and emotional exhaustion. The study provides a systematic view of the negative effect that psychological empowerment has on emotional exhaustion. The paper also discusses theoretical contributions, practical implications, and future directions.

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How Does Psychological Empowerment Prevent Emotional Exhaustion? Psychological Safety and Organizational Embeddedness as Mediators

Zhou

Chen

2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…Previous studies have referred to zhongyong as the Confucian doctrine of the mean [83]. We assessed zhongyong using the six-item short version scale, adapted by Du, Ran, and Cao [84] based on Chiu's [85] original scale. The assessment included a five-point scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Role of Sense of Power in Alleviating Emotional Exhaustion in Frontline Managers: A Dual Mediation Model

Song

Zhou

2020

IJERPH

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Frontline managers have many responsibilities and often suffer from emotional exhaustion. Drawing on the job demands–resources model, this research proposes and examines a cognitive–affective dual mediation model to explain how frontline managers’ sense of power affects their emotional exhaustion through managerial self-efficacy (cognitive path) and affective commitment (affective path). A cross-sectional study design was employed, and the theoretical model was tested using a three-wave survey among 227 on-the-job Master of Business Administration (MBA) students (52.86% male) in China, who serve as frontline managers in different kinds of organization. The regression and bootstrapping analysis results showed that the frontline managers’ sense of power was significantly negatively related to emotional exhaustion. In other words, the more powerful they felt, the less exhausted they felt. Furthermore, having a sense of power enhanced managerial self-efficacy, which mitigated emotional exhaustion. Sense of power also boosted frontline managers’ affective commitment, alleviating emotional exhaustion. We conclude with a discussion of this study’s theoretical and practical contributions and future research directions.

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“…First, in line with previous voice research (Ng and Lucianetti, 2018;Li et al, 2020), we controlled for basic demographic variables, including gender, age, and organizational tenure. Second, given that (1) we collected data in the Chinese context and cultural factors may influence research conclusions, and ( 2) some studies have indicated that zhongyong-a value orientation, which advocates the adoption of a neutral and balance way on the basis of overall cognition to achieve the harmony between the individual and the environment (Du et al, 2014)-is associated with voice behavior (Duan and Ling, 2011;Qu et al, 2018), we controlled for zhongyong, which many scholars consider to be a typical Chinese cultural characteristic (Yang et al, 2016;Zhou et al, 2019). We used the six-item scale developed by Du et al (2014) to measure zhongyong.…”

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The Inhibitory Effect of Perceived Organizational Politics on Employee Voice Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

2021

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Research on the mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions of perceived organizational politics’ (POP) effect on employee voice is underdeveloped. Based on conservation of resources theory, we proposed a moderated mediation model in which organizational embeddedness acts as a mediator to explain why POP inhibits promotive and prohibitive voice. Additionally, we posited sense of impact as a boundary condition affecting this relationship. A time-lagged survey of 227 employed MBA students from a university in southwestern China revealed that organizational embeddedness mediates the relationship between POP and promotive and prohibitive voice, and sense of impact moderates the relationship between POP and promotive voice, such that the relationship is stronger when sense of impact is weaker. The moderating effect was not significant for prohibitive voice. These findings have implications for theory, practice, and further organizational research.

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Context-contingent Effect of Zhongyong on Employee Innovation Behavior

Cited by 17 publications

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How Does Psychological Empowerment Prevent Emotional Exhaustion? Psychological Safety and Organizational Embeddedness as Mediators

How Does Psychological Empowerment Prevent Emotional Exhaustion? Psychological Safety and Organizational Embeddedness as Mediators

The Role of Sense of Power in Alleviating Emotional Exhaustion in Frontline Managers: A Dual Mediation Model

The Inhibitory Effect of Perceived Organizational Politics on Employee Voice Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

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