Can I Be Me With You at Work? Examining Relational Authenticity and Discretionary Behaviors in the Workplace

Autor:	Kerri M. Camp, Sara E. Davis, Michele N. Medina-Craven, Kathryn Ostermeier
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Organizational citizenship behavior Authentic leadership ComputingMilieux_MANAGEMENTOFCOMPUTINGANDINFORMATIONSYSTEMS Work (electrical) business.industry History of scholarship Workplace relationships Sociology Public relations business Applied Psychology
Zdroj:	The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 58:316-345
ISSN:	1552-6879 0021-8863
DOI:	10.1177/0021886320976627
Popis:	Management scholars have long been interested in the topic of authenticity in the workplace, evidenced by the history of scholarship on authentic leadership and the many new authenticity constructs that have emerged. In this article, we take a narrower view of authenticity and focus on relational authenticity in the workplace, which we define as being genuine in workplace relationships. Adapting a validated relational authenticity scale to the organizational context, we explore the ways in which feeling authentic in workplace relationships has ramifications for discretionary behaviors. Specifically, we build on belongingness theory to posit that relational authenticity will result in an increase in engagement in both altruistic and sportsmanship behaviors. We also explore the moderating effect of proactive personality on these relationships. Results from our two-sample study ( N = 352; 500) indicate that relational authenticity is positively associated with engagement in both altruistic and sportsmanship behaviors.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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