Courage in the workplace: The effects of organizational level and gender on the relationship between behavioral courage and job performance

Ткаченко, Олександр; Quast, Louis N.; Song, Wei; Jang, Soebin

doi:10.1017/jmo.2018.12

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“…Courage is also predictive of a lower occurrence of psychological symptoms such as paranoid ideation and obsessive-compulsive symptoms [ 95 ]; it positively contributes to life satisfaction [ 96 ], and it helps people to resist external problems and stimulates agency [ 97 , 98 , 99 ]. Courage has also been shown to play an important role in the achievement of goals related to the work context [ 100 , 101 ] as well as in better academic performance [ 102 ]. Moreover, research that focused on dimensions related to psychological capital, including hope and optimism, showed the positive impact these resources have on flourishing, both directly and indirectly, through the mediation of courage [ 3 ].…”

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Courage as Mediator between Positive Resources and General/Domain-Specific Well-Being Indices

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Perrella

Zarbo

et al. 2022

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Background: the current post-pandemic situation has exacerbated the effects already present due to the recent socio-economic crises belonging to the first two decades of this century: perception of instability, fears, concern for the future, underemployment, undignified work. This situation has negatively impacted life in general, career paths, and perceived quality of life, especially for new generations. Positive resources such as optimism and hope can have a positive effect in countering these effects which are impacting student academic satisfaction, life satisfaction, and flourishing. In the hypothesis, courage acts as a mediator for both domain-specific and general well-being, as perceived by college students. Methods: the research involved 410 Italian university students. Five rating scales were used: Visions About the Future, Courage Measure, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), the Flourishing Scale, and College Satisfaction Scale. Results: All research variables were significantly and positively correlated. The mediation model almost totally confirmed the hypotheses, as the relationship between optimism and academic satisfaction was totally mediated by courage. In other cases, optimism and hope had both a direct and an indirect effect, mediated by courage, on the life satisfaction, academic satisfaction, and flourishing of college students. Conclusions: the findings are discussed with recent theories and research on this topic, and suggestions are provided with practical implications for those involved in supporting the choice and construction of career paths.

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“…The use of accolade definitions makes it difficult to distinguish courageous and non-courageous individuals for research purposes, whereas the creation and application of differing definitions makes the nature of moral courage unclear. Due to these concerns, some authors have recommended studying alternative dimensions of courage with clear and applicable definitions (Howard and Alipour, 2014; Magnano et al , 2017; Smith, 2018; Tkachenko et al , 2018), and we follow this repeated recommendation in the current paper.…”

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Social courage fosters both voice and silence in the workplace

Howard

Holmes

2019

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Purpose One of the strongest and most important outcomes of trait social courage is employee voice, but researchers have only studied this relationship with unidimensional conceptualizations of voice. The purpose of this paper is to apply Van Dyne et al.’s (2003) three-dimensional conceptualization of voice, which also distinguishes three dimensions of silence, to provide a nuanced understanding of the relationship of social courage with voice and silence. The authors also test for the moderating effect of three contextual influences: top management attitudes toward voice and silence, supervisor attitudes toward voice and silence, as well as communication opportunities. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a four-timepoint survey with each measurement occasion separated by one week. A total of 134 participants completed all four timepoints. Findings The results support that social courage positively relates to prosocial voice and silence, whereas it negatively relates to defensive voice and silence as well as acquiescent voice and silence. In other words, social courage positively relates to beneficial voice and silence as well as negatively relates to detrimental voice and silence. The results also failed to support any moderating effects, suggesting that the relationships of social courage are very resilient to outside forces. Practical implications These findings both test prior results and discover new relationships of social courage, which can further stress the importance of courage. The authors also draw direct connections between the influence of social courage on the surrounding workplace environment – as well as the influences of the environment on social courage. While the current paper provides insights into social courage, it also directs future researchers toward new insights of their own. Originality/value Courage is an emergent research topic within organizations. While many authors have assumed that courage is important to work, the current paper is among the few to empirically support this notion.

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“…These currents; expresses that courage stems from the strength of an individual's character and is seen as virtuous behavior. On the other hand, courage is seen as a behavioral reaction (action) of the individual against events occurring in social environments [12].…”

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Investigation of the effect of courage behaviors on endurance levels of canoe athletes

Hacıcaferoğlu

Emniyet

2023

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Background and Study Aim. Courage in sports is a concept that has attracted a lot of attention in recent years. It is very important for the athletes to reveal their psychological performance as well as their physical and technical skills during competition and or training times. In this context, this research is important in terms of revealing the mental endurance and courage levels of canoe athletes who struggle not only with their competitors but also with natural conditions. Material and Methods. The sample of the research consists of 163 volunteer canoe athletes selected by simple random sampling method. In order to collect the necessary data in the research, the “Courage in Sports Scale” was used. The scale consists of the sub-dimensions of 'competence', 'determination', 'aggression', 'taking the risk' and 'being self-sacrificing'. T-test and ANOVA test were used in the analysis of the data. Statistically, the error level was accepted as p<.05 and the significance level was Alpha (α). Results. In the study, it was determined that the perception scores of the athlete students between the courage scale components were close to each other. No statistically significant results were found in all sub-dimensions according to gender and weekly training duration variables. According to the age variable: a significant result was determined in the dimensions of determination and assertiveness, and in the dimensions of stability according to the variable of doing sports. According to the education variable, it was determined that there was no significant difference in the risk-taking sub-dimension. There were significant differences in the other sub-dimensions. Conclusions. Without ignoring the acquisition of skills such as courage, it should be included in education and training programs from an early age and supported by sports training. Courage issues should be included in the training programs of educators (coaching training courses, seminars, etc.) and their importance should be emphasized.

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Courage in the workplace: The effects of organizational level and gender on the relationship between behavioral courage and job performance

Cited by 20 publications

References 52 publications

Courage as Mediator between Positive Resources and General/Domain-Specific Well-Being Indices

Courage as Mediator between Positive Resources and General/Domain-Specific Well-Being Indices

Social courage fosters both voice and silence in the workplace

Investigation of the effect of courage behaviors on endurance levels of canoe athletes

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