This study tested a multilevel model of the workplace territorial behaviors and employees’knowledge sharing relationship,with team identification serving as a mediator and task interdependence as a moderator.Data wer...This study tested a multilevel model of the workplace territorial behaviors and employees’knowledge sharing relationship,with team identification serving as a mediator and task interdependence as a moderator.Data were collected from 253 employees(females=128,mean age=28.626,SD=6.470)from 40 work teams from different industries in China.Path analysis results indicated that workplace territorial behaviors were associated with lower employee knowledge sharing.Team identification enhanced employee knowledge sharing and partially mediated the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and employee knowledge sharing.Task interdependence enhanced knowledge sharing and strengthened the relationship between team identification and knowledge sharing.Thesefindings extend the proposition of social information processing theory by revealing the mediating role of team identification in the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and knowledge sharing,and clarifying the boundary conditions of team identification.Practical implications of thesefindings include a need for managers to foster collaborative atmospheres,design interdependent tasks,and mitigate territorial behaviors to enhance team identification and knowledge sharing.展开更多
Information and communication technology(ICT)provides employees with convenience in communication.However,it also creates a preoccupation with and urges to respond quickly to work-related ICT messages during nonworkin...Information and communication technology(ICT)provides employees with convenience in communication.However,it also creates a preoccupation with and urges to respond quickly to work-related ICT messages during nonworking time,which is defined as workplace telepressure after hours(WTA).Drawing on the job demand–resource model,conservation of resource theory,and workplace anxiety theory,this study explores how and when task interdependence and dispositional workplace anxiety affect WTA and how individuals cope with WTA.A total of 269 full-time workers from an online survey panel completed questionnaires at three time-points.We found that both task interdependence and dispositional workplace anxiety are positively related to WTA.The perception of pay-for-responsiveness moderates the relationship between task interdependence and WTA,such that the relationship is significant only for employees with a strong perception of pay-for-responsiveness.Others'approval contingency of self-worth moderates the relationship between dispositional workplace anxiety and WTA,and the relationship is significant only for employees with high degrees of others'approval contingency of self-worth.Finally,WTA arising from external work requirements or the internal pursuit of achieving work goals prompts employees to generate responsiveness coping strategies.Overall,these findings suggest that task interdependence and dispositional workplace anxiety are important factors affecting employees'WTA and highlight the importance of being responsive to WTA.展开更多
文摘This study tested a multilevel model of the workplace territorial behaviors and employees’knowledge sharing relationship,with team identification serving as a mediator and task interdependence as a moderator.Data were collected from 253 employees(females=128,mean age=28.626,SD=6.470)from 40 work teams from different industries in China.Path analysis results indicated that workplace territorial behaviors were associated with lower employee knowledge sharing.Team identification enhanced employee knowledge sharing and partially mediated the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and employee knowledge sharing.Task interdependence enhanced knowledge sharing and strengthened the relationship between team identification and knowledge sharing.Thesefindings extend the proposition of social information processing theory by revealing the mediating role of team identification in the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and knowledge sharing,and clarifying the boundary conditions of team identification.Practical implications of thesefindings include a need for managers to foster collaborative atmospheres,design interdependent tasks,and mitigate territorial behaviors to enhance team identification and knowledge sharing.
文摘Information and communication technology(ICT)provides employees with convenience in communication.However,it also creates a preoccupation with and urges to respond quickly to work-related ICT messages during nonworking time,which is defined as workplace telepressure after hours(WTA).Drawing on the job demand–resource model,conservation of resource theory,and workplace anxiety theory,this study explores how and when task interdependence and dispositional workplace anxiety affect WTA and how individuals cope with WTA.A total of 269 full-time workers from an online survey panel completed questionnaires at three time-points.We found that both task interdependence and dispositional workplace anxiety are positively related to WTA.The perception of pay-for-responsiveness moderates the relationship between task interdependence and WTA,such that the relationship is significant only for employees with a strong perception of pay-for-responsiveness.Others'approval contingency of self-worth moderates the relationship between dispositional workplace anxiety and WTA,and the relationship is significant only for employees with high degrees of others'approval contingency of self-worth.Finally,WTA arising from external work requirements or the internal pursuit of achieving work goals prompts employees to generate responsiveness coping strategies.Overall,these findings suggest that task interdependence and dispositional workplace anxiety are important factors affecting employees'WTA and highlight the importance of being responsive to WTA.
