Abstract This study investigates the effects of workers' perceived participation in democratic decision‐making on their prosocial behavioral orientations, values, commitment to firm, and perceptions socio‐moral climate. The sample consists 325 German‐speaking employees from 22 companies Austria, North Italy, Southern Germany that vary level organizational democracy (social partnership enterprises, co‐operatives, reform employee‐owned self‐governed firms). findings suggest extent participate...

Our meta‐analytic review investigates how employee participation in democratic enterprises is related to psychological outcomes. We gathered 60 studies through a systematic literature search of quantitative field (published between January 1970 and May 2017) extracted 138 effect sizes three indicators organisational democracy (OD) 15 The overall findings suggest that employees’ individually perceived decision making (IPD) had stronger relation job satisfaction (ρ = .25), involvement/work...

What are the best interventions that Work and Organizational Psychology offers today for promoting high work motivation in organizations? This paper seeks to answer this question two steps. First, we briefly summarize main findings from 26 meta-analyses concerned with traditional practices such as goal setting, feedback, design, financial incentives, or training. These can improve both organizational performance well-being of members. Second, examine more depth a new, increasingly important...

This article has three objectives. Firstly, we seek to demonstrate the relevance of voice and silence – that is, whether employees contribute or withhold information, ideas, views and/or concerns at work for sustainable development individuals, organizations societies. Our second objective is identify emerging (and enduring) issues conceptual, theoretical methodological have not yet been adequately addressed in research. These include relationship between silence, how they may manifest...

A great deal of attention has been devoted recently to the study ethical context in organizations. This article refines concept socio-moral climate (SCM) and its impact on organizational socialization towards ethics-related behavioural orientations. The authors expand previous research by focusing also specific pre-occupational experiences. empirical was conducted northern Italy. Employees from small medium-sized enterprises with different levels structurally anchored democracy were surveyed...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate an instrument that can measure distributed leadership (DL) as employees’ active participation in DL tasks. authors designate the agency (DLA). Design/methodology/approach Data were collected throughout all departments occupational groups at a merged centralized hospital setting Denmark. A total 1,774 employees from 24 16 completed our survey. Structural equation model confirmatory factor analyses applied identify appropriate items...

Although there is a vast amount of research on leadership and improvement-oriented voice behavior, the cross-lagged that also incorporates more challenging forms sparse. This article reports two-wave study white-collar workers in Norwegian medical technology company, investigating relationship among employees’ perceived transformational behaviors, job autonomy, promotive prohibitive voice. Testing our results cross-lagged, we demonstrate significantly related to over time, whereas this...

This study examines effects of structurally anchored organisational democracy on perceived sociomoral atmosphere and employees' prosocial, democratic behavioural orientations. Data result from the ODEM research project. Beside a description concept atmosphere, within this project, 30 small medium sized enterprises Austria, North Italy, South Germany, Liechtenstein (542 participants) were surveyed with questionnaires, interviews, document analyses. Based science criteria, several types...

Six hundred and six employees in 33 enterprises (Austria, Germany, Israel, Italy) that represent different levels of structurally anchored organizational democracy were examined a multi-method, cross-level study. Based on typology democratic enterprises, we investigated the extent to which structures impact employees’ individually perceived participation, affective commitment, humanitarian ethical orientation. We found support for expected relationships. Whereas mediation tests suggest...

Background To ensure the highest technical performance, speed, safety, excellent control and to improve competitive a successful regulation of anxiety is necessary. Therefore, it seems crucial identify factors influencing adolescent athletes. Research suggests that people reporting high quality life are more capable cope with stressful challenging situations than others. The aim this study was investigate impact life, involvement parents in sports career coach's leadership behaviour on...

Objective To identify long-term profiles of Detached Concern (DC), based on its core dimensions detachment (D) and empathic concern (C), to determine their association with burnout among human service professionals. Method Self-reported data from healthcare, teaching social professionals (N = 108) were collected in 3-waves over an 8-month period. Latent profile analysis covariance for repeated measures applied. Results Five relatively stable longitudinal DC emerged: (1) 'detached' (high...

Purpose Employees constitute an important source of innovation in organizations. Innovation management strategies often include attempts stimulating employees' innovative contribution by instilling managerial trust and granting job autonomy. However, the authors suggest investigate role distributed leadership agency (DLA) hospital employee-driven innovation. Design/methodology/approach The tested hypotheses using survey data from 1,536 nonmanagerial employees at a Denmark. In order to deal...

Abstract. The SARS-CoV2 pandemic meant considerable restrictions in the social life of many people. Older people belong to high-risk group for a severe fatal course disease, which is why these groups received special protection. This protection included drastic on their personal and contacts, including suspension psychosocial therapies. study examines cognitive emotional effects isolation older A 49 participants who lived nursing homes was tested before after 2020. results present provide...

Abstract. In our field study of 147 employees and their supervisors, we tested a moderated mediation model, investigating how participative supervisory behavior relates differently to promotive prohibitive voice. Overall, found significant effect on voice, this was mediated by psychological safety for but not Unexpectedly, did find direct moderation occupational self-efficacy. However, results suggest that self-efficacy creates conditional indirect Accordingly, shed light the boundary...

This article introduces a qualitative model for different forms of job satisfaction that was originally proposed by Bruggemann, Grosskurth, and Ulich (1975), further developed Büssing (1992) colleagues. is not new, but probably buried in oblivion as result the longstanding overwhelming dominance quantitative approach to English-speaking research community. We provide brief historical overview on tradition basically discuss its methodological shortcomings. As an alternative, we describe...

Zusammenfassung. Prozesse betrieblicher Partizipation sind für die Persönlichkeitsentwicklung wichtig. Doch wie werden solche Zusammenhänge vermittelt und welche Rolle spielen Unterschiede zum Wunsch nach Mitsprache? Zur Untersuchung dieser Fragen nahmen 46 Arbeitnehmer an einer Laborstudie teil, in der Reaktanzerlebnisse bei Einräumung vs. Blockierung von Mitbestimmungsmöglichkeiten ermittelt wurden. Der zuvor Arbeit erlebte gewünschte Einfluss wurde mit dem Fragebogen Jeppesen, Jønsson...

Zusammenfassung Peer Viktimisierung (PV) im Jugendalter kann mit psychischen Belastungen über die Lebensspanne hinweg einhergehen. Obwohl eine Vielzahl von Instrumenten zur Erfassung PV entwickelt wurden, fehlen häufig Evidenzen für deren Einsatz. Besonders bei den Cybermobbing oft psychometrische Berechnungen, wie Faktorenanalysen Untersuchung der angenommenen Skalen und Angaben zu Validität Reliabilität. Die Multidimensional Offline and Online Victimization Scale (MOOPV) Sumter Kollegen...