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The conceptualization of service sabotage failed to adequately tap the domain of interest. Phenomena like turnover and service sabotage are difficult to measure and are not…
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Purpose
The conceptualization of service sabotage failed to adequately tap the domain of interest. Phenomena like turnover and service sabotage are difficult to measure and are not suitable for individual-level study. However, “intention” is suitable for individual-level or management-oriented studies. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach
A new scale (eight items) to measure the intention to sabotage was developed and tested using a sample of bank (n=313) and insurance (n=258) employees in Nigeria. Cynicism and the desire for justice are the roots of sabotage. As such, the inability to stabilize institutionalized work processes and procedures may cause employees to be overcome with the intention to sabotage service, prior to the actual sabotage. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, this paper investigates the impact of employee cynicism on intention to sabotage as moderated by procedural justice.
Findings
The analyses suggest that employee cynicism is related to the intention to sabotage, and procedural justice moderates the relationship between employee cynicism and intention to sabotage. The findings endorse the model of interest, and implications of this study for research and practice are discussed.
Originality/value
The study differentiated service sabotage from intention to sabotage, and developed and tested a scale to measure the intention to sabotage.
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A. Mohammed Abubakar, Taraneh Foroutan Yazdian and Elaheh Behravesh
Workplace mistreatment and aggression have become pressing issues in today’s multi-generational workplace. Yet, to date, the issue of investigating the impacts of passive and…
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Purpose
Workplace mistreatment and aggression have become pressing issues in today’s multi-generational workplace. Yet, to date, the issue of investigating the impacts of passive and active types of mistreatment simultaneously on different generations has been widely neglected in the management literature. The purpose of this paper is to empirically explore the resultant effects of active (i.e. workplace tolerance to incivility) and passive (i.e. workplace ostracism) mistreatments on negative emotion and intention to sabotage, a generational perspective.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were garnered from bank employees in Nigeria (n=320) and analyzed with the aid of a structural equation modeling technique.
Findings
The data reveal that active and passive workplace mistreatments are relevant factors inflicting negative emotions and intention to sabotage, and negative emotions inflict the intention to sabotage. Furthermore, the impact of passive workplace mistreatment on negative emotion is higher among Generations X and Y cohorts, and its impact on the intention to sabotage is higher among Baby Boomers cohorts. The impact of active workplace mistreatment on negative emotion is higher among Generation Y and Baby Boomers cohorts, and its impact on the intention to sabotage is higher among Generations X and Y cohorts.
Originality/value
This paper advances our knowledge concerning the reactional response of employees to workplace mistreatment generation wise. Based on the study findings, theoretical and practical implications are identified and discussed.
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This study aims to investigate the indirect effects of workplace ostracism on service performance and on employees’ procrastination behaviour via job insecurity and the intention…
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Purpose
This study aims to investigate the indirect effects of workplace ostracism on service performance and on employees’ procrastination behaviour via job insecurity and the intention to sabotage. It further examines the moderating effect of intrinsic motivation between ostracism and job insecurity and ostracism and intention to sabotage.
Design/methodology/approach
The empirical data were collected from 256 employees of the hotel industry in metropolitan cities in Uttar Pradesh, India, and for hypothesis testing, SmartPLS was used.
Findings
Based on the conservation of resources theory, the findings disclose that job insecurity mediates the link concerning ostracism and service performance to some extent, whereas job insecurity and sabotage intent both partially mediate the affirmative linkages between workplace ostracism and procrastinating behaviour. Furthermore, the study also confirms that intrinsic motivation dampens the positive relationship between ostracism and job insecurity and the intention to sabotage.
Practical implications
To deal with negative work behaviour at the workplace due to ostracism, hospitality establishments may incorporate interpersonal score-based assessment, acknowledge and appreciate intrinsically motivated employees for developing a positive work environment. Apart from this, the learning and development department of the tourism and hospitality industries may introduce “buddy learning” and the “smart buddy” concept to develop a culture of appreciating and accepting colleagues rather than bullying them.
Originality/value
This study investigated the mediating effect of job insecurity and sabotage intention on the association between ostracism and service performance and ostracism and workplace procrastination behaviour for the first time in the tourism and hospitality literature. Furthermore, it is a unique study that investigated the buffering effect of intrinsic motivation on the linkage concerning ostracism, job insecurity and employees’ sabotage intentions.
设计/方法论/方法
实证数据收集自印度北方邦大都市的酒店行业的256名员工, 并采用SmartPLS模型进行假设检验。
目的
本研究探讨了工作场所排斥经由工作不安全感和破坏意图对服务绩效及员工拖延行为的间接影响。进一步检验了排斥和工作不安全感与排斥和破坏意图之间的内在动机的调节作用。
发现
基于资源保存理论, 研究发现揭示了工作不安全感在一定程度上中介了排斥与服务绩效之间的关系, 而工作不安全感和破坏意图在部分地中介了工作场所排斥与拖延行为之间的正向联系。进一步地, 该研究证明了内在动机抑制了排斥、工作不安全感和破坏意图之间的正相关关系。
实践启示
为了处理工作中由于排斥而导致的消极工作行为, 酒店机构可以采用基于人际关系得分的评估, 承认和鼓励受内在激励的员工创造积极的工作环境。此外, 旅游及酒店业的学习及发展(L&D)部门可引入“伙伴学习”和“聪明伙伴”的概念, 建立一种欣赏和接纳同事的文化, 而不是霸凌他们。
创意/价值
本研究在旅游与酒店文献中首次研究了工作不安全感和破坏意图在排斥和服务绩效、排斥与工作拖延行为之间的中介作用。此外, 本研究是一个考察内在动机在排斥、工作不安全感和员工破坏意图之间的缓冲作用的独特的研究。
Diseño/metodología/enfoque
Los datos empíricos se recogieron de 256 empleados de la industria hotelera de ciudades metropolitanas de Uttar Pradesh, India, y para la comprobación de hipótesis se empleó SmartPLS.
Objetivo
Este estudio analiza los efectos indirectos del ostracismo laboral en el rendimiento del servicio y en el comportamiento de procrastinación de los empleados a través de la inseguridad laboral y la intención de sabotaje. Asimismo, examina el efecto moderador de la motivación intrínseca entre el ostracismo y la inseguridad laboral y el ostracismo y la intención de sabotaje.
Conclusiones
Basándose en la teoría de la conservación de los recursos (COR), los resultados revelan que la inseguridad laboral media en cierta medida el vínculo relativo al ostracismo y el rendimiento en el servicio, mientras que tanto la inseguridad laboral como la intención de sabotaje median parcialmente los vínculos afirmativos entre el ostracismo laboral y el comportamiento procrastinador. Adicionalmente, el estudio también confirma que la motivación intrínseca modera la relación positiva entre el ostracismo y la inseguridad laboral y la intención de sabotaje.
Implicaciones prácticas
Para hacer frente a los comportamientos laborales negativos en el lugar de trabajo debidos al ostracismo, los establecimientos hosteleros pueden incorporar una evaluación basada en la puntuación interpersonal, reconocer y apreciar a los empleados intrínsecamente motivados para desarrollar un entorno laboral positivo. Además, el departamento de Aprendizaje y Desarrollo (L&D) del sector turístico y hotelero puede introducir el concepto de “Aprendizaje de compañero/as” y el de “Compañero/a inteligente” para desarrollar una cultura de aprecio y aceptación de los compañero/as en lugar de intimidarlos.
Originalidad/valor
Este estudio investiga por primera vez en la literatura del turismo y la hostelería el efecto mediador de la inseguridad laboral y la intención de sabotaje en la asociación entre el ostracismo y el rendimiento del servicio, y el ostracismo y el comportamiento de procrastinación en el lugar de trabajo. Además, se trata de un estudio único que investiga el efecto moderador de la motivación intrínseca en la relación entre el ostracismo, la inseguridad laboral y las intenciones de sabotaje de los empleados.
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- Workplace ostracism
- Workplace procrastination behaviour
- Job insecurity
- Service performance
- Intention to sabotage
- Tourism and hospitality industry
- India
- 工作场所排斥
- 工作不安全感
- 破坏意图
- 工作拖延行为
- Covid-19大流行
- 内在激励
- Ostracismo laboral
- Inseguridad laboral
- Intención de sabotaje
- Comportamiento de procrastinación laboral
- Pandemia COVID-19
- Motivación intrínseca
This paper introduces the concept of knowledge sabotage as an extreme form of counterproductive knowledge behavior, presents its typology, and empirically demonstrates its…
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Purpose
This paper introduces the concept of knowledge sabotage as an extreme form of counterproductive knowledge behavior, presents its typology, and empirically demonstrates its existence in the contemporary organization.
Design/methodology/approach
Through the application of the critical incident technique, this study analyzes 177 knowledge sabotage incidents when employees intentionally provided others with wrong knowledge or deliberately concealed critical knowledge while clearly realizing others’ need for this knowledge and others’ ability to apply it to important work-related tasks.
Findings
Over 40% of employees engaged in knowledge sabotage, and many did so repeatedly. Knowledge saboteurs usually acted against their fellow co-workers, and one-half of all incidents were caused by interpersonal issues resulting from the target’s hostile behavior, failure to provide assistance to others, and poor performance. Knowledge sabotage was often expressed in the form of revenge against a particular individual, who, as a result, may have been reprimanded, humiliated or terminated. Knowledge saboteurs rarely regretted their behavior, which further confirmed the maliciousness of their intentions.
Practical implications
Even though knowledge saboteurs only rarely acted against their organizations purposely, approximately one-half of all incidents produced negative, unintentional consequences to their organizations, such as time waste, failed or delayed projects, lost clients, unnecessary expenses, hiring costs, products being out-of-stock, understaffing, or poor quality of products or services. Organizations should develop comprehensive knowledge sabotage prevention policies. The best way to reduce knowledge sabotage is to improve inter-personal relationships among employees and to foster a friendly and collaborative environment.
Originality/value
This is the first well-documented attempt to understand the phenomenon of knowledge sabotage.
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This paper seeks to review the reasons for which Saddam's regime intended to destroy and eliminate Kuwait's entire oil infrastructure before and after the Iraqi invasion of…
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Purpose
This paper seeks to review the reasons for which Saddam's regime intended to destroy and eliminate Kuwait's entire oil infrastructure before and after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The underestimation of oil wells that would be torched by Iraqi forces is also discussed in this paper.
Design/methodology/approach
To approach the scope of this paper, the intentions and the practical evidence of such sabotage are pointed out. Efforts to rescue Kuwait's oil wells in addition to planning for the expected catastrophe are highlighted. The plausible reasons that made such underestimation unclear are elaborated.
Findings
The instructions included in the Iraqi documents showed undoubtedly that the sabotage operation was not a random last‐minute attempt to destroy the oil wells, but it was a carefully supervised and well planned endeavor to completely destroy Kuwait's oil infrastructure. Owing to those efforts and planning, more than 100 oil wells were rescued throughout Kuwait. Due to such underestimation Kuwait suffered severe losses both to its oil industry and to its ecological system.
Research limitations/implications
Since the reasons for the lower estimates of oil wells, torched by Iraqi troops, to a maximum of 100‐150 wells were unclear, this paper attributes Kuwait's economic losses and environmental degradation to such underestimation and suggests more investigations on this issue.
Practical implications
Kuwait's catastrophe brought the attention to environmental concerns that should receive immediate consideration, while the scorched‐earth tactic applied in Kuwait and the resulting environmental disaster led to a positive reaction by the international community and spawned a new environmental treaty at the regional level.
Originality/value
This is the first paper that addresses the underestimation of Kuwait's oil disaster. The conflagration in Kuwait demonstrated the danger in conducting large‐scale modern combat in an environmentally fragile area, and shows how exposed all oil‐producing nations are to this type of environmental and economic disaster in the future.
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Bao Cheng, Gongxing Guo, Jian Tian and Ahmed Shaalan
Using equity theory, this study aims to examine the role of customer incivility in effecting service sabotage among hotel employees by recognizing the mediating role of revenge…
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Purpose
Using equity theory, this study aims to examine the role of customer incivility in effecting service sabotage among hotel employees by recognizing the mediating role of revenge motivation and the moderating effect of emotion regulation.
Design/methodology/approach
A multi-wave, multi-source questionnaire survey was conducted with 291 employee–supervisor dyads at chain hotels in Shenzhen, China. Previously developed and validated measures for customer incivility, revenge motivation, emotion regulation and service sabotage were adopted to test the hypotheses.
Findings
Customer incivility increased employees’ revenge motivation and service sabotage. Emotion regulation acted as a boundary condition for customer incivility’s direct effect on revenge motivation and its indirect effect on service sabotage through revenge motivation. Cognitive reappraisal mitigated the detrimental influence of customer incivility, whereas expressive suppression worsened its adverse effects.
Practical implications
Managers should monitor and deter the emergence of uncivil behaviors, provide psychological support for employees experiencing customer incivility and encourage these employees to use cognitive reappraisal rather than expressive suppression as an emotion regulation strategy.
Originality/value
To the authors’ knowledge, no prior research has investigated the customer incivility–service sabotage relationship in the hotel industry. This study sheds light on how customer incivility can motivate service sabotage among hotel employees. Furthermore, the authors used equity theory rather than the commonly adopted resources perspective to offer new insights into the customer incivility–service sabotage relationship.
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating role of authentic leadership (AL) on the relationship between seasonal employee’s perception of supervisor support and…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating role of authentic leadership (AL) on the relationship between seasonal employee’s perception of supervisor support and turnover intention (TI) in the hospitality industry.
Design/methodology/approach
The data on perceived supervisor support (PSS), AL and TI were gathered from 305 seasonal employees of five-star hotels in Antalya, Turkey with a time lag of one month. Hierarchical linear regression and hierarchical linear modeling were performed to test the multi-level data.
Findings
The findings revealed direct significant effects of both supervisor support and AL on TI. In addition, AL moderated the negative influence of PSS on TI.
Research limitations/implications
This multi-level research highlights the significance of AL for comprehending the link between seasonal hotel employees’ PSS and their TI. Directions for future research include a cross-cultural study examining the validity of the conceptual framework. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to check the common method variance.
Practical implications
AL through strengthening PSS works as a catalyst for keeping seasonal employees in the organization for the next season. Thus, practitioners should develop supervisors’ AL skills and they should encourage supervisors to be more efficient in improving themselves as a main source of support.
Originality/value
The research investigates the little-researched area of AL at the group level in relation to PSS and TI.
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Saeed Loghman, Michael Quinn, Sarah Dawkins and Jenn Scott
Research has consistently demonstrated that psychological capital (PsyCap) is an important predictor of various employee outcomes. Despite this, there is a paucity of knowledge…
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Purpose
Research has consistently demonstrated that psychological capital (PsyCap) is an important predictor of various employee outcomes. Despite this, there is a paucity of knowledge regarding antecedents of PsyCap and the boundary conditions that influence PsyCap relationships. This study aimed to address these gaps by investigating how ethical leadership (EL) influences employee PsyCap, and in turn, predicts a range of desirable and undesirable employee attitudes. Furthermore, the study examined the moderating role of length of the leader-follower relationship (LLR) and organisational identification in these relationships in a novel moderated-mediation model.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from 269 full-time employees in Australia via an online survey across two time-points.
Findings
The results show that PsyCap mediates the relationship between EL and employee attitudes. The results also indicate that LLR moderates these relationships, whereby these relationships are strengthened as LLR increases.
Originality/value
This study responds to calls for further investigation of antecedent and outcome variables related to PsyCap, as well as moderators of the relationships between PsyCap and antecedent and outcome variables. The findings also extend the application of social exchange theory to the context of EL and PsyCap.
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Sanket Dash, Sushant Ranjan, Neha Bhardwaj and Siddhartha K. Rastogi
The study aims to understand the phenomenon of workplace ostracism from multiple perspectives (target, perpetrator and observer). The understanding of the phenomenon is used to…
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Purpose
The study aims to understand the phenomenon of workplace ostracism from multiple perspectives (target, perpetrator and observer). The understanding of the phenomenon is used to thematically analyse the antecedents of workplace ostracism and identify appropriate strategies for each antecedent.
Design/methodology/approach
The study findings are based on face-to-face semi-structured interviews with thirty-three senior and medium-level employees from various public and private sector organizations in India. The interview transcripts were systematically analyzed to identify antecedents of ostracism, which were inductively grouped together based on similarity.
Findings
The antecedents of workplace ostracism were grouped into four major heads: perceived non-alignment with organizational needs; emotional reaction; unconscious social processes and structural and demographic differences. Based on interview transcripts, strategies to reduce the effect of each of the broad antecedents of ostracism were identified.
Practical implications
Workplace ostracism has been linked with multiple negative outcomes including increased stress and turnover intention. The study provides managers with a framework that enables them to evaluate and understand incidences of ostracism among their subordinates. The study also equips managers with the knowledge of specific strategies for dealing with specific antecedents of ostracism.
Originality/value
The study answers the need to look at the phenomenon of ostracism through multiple perspectives. It identifies multiple potentially new antecedents and strategies to deal with workplace ostracism and groups them in a coherent manner. It is among the few studies on ostracism in India and extends the generalizability of the construct.
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Khahan Na-Nan, Peerapong Pukkeeree, Ekkasit Sanamthong, Natthaya Wongsuwan and Auemporn Dhienhirun
Counterproductive work behaviour (CWB) is a type of behaviour of an individual that works against an organisation or employer, and he/she is usually discretionary (i.e…
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Purpose
Counterproductive work behaviour (CWB) is a type of behaviour of an individual that works against an organisation or employer, and he/she is usually discretionary (i.e. individuals make conscious choices as to whether they want to commit aberrant work behaviour). To deal with CWB in different contexts, organisations need to both understand and continually measure their employees in terms of behaviour and work. This study aims to develop an instrument to measure CWB for small and medium-sized enterprises in Thailand.
Design/methodology/approach
The study was conducted in three stages to develop a measurement scale for CWB. First, 27 questions were developed as a questionnaire based on concepts and theories of CWB and then verified using exploratory factor analysis with three CWB dimensions, namely “poor behaviour”, “misuse of organisational resources” and “inappropriate communication”. The questionnaire surveyed a total of 386 individuals working in SMEs. Finally, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and convergent validity were examined following the three CWB dimensions.
Findings
Three dimensions were developed to measure CWB, including aspects of poor behaviour, misuse of organisational resources and inappropriate communication.
Practical implications
The CWB questionnaire has practical use for assessing employee behaviour and can assist organisations and practitioners to better understand the CWB of employees. This know-how will help practitioners to assess employee behaviour and can be used to manage or develop this into good behaviour as valued members of the organisation.
Originality/value
The validity of the CWB questionnaire questions will facilitate the future research on the boundaries with CWB assessments spanning different SMEs contexts. Empirical study results validated that CWB measurement offered new perspectives to explore vital employee behavioural deviation that are necessary for the inspection employee behavioural deviation. This instrumental support will also help researchers to effectively understand CWB and explore its potential in future studies.
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