Journal of Managerial Psychology: Volume 29 Issue 8

Supervisor attribution of subordinates’ organizational citizenship behavior motives

Millissa Cheung, Kelly Z. Peng, Chi-Sum Wong

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the agreement between supervisors and subordinates concerning the motives of organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) and how the…

Once bitten, twice shy? Past breach and present exchange relationships

Robert Buch, Bård Kuvaas, Lynn Shore, Anders Dysvik

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between previous employer's psychological contract breach and exchange perceptions with the current employer, and seeks to…

How interpersonal leadership relates to employee engagement

Anne Hansen, Zinta Byrne, Christa Kiersch

The purpose of this paper is to examine organizational identification as an underlying mechanism for how perceptions of interpersonal leadership are related to employee…

The linkage between status-leveling symbols and work attitudes

Lu Zhang, David Morand

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between status-leveling symbols (i.e. the symbols used by organizations to remove, blur, or downplay hierarchical…

Vouching for childcare assistance with two quasi-experimental studies

Nicole L. Gullekson, Rodger Griffeth, Jeffrey B. Vancouver, Christine T. Kovner, Debra Cohen

Human resource management (HRM) practices are implemented to improve outcomes, such as reducing turnover, absenteeism, and improving performance. Using social exchange theory…

Strategies of job seekers related to age-related stereotypes

Brent J. Lyons, Jennifer L. Wessel, Yi Chiew Tai, Ann Marie Ryan

Given the increasing diversity in the age of job seekers worldwide and evidence of perceptions of discrimination and stereotypes of job seekers at both ends of the age continuum…

Selection biases that emerge when age meets gender

Enrica N. Ruggs, Michelle R. Hebl, Sarah Singletary Walker, Naomi Fa-Kaji

The purpose of this paper is to examine the interactive effects of gender and age on evaluations of job applicants. Given the double jeopardy hypothesis, the authors might…

Supervisor conflict management, justice, and strain: multilevel relationships

Kirsten A. Way, Nerina L. Jimmieson, Prashant Bordia

The purpose of this paper is to test a multilevel model of the main and mediating effects of supervisor conflict management style (SCMS) climate and procedural justice (PJ…

Linking pre-meeting communication to meeting effectiveness

Joseph A. Allen, Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock, Nicole Landowski

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of communication that occurs just before workplace meetings (i.e. pre-meeting talk). The paper explores how four…

Mature age job seekers: the role of proactivity

Hannes Zacher, Angelika Bock

In the context of demographic and economic changes, helping mature age job seekers find employment is imperative. The purpose of this paper is to examine mature age job seekers’…

Commitment to organizational change in a Chinese context

Runtian Jing, Jia Lin Xie, Jing Ning

The purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents (psychological contract and perceived reasons for change) and consequences (work behaviors and well-being) of employees’…

How asymmetrical task dependence and task interdependence interact: An individual level study into the effects on affective reactions

Simon B. de Jong, P. Matthijs Bal

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether research and practice on task design and work teams could benefit from a more nuanced perspective on task (inter)dependencies…