Compromising Innovative Behaviour with Work Shame

Autor: Sabrina Deutsch Salamon, Marie-Hélène Budworth, Angus J. Duff, Christopher Chan
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2014:10201
ISSN: 2151-6561
0065-0668
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2014.10201abstract
Popis: While the consideration of negative affect as an influence of innovative behaviour has yielded conflicting results in the organisational science literature, the current study sought to consider the influence of the discrete emotion of shame on innovative behaviour. Research outside of the domain of organisations suggests that shame enacts withdrawal behaviour, the negative form of engagement. Based in Kahn's (1990) suggestion that engagement is comprised of psychological availability, psychological safety and psychological meaningfulness, this study aimed to investigate work shame as a compromise to innovative behaviour, while considering the pathways acting as the mediating mechanism. Employees and managers from two organisations in different industries were surveyed. Through the use of path analysis, findings suggest that work shame exerts an indirect effect on innovative behaviour through psychological availability. Implications for both emotions and innovative behaviour research are considered.
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