Incivility’s relationship with workplace outcomes: Enactment as a boundary condition in two samples
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Mackey, Jeremy D., Bishoff, John D., Daniels, Shanna R., Hochwarter, Wayne A. and Ferris, Gerald R.. (2019). Incivility’s relationship with workplace outcomes: Enactment as a boundary condition in two samples. Journal of Business Ethics. 155(2), pp. 513 - 528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3492-8
Authors | Mackey, Jeremy D., Bishoff, John D., Daniels, Shanna R., Hochwarter, Wayne A. and Ferris, Gerald R. |
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Abstract | The current two-sample investigation explores the role of enactment as a boundary condition in the relationship between experienced incivility and workplace outcomes (i.e., job satisfaction, organizational citizenship behavior [OCB], and turnover intent). We integrate the tenets of the transactional model of stress and sensemaking theory to explain why enactment is a psychological sensemaking capability that can neutralize the adverse effects of experienced incivility on workplace outcomes. The results across two samples of data (nSample 1 = 156; nSample 2 = 620) supported the study hypotheses by demonstrating that experienced incivility had stronger adverse effects on employees’ job satisfaction, OCBs, and turnover intent for employees who reported lower levels of enactment than employees who reported higher levels of enactment. This study’s results make three important contributions to theory and research. First, we make an empirical contribution by examining enactment as a psychological sensemaking capability that can neutralize the adverse effects of experienced incivility on workplace outcomes. Second, we make a theoretical contribution by integrating the tenets of the transactional model of stress and sensemaking theory in a novel way that explains why enactment is a psychological sensemaking capability that can neutralize the adverse effects of stress on strain. Third, we demonstrate that enactment is the boundary condition that explains why incivility does not have universally adverse effects on employees’ outcomes. |
Keywords | incivility; enactment; job satisfaction; OCB; turnover intent; stress; sensemaking |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Journal of Business Ethics |
Journal citation | 155 (2), pp. 513 - 528 |
Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
ISSN | 0167-4544 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3492-8 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85014717330 |
Page range | 513 - 528 |
Research Group | Centre for Sustainable HRM and Wellbeing |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/87v0v/incivility-s-relationship-with-workplace-outcomes-enactment-as-a-boundary-condition-in-two-samples
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