Linking workplace loneliness to workplace territoriality: a self-protection perspective
Linking workplace loneliness to workplace territoriality: a self-protection perspective
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DOI：
10.1108/ijcma-06-2022-0111
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发表时间：
2022-12
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Qi Nie;Xiao Chen;Guangyuan Yu
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作者：
Qi Nie;Xiao Chen;Guangyuan Yu
利用自我保护理论，本研究的目的是研究工作场所孤独感是否以及如何导致工作场所领土性。设计/方法/方法收集了243对中国员工-同事的三波数据，为本研究提出的假设提供了更有力的经验证据。采用路径分析和自举法对本研究的预测结果进行检验。研究结果表明：员工的职场孤独感与地域行为正相关；员工的自我服务认知在工作场所孤独感与领地行为的关系中起中介作用；自我牺牲型领导通过自我服务认知负向调节了工作场所孤独感与自我服务认知的关系，并通过自我服务认知间接调节了员工工作场所孤独感与领地行为的关系。本研究结果提示，组织应重视员工的自我服务认知，培养自我牺牲的领导力，以管理由工作场所孤独感引发的领地行为。本研究强调了工作场所孤独感对自我服务认知和随后的工作场所领土性的积极影响，并表明自我牺牲型领导在这一过程中起缓冲作用。
Purpose Drawing upon the self-protection theory, the purpose of this study is to examine whether and how workplace loneliness leads to workplace territoriality. Design/methodology/approach Three-wave data from 243 employee–colleague dyads in China were collected to provide stronger empirical evidence supporting the hypotheses presented in this study. Path analysis and the bootstrapping method were used to test the predictions of this study. Findings The results of this study showed that employees’ workplace loneliness was positively related to their territorial behavior; employees' self-serving cognitions mediated the relationship between workplace loneliness and territorial behavior; and self-sacrificial leadership negatively moderated the relationship between workplace loneliness and self-serving cognitions and the indirect relationship between employee workplace loneliness and territorial behavior through self-serving cognitions. Practical implications The findings of this study suggest that organizations should pay attention to employees’ self-serving cognitions and cultivate self-sacrificial leadership to manage the territorial behavior derived from workplace loneliness. Originality/value This study highlights the positive effects of workplace loneliness on self-serving cognitions and subsequent workplace territoriality and shows that self-sacrificial leadership plays a buffering role in this process.