Bad behaviours because of a dead-end job? Effects of career plateau on counterproductive work behaviours

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Zhao, J., Chen, Z., Lam, W., Xie, Y, Liu, Z. and Long, L. 2024. Bad behaviours because of a dead-end job? Effects of career plateau on counterproductive work behaviours. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.70003
AuthorsZhao, J., Chen, Z., Lam, W., Xie, Y, Liu, Z. and Long, L.
Abstract

Career advancement offers employee motivation, but what happens when an upward path reaches a plateau? With a three-wave survey of 244 members of 58 work teams, the current study explores how and when career plateaus influence
counterproductive work behaviours (CWBs), in accordance with negative reciprocity theory. The results show that at the individual level, individual job content plateaus relate positively to individual CWBs, through individual work alienation; individual task crafting weakens this mediating effect. At the team level, the team hierarchical plateaus relate positively to team CWBs through team work alienation, and team participation in decision-making weakens this mediating effect. This multi-level perspective establishes both theoretical contributions and practical implications.

Keywordscounterproductive work behaviours; hierarchical plateau; job content plateau; participation in decision-making; task crafting; work alienation
Year2024
JournalJournal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
PublisherThe British Psychological Society
Wiley
ISSN2044-8325
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.70003
Web address (URL)https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joop.70003
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