This study examined how situational factors influence the effects of work overload on employee creativity. Specifically, we examined the negative impact of goal commitment on the relationship between work overload and creativity and how feedbacks from supervisor and reward for competence...

Data obtained from subordinate-supervisor dyads (N ¼ 314) of a large manufacturing company in South Korea were used to test a moderated mediation model of the processes linking person-organization (P-O) fit and employee work attitudes and behaviors. The results revealed that the influence of...

We theorized and tested the performance implications of the lateral hiring by professional service firms (i.e. law firms). Using a longitudinal dataset of lateral partner hires in 148 US law firms between the years of 2004 and 2008, the results indicated that the size of lateral hiring had a...

The amount of time, effort, and money expended in pursuit of a college degree makes it important that students choose a university that is a good fit for them. Unfortunately students often determine whether a university is a fit for them through trial and error. This research investigated...

Adopting a multilevel approach, we examined how team goal orientation may relate to team creativity and individual creativity. We also theorized and examined the bottom-up process linking individual creativity and team creativity. Multisource data were collected from 485 members and their...

This study examined how taking charge was related to job satisfaction, affective organizational commitment, and job performance among Hong Kong Chinese newcomers, and how emotional competence moderates the latter relationships. The results of a two-wave survey study involving 137 newcomers...

The past organizational socialization studies have devoted their attention to examining how organizational socializations affect various individual outcomes. Although they have provided useful insights on organizational socialization, they have generally failed to examine the processes by which...

The past organizational socialization studies have devoted their attention to examining how organizational socializations affect various individual outcomes. Although they have provided useful insights on organizational socialization, they have generally failed to examine the processes by which...

Humor long has been recognized as a mechanism for dealing with life’s problems and situational difficulties. Specifically, researchers have found that a sense of humor provides health benefits by generating social laughter, psychological benefits by venting anger and frustration and coping...

In today’s rapidly changing environment, employee creativity is important for organizations to have competitive advantages for an organizational innovation, survival and long term success. Consequently, to examine how organizations can foster employee creativity can be extremely valuable to...