Subjects: Management Science >> Development and Management of Human Resources submitted time 2023-11-16
Abstract： Employee time theft is predominantly viewed as a negative workplace deviant behavior that can be costly to organizations, and thus has become an important topic in the field of organizational behavior in recent years. Despite its importance, scholars have not yet systematically explored the reasons why employees engage in time theft, and research on its impact is even more scarce. As such, scholars lack the ability to speak directly to managers about this important phenomenon. In this context, the first goal of this study is to develop a theoretical model of time theft motives, explore the specific motives using qualitative methods, and develop an instrument to measure them. Building upon the specific time theft motives, this study then aims to examine the impact of employee time theft both from the actor’s and the observer’s perspectives. Lastly, this study investigates how to decrease destructive time theft motives and its associated negative outcomes. In sum, the goals of this study are to understand the phenomenon of time theft from employee perspectives, promote in-depth future research on time theft and workplace deviance, and inspire practitioners with respect to how to effectively manage employee time theft.
Subjects: Psychology >> Management Psychology Subjects: Management Science >> Development and Management of Human Resources submitted time 2021-11-10
Abstract： Job crafting is a situational proactive behavior. Based on existing research findings on job crafting, four research perspectives on the intricate relationships between job crafting and social contexts are systematically summarized (i.e., social contexts as targets of job crafting, social contexts being involved in job crafting, social contexts as antecedents of individual job crafting, social context as moderators of job crafting). In addition, mechanisms underlying effects of social contexts on job crafting, interactions of social contexts and individual characteristics on job crafting, as well as the effectiveness of job crafting in specific contexts are proposed and discussed. Incorporating research on other related constructs and variables, prospects for future research on job crafting embedded in social contexts are proposed, which include examining the influence of job crafting on coworkers, exploring the multiple paths through which team job crafting drives individual job crafting, discovering the internal mechanism underlying the influence of social contexts on job crafting, investigating interactions of social contexts and individual characteristics on job crafting, and testing the effectiveness of job crafting under the Chinese social context. "
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