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Lei Z. Dimensionalized goal orientation, innovation climate, and knowledge sharing behavior in higher education research teams. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27853. [PMID: 38560239 PMCID: PMC10981030 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Knowledge sharing behavior (KSB) in the work process is governed by achievement goals and organizational environments. It is of great value to focus on whether achievement goal orientation can effectively predict the employees knowledge sharing in the context of team innovation climate. On the basis of the data from 29 scientific research teams in China's higher education, a multi-layer linear model is constructed to investigate the cross-level relationship. The study finds that learning goal orientation (LGO) and performance proof orientation (PPO) contribute to knowledge sharing, performance avoidance orientation (PAO) tends to be knowledge hiding, and their political skills (PS) consolidate the connections. Team innovation climate not only promotes knowledge sharing behavior, but also activates the traits related to individuals' shared behavior in performance proof orientation, which has enhanced the relationship between achievement goal orientation and knowledge sharing, but has no effect on learning goal orientation and performance avoidance orientation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhizhu Lei
- Department of Economics and Management, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, China
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Higazee MZA, Gab Allah AR. The relationship between the political skills and negotiation behaviors of front-line nursing managers. Nurs Forum 2022; 57:1240-1248. [PMID: 35781281 DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Frontline nursing managers must possess sufficient political skills to successfully navigate organizational structures and relationships and produce positive results in complex healthcare systems. AIM This study explores the relationship between the political skills and negotiation behaviors of frontline nursing managers. METHOD The researchers adopted a quantitative correlational methodology to conduct the study in two selected hospitals with 100 frontline nursing managers determined through convenience sampling. Political Skill Inventory and Negotiation Self-Assessment Inventory were used to assess the political skills of nurse managers and measure the behaviors that they rely on most readily during negotiations, respectively. RESULTS The study sample had an average level of political skill and relied moderately on compromise during negotiations. There was a strong positive correlation between political skills, accommodation, and collaboration behaviors. Moreover, there was a strong negative correlation between political skills, avoidance, and competition. Further, there was a negative correlation between political skills and compromise behavior of negotiation. CONCLUSION Although nursing managers used different negotiation behaviors at different degrees in different situations, they mostly relied on compromise during negotiation. Therefore, hospital administrators should work on improving frontline nursing managers' political skills to improve their negotiation behaviors.
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- Manal Z Ahmed Higazee
- Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Menoufia Governorate, Egypt
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- Nursing Administration Department, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Menoufia Governorate, Egypt.,Nursing Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al Baha University, Al Baha, Saudi Arabia
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Gao R, Huang S, Yao Y, Liu X, Zhou Y, Zhang S, Cai S, Zuo H, Zhan Z, Mo L. Understanding Zhongyong Using a Zhongyong Approach: Re-examining the Non-linear Relationship Between Creativity and the Confucian Doctrine of the Mean. Front Psychol 2022; 13:903411. [PMID: 35783697 PMCID: PMC9240665 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Zhongyong, a central theme of Confucian thought, refers to the “doctrine of the mean,” or the idea that moderation in all things is the optimal path. Despite considerable interest in the relationship between zhongyong and creativity, especially in China, studies of this relationship have not yielded consistent results. Based on a review of the literature, we hypothesized that this inconsistency arises from the dual nature of zhongyong itself, which has both a positive side, promoting creativity, and a negative side, inhibiting creativity. We also hypothesized that the negative side of zhongyong takes the form of excessive zhongyong. Indeed, the observations that every coin has two sides and that too much of a good thing is as bad as too little are core principles of zhongyong in traditional Chinese culture. To test these hypotheses, we conducted two empirical studies (measuring explicit and implicit zhongyong personality, respectively) to examine the relationships between positive and negative zhongyong and creativity (measured in terms of creative personality, divergent thinking, and convergent thinking). The results of both studies revealed an interaction between positive zhongyong and negative zhongyong, indicating that only a moderate level of zhongyong is conducive to creativity; both deficiency and excess are harmful. We discuss the implications of these results, suggesting that a zhongyong approach can help to clarify non-linear relationships between things, and recommending to re-assess the creativity of Chinese culture from a neutral and objective outlook. This paper deepens understanding of zhongyong and offers clear insights into creativity from an in-depth cultural perspective.
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- Ruixiang Gao
- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- School of Foreign Studies, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Foreign Studies, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Information Technology in Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Teacher Development, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Institution for Teachers' Professional Ethics and Virtues Building (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Huang Zuo
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- School of Information Technology in Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Zehui Zhan
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- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Lei Mo
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Ejaz A, Maher LP, Lacaze D, Quratulain S, Ferris GR. How Contextual and Individual Characteristics Influence Psychological Needs Satisfaction: The Critical Roles of Political Skill and Political Will. APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/apps.12380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Aqsa Ejaz
- The University of Lahore, Lahore Business School Lahore Pakistan
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- Boise State University, Department of Management, College of Business & Economics 1910 W University Dr Boise ID
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- Aix‐Marseille Graduate School of Management – IAE, Chemin de la Quille Puyricard ‐ CS 30063, 13089 Aix‐en‐Provence ‐ Cedex 2 France
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- University of Sharjah, College of Business Administration University City Rd Sharjah United Arab Emirates
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Silvester J, Wyatt M, Ellen BP, Ferris GR. Candidate Effects on Election Outcomes: Political Skill, Campaign Efficacy, and Intentions in a British General Election. APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW-PSYCHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE-REVUE INTERNATIONALE 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/apps.12292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Conroy KM, Collings DG, Clancy J. Sowing the seeds of subsidiary influence: Social navigating and political maneuvering of subsidiary actors. GLOBAL STRATEGY JOURNAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/gsj.1323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Human Resource Management, Leadership & Talent InstituteDCU Business School, Dublin City University Dublin 9 Ireland
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- J. E. Cairnes School of Business & EconomicsNational University of Ireland Galway Ireland
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Vergauwe J, Wille B, Hofmans J, Kaiser RB, Fruyt FD. The Too Little/Too Much Scale. ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/1094428117706534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This article describes the too little/too much (TLTM) scale as an innovation in rating scale methodology that may facilitate research on the too-much-of-a-good-thing effect. Two studies demonstrate how this scale can improve the ability to detect curvilinear relationships in leadership research. In Study 1, leaders were rated twice on a set of leader behaviors: once using a traditional 5-point Likert scale and once using the TLTM scale, which ranged between –4 ( much too little), 0 ( the right amount), and +4 ( much too much). Only linear effects were observed for the Likert ratings, while the TLTM ratings demonstrated curvilinear, inverted U-shaped relationships with performance. Segmented regressions indicated that Likert ratings provided variance associated with the too little range of the TLTM scale but not in the too much range. Further, the TLTM ratings added incremental validity over Likert ratings, which was entirely due to variance from the too much range. Study 2 replicated these findings using a more fine-grained, 9 -point Likert scale, ruling out differences in scale coarseness as an explanation for why the TLTM scale was better at detecting curvilinear effects.
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- Jasmine Vergauwe
- Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Training and Education Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Research Group of Work and Organizational Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
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- Department of Developmental, Personality, and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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