Boundary conditions of the emotional exhaustion-unsafe behavior link: the dark side of group norms and personal control
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Authors
Ju, Dong
Qin, Xin
Xu, Minya
DiRenzo, Marco S.
Subjects
Employee unsafe behavior
Emotional exhaustion
Unsafe behavior norms
Personal control
Emotional exhaustion
Unsafe behavior norms
Personal control
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Date of Issue
2016
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Springer
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Abstract
This study focuses on the conditions under which emotional exhaustion leads to employee unsafe behavior. In a sample of 592 construction workers nested in 33 groups, we found that both emotional exhaustion and unsafe behavior norms were positively related to unsafe behavior by employees. Unsafe behavior norms moderated the relationship between emotional exhaustion and unsafe behavior, such that high group unsafe behavior norms strengthened the emotional exhaustion-employee unsafe behavior link. Furthermore, results indicated a three-way interaction effect in which employees with high emotional exhaustion conducted the highest levels of unsafe behavior when both group unsafe behavior norms and personal control over work were high. This paper provides important implications on understanding the influence of group norms on employee unsafe behavior, as well as its magnifying effect with personal control on the emotional exhaustion-unsafe behavior link.
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Article
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/sI0490-015-9455-7
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National Natural Science Foundation of China
Fulbright Scholarship
Center for Statistical Science, Peking University
Key Laboratory of Mathematical Economics and Quantitative Finance (Peking University, Ministry of Education
Fulbright Scholarship
Center for Statistical Science, Peking University
Key Laboratory of Mathematical Economics and Quantitative Finance (Peking University, Ministry of Education
Funding
Grant no. 10901010
Grant No. 71502179
Grant No. 71502179
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28 p.
Citation
Dong Ju, Xin Qin, Minya Xu, Marco S. DiRenzo. "Boundary conditions if the emotional exhaustion-unsafe behavior link: the dark side of group norms and personal control," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, (2016), v. 33, no.1, pp.113-140.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.