...Christopher B. Neck; Christopher P. Neck; Michael G. Goldsby; Elizabeth A. Goldsby Purpose Despite turning a recent eye toward work teams, motivation research has largely treated the group as a contextual influence affecting an individual’s motivation, leaving explanations of motivational forces...

...Xinyue Lin; Liang Meng Purpose Despite its flourishing development since first proposed, job crafting literature has provided limited insights into why people craft their jobs. This study theoretically develops a two-dimensional integrative framework for the motives of job crafting, including...

...Rong Wang; Zijun Li; Chunyu Bu; Wenbo Zhu Purpose The authors investigated how and when work connectivity behavior after-hours (WCBA) spilled over to cyberloafing, considering ego depletion as a mediator and motivations and workaholism as moderators. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned...

...Manuel London; Judith Volmer; Jetmir Zyberaj Purpose This conceptual article develops a theory-based set of themes that characterize how a leader and member interact based on their attachment style, motivation to lead and follow and their interpersonal orientation. Design/methodology/approach...

..., as well as elicitors that are culturally unique. Emotions Grounded theory Motivation Create experiences that leave you in awe, for these will be the highlights of your life. – Ryan Blair Organizational scholars have shown great interest in understanding positive emotions, as numerous...

... then created a measure and verified its psychometric properties using 396 job-seekers. Finally, using a sample of 628 job-seekers, the authors continued their evaluation of the measure and related strategy beliefs to job-seeker motivation and behavior. Findings The authors initially identified 21 beliefs...

...Nicoline Møller; Connie Berthelsen; Bibi Hølge-Hazelton Purpose This study aims to investigate what motivates nurses who live in a rural region with many vacant positions to choose a longer commute to work in a more populous capital region. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative descriptive...

...Alexandra A. Henderson; Claire E. Smith Purpose While presenteeism is empirically linked to lower productivity, the role of a person's motives for engaging in presenteeism has been overlooked. Using a Conservation of Resources Theory framework, we examine the moderating effects of presenteeism...

... Motivation Demographic and social changes pose significant challenges for today's workplace employees in balancing the needs of work and family roles (Kelliher et al., 2018). Increased life expectancy and the aging of the population, as well as the trend for more women to enter the workforce...

...Julie Brueckner; Janine Bosak; Jonas W.B. Lang Purpose This study examined gender differences in CEOs' expression of implicit achievement, power and affiliation motivation. Building on the role congruity account of sex differences and similarities in motivation and existing literature on implicit...

...Abira Reizer; Yael Brender-Ilan; Zachary Sheaffer Purpose Numerous studies have focused on the effect of motivation on performance in the workplace. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the somewhat overlooked role of positive and negative emotions as potential mediators of this critical...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Attitudes Motivation Qualitative research Entrepreneurship Job satisfaction Communication Psychological contracts Management attitudes No boss. No shifts. No limits. (Uber) Find jobs you love. At rates you choose. Make...

... only Motivation Leadership Emotions In his sixteenth century work The Prince, Machiavelli raised the question of whether it is better for a leader to be feared or loved. Empirical evidence to date focuses on the negative effects of fear (Ashkanasy and Nicholson, 2003...

... with demands, an aspect of controllability. Originality/value This paper provides a first experimental test of characteristics of challenging situations. Well-being Stress Motivation Challenge has been assumed to have positive effects on motivation, health and creativity (Amabile, 1988...

...Nura Jabagi; Anne-Marie Croteau; Luc K. Audebrand; Josianne Marsan Purpose High-quality employee motivation can contribute to an organization’s long-term success by supporting employees’ well-being and performance. Nevertheless, there is a paucity of research concerning how organizations motivate...

... enterprise sector. Jeong Won Lee can be contacted at: jwleeys@gmail.com 03 12 2017 24 05 2018 08 10 2018 18 11 2018 27 11 2018 27 11 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Motivation Corporate social...

... is to challenge the view that constraints are a direct barrier on performance and take an alternative approach whereby constraints have an indirect effect via decreased motivation and increased workload. Further, differential effects of various constraints are examined. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative...

...Anja Hagen Olafsen; Claus Wiemann Frølund Purpose The purpose of this paper was to test a model that differentiated between two types of job demands in relation to basic psychological need satisfaction, work motivation, and, in turn, employee well-being. In particular, job challenges and job...

...Yaniv Kanat-Maymon; Yaron Mor; Elinur Gottlieb; Anat Shoshani Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating and moderating roles of perceived supervisor legitimacy in the association between perceived supervisor motivating styles and subordinate functioning. Specifically, based...

...Lamberto Zollo; Guglielmo Faldetta; Massimiliano Matteo Pellegrini; Cristiano Ciappei Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate, through the lens of the gift-giving theory, volunteers’ motivations for intending to stay with organizations. Design/methodology/approach Data were...