The Popularity Contest at Work: Who Wins, Why, and What Do They Receive?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Scott, Brent A.; Judge, Timothy A.
• 署名单位: Michigan State University; State University System of Florida; University of Florida
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0012951
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 20-33
• 关键词: popularity; ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR; COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WORK BEHAVIOR; personality; social networks

摘要

In 2 studies, the authors investigated the popularity of employees at work. They tested a model that positioned personality in the form of core self-evaluations and situational position in the form of communication network centrality as antecedents of popularity and interpersonal citizenship and counterproductive work behaviors received from coworkers as outcomes of popularity. Data from 116 employees and 383 coworkers in Study 1 and 139 employees, their significant others, and 808 coworkers in Study 2 generally supported the model. Core self-evaluations and communication network centrality were positively related to popularity, and popular employees reported receiving more citizenship behaviors and fewer counterproductive work behaviors from their coworkers than less popular employees, even controlling for interpersonal liking.