...Megha Gupta; Nikhil Kewal Krishna Mehta; Upasna A. Agarwal; I.M. Jawahar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct impact of leader-member exchange (LMX) quality on cyberloafing as well as its indirect impact through psychological capital. Design/methodology/approach Using...

..., this study theorizes that employee psychological capital is a mediating mechanism and family motivation is a moderating mechanism. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected 370 responses in three different time waves with an interval of one week. All the constructs of the study were rated...

...Xinggui Zhang; Zhibin Lin; Xiao Chen; Zhijie Zhang; David Ming Liu Purpose Prior studies have consistently shown that leader psychological capital is beneficial for leader–member exchange (LMX) and followers’ outcomes. In this study, the authors challenge this consensus; they propose...

...Hillman Wirawan; Muhammad Jufri; Abdul Saman Purpose This study aims to investigate the effect of authentic leadership and psychological capital (PsyCap) on work engagement via job satisfaction by employing the job demands-resources (JD-R) model. Design/methodology/approach Participants were...

...Wann-Yih Wu; Khanh-Van Ho Nguyen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on psychological capital (PsyCap) – one of the emerging topics of human resource management, by examining its antecedents and outcomes through the lens of social exchange theory. Design/methodology/approach A meta...

... work engagement and psychological capital (PsyCap). Contrary to the expectations, salespeople’s perceptions of sales managers’ authentic leadership did not relate to sales managers’ self-ratings of authentic leadership, but instead related to sales managers’ gender (women were perceived as more...

...Yanfei Wang; Jieqiong Liu; Yu Zhu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a moderated mediation model to examine the roles that psychological capital (PsyCap) and growth need strength may play in the relationship between humble leader behaviors and follower creativity. Design...

... from two Midwestern organizations. Surveys were used to collect AL, psychological capital (PsyCap), and psychological climate data. Hierarchical regression was used to analyze the data. Findings Results support PsyCap, and to a lesser extent psychological climate, as antecedents of AL...

...Jong Gyu Park; Jeong Sik Kim; Seung Won Yoon; Baek-Kyoo Joo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of empowering leadership on employees’ psychological well-being (PWB) and job engagement. This study also examines the mediating role of psychological capital (PsyCap...

...Shu-sien Liao; Da-chian Hu; Yu-Chun Chung; Li-Wen Chen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX), job satisfaction (JS), life satisfaction (LS), and psychological capital (PC) for employee relation management. Design/methodology...

...Baek-Kyoo Joo; Doo Hun Lim; Sewon Kim Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influences of psychological capital (PsyCap) on work engagement. It also investigated the role of work empowerment as a mediator and authentic leadership as a moderator. Design/methodology/approach Data...

... Organizational behavior Psychological capital Ethical leadership When I first saw the cover and title of Positive Organizational Behavior, I thought, “Hmm, now there's an oxymoron if I ever saw one.” Intrigued nevertheless, I tried to set my cynicism aside, and opened the book. I consciously...