Perceived overqualification and underqualification, as two forms of person – job misfit in different directions, are expected to negatively relate to job attitudes/performance. However, drawing upon expectancy – value theory of motivation, we propose that employees with overqualification or...

Purpose: Departing from previous research which shows that abusive supervision, as a salient job demand, induces detrimental employee outcomes, this study examines how to create constructive consequences of abusive supervision. To do so, the authors identify the boundary conditions to change...

The authors present a four-fold conceptual framework of union roles for enhancing workers' paid maternity leave use, consisting of availability, awareness, affordability, and assurance. Using a panel data set constructed from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, workers represented by...

Regarding the relationship between identification and creativity, two theoretical logics compete, suggesting both positive and negative relationships. This study addresses the controversy by invoking regulatory focus theory. At the team level, we theorize that the identification–creativity...

This study seeks effective ways for managing employees with a high Machiavellian personality in organizations by identifying how to enhance their pro-organizational attitudes (organizational commitment) and behaviors [organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)] through transformational leadership...