International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior: Volume 27 Issue 3

Guest editorial: Change, well-being and meaning in organizations: reflections and recommendations for future research

Ryan Armstrong, Maira Babri, Gayanga Bandara Herath, Johan Kask

Prolonged organizational citizenship behavior and its impact on nurses' mental health: a time to rethink

Rachana Chattopadhyay

The primary objective of this study is to understand the motivational process of the nurses who were engaged in COVID care and performed organizational citizenship behavior (OCB…

School principals’ job crafting profiles and their differences during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic

Terhi Nissinen, Katja Upadyaya, Kirsti Lonka, Hiroyuki Toyama, Katariina Salmela-Aro

The purpose of this study was to explore school principals’ job crafting profiles during the prolonged COVID-19 crisis in 2021, and investigate profile differences regarding…

Installation humor: a resistive social practice identified in the engineering workplace

Kristina Leppälä, Hanna Lehtimäki

Social practices of work humor among engineering workers are a lesser studied phenomenon. We examine the social practices of an engineering work team through acts of a peculiar…

Career adaptability in the new normal world of work: exploring the post-pandemic research trends using bibliometric analysis

Aubid Hussain Parrey, Gurleen Kour

Career adaptability is emerging as an important research area in today's uncertain, volatile world of work created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study focuses on career…

The effect of remote work on millennials’ organizational commitment: the moderating role of shared leadership and followership

Minseok Kim, Taehyung Kim

This study aims to explore the impact of remote work (RW) on millennials’ organizational commitment (OC) by addressing four research gaps identified in existing studies. Drawing…

Multi-factor model of the antecedents of unplanned conversations at work

Dron M. Mandhana

During everyday work, individuals often engage in unplanned conversations that help them develop relationships, share information and coordinate tasks. Unfortunately, the…

Employee withdrawal behavior during forced remote work: the roles of perceived organizational support and meaningful work

Suthinee Rurkkhum, Suteera Detnakarin

Employee withdrawal behavior can be costly for an organization. Referring to the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, this study assessed employee withdrawal behavior during forced…

Can metacognition determine employee performance in the context of virtual workspace? An empirical investigation

Shilpa Jain, Aarushi Singh, Ruchi Bhalla

The pandemic has necessitated employees to work virtually due to mandatory work-from-home setup. Since every employee is not comfortable working online owing to their individual…