organizational-behavior

IntroductionThis study aims to explore the multidimensional structure of patient capital, develop a standardized measurement tool, and reveal its mechanism of influence on team innovation performance.MethodsBased on classical grounded theory, NVivo 12 software was used to conduct a three-stage coding analysis of qualitative research data. Through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, a se…

A Tale of Two Managers Erin Erin was a newly-promoted manager over a software engineering team. She had been hired 5 years ago as a junior developer and worked on 3 major projects in her time with the company - one of them a multi-year build that moved the company's flagship application to an altogether new stack, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in licensing and infrastructure costs. Once…

Drawing upon social exchange theory and self-determination theory, this study investigates the mechanisms through which value-based leadership is associated with employee innovative behavior. Specifically, this study examined organizational identification as a mediator and person-organization matching as a moderator in this relationship. Using a sample of 412 employees from various organizations …

To explore the conditions for the continuity of employees’ interpersonal helping behavior, this paper constructs a dynamic mediated-moderating model of the two phases of organizational citizenship helping behavior, perceived team-member exchange, and perceived coworker support based on social exchange theory. This paper conducts longitudinal research on corporate employees and finally obtains 620…

In a rapidly changing labour market shaped by technological, social, and economic transformations, organizations must adapt their leadership practices to promote healthy and sustainable work environments. This study examines the relationship between organizational ethics and values, leadership engagement, and the psychosocial work environment. The sample included 4,551 workers from multiple secto…

Research from Aalto University and Harvard University found that while a structural approach to increasing innovation is commonly accepted as the pathway to growth for companies, the emotional impact of the changes often undermines innovation efforts. The study proposes five practices for leaders to overcome emotional tensions, improving their chances of success.

Ethical constructs have been identified as a direct, effective, and economical way to influence organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Although numerous studies have demonstrated the critical role of ethical factors in inhibiting or promoting OCB, a comprehensive quantitative synthesis remains lacking. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to quantitatively synthesize 125 independent studie…

IntroductionThis study examines how sustainability-oriented human resource management practices relate to perceived career growth, organizational commitment, and intention to quit among Generation Z employees.MethodsDrawing on a sample of 403 employed Gen Z respondents in Türkiye, we estimated a mediated model using PLS-SEM (SmartPLS 4) with 5,000 bootstrap resamples. Organizational commitment an…

IntroductionBureaucracy is characterized by narrowly defined rules and regulations. Such structures can limit both the performance of organizations and the health of employees.Materials and methodsGuided interviews were conducted with leaders from the German health, education and social service sectors who self-reported as motivated and healthy despite bureaucratic requirements. Transcriptions we…

IntroductionEmployee performance is a key indicator of organizational effectiveness. One important factor shaping employee performance is job design. This study examines the relationship between job crafting—a bottom-up approach to job design that has received increasing attention in recent years—and employees’ perceptions of performance, as well as the mediating role of psychological empowerment…

The absence of formalized governance, measurement systems, and standardized processes in nonprofit organizations can limit performance, accountability, and long-term sustainability. Nonprofit executive leaders and board members are concerned about fulfilling their responsibilities for organizational effectiveness and community social effectiveness. Grounded in the Baldrige Excellence Framework an…

The effectiveness of joint work depends not only on social and procedural arrangements, but also on the embodied, taken-for-granted ways people sense, anticipate and respond to each other. Research by Karla Sayegh of Cambridge Judge Business School and Samer Faraj of McGill University examines how organisations can repair breaks in such unseen but critical ways of coordinating. The post How spati…

Organizational resilience is people‑driven, built through culture, psychological safety, and leadership presence, not just operational preparedness.

IntroductionDespite growing interest in leadership and employee wellbeing, limited research has empirically examined how autonomy-supportive leadership (ASL) enhances psychological wellbeing (PWB) in high-demand hospitality settings, particularly regarding the underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions. This study addresses this gap by examining the mediating role of basic psychological need s…

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between socioemotional wealth (SEW) and employees’ organizational belonging (OB) in family firms and to investigate the mediating role of family governance (FG) in this relationship. The statistical population of the study consisted of employees working in family businesses, from which a sample was selected using a survey-based approach. Da…

Remote and hybrid work challenges are less about where work happens and more about how organizations manage boundary trade-offs around time, availability, and coordination.

Why would you leave a job? Better pay? More benefits? Those are positive reasons. But surveys have found that as many as a quarter of employees quit jobs because of tensions with coworkers. A new survey from the Society of Human Resources Managers (SHRM)–which represents over 300,000 people working in the human resources field worldwide–finds that incivility in the workplace continues to be a m…

From a worker-owned restaurant in Oakland to a nonprofit built on shared leadership, we explore how collective work models can help people feel heard, valued, and more invested in their work.

Hybrid Work Models and Their Influence on Employee Productivity and Wellbeing: Evidence from MTN Nigeria, Bayelsa State Abstract Hybrid work systems have become a central feature of modern organizational practice, particularly following the disruptions caused by the COVID19 pandemic. This study investigates how hybrid work components namely work arrangement, work flexibility, and organizational s…