Analysis of Bilateral Effects between Social Undermining and Co-Creation among University Faculty Members

Abstract

Understanding the social undermining is increasing important in organizational literature both because of its relation with job performance and because of its collective cost to individuals and organizations. This article argued that social undermining can effect on co-creation among faculty members. The study adopted a descriptive-correlational method. The statistical population of the study consisted university faculty members in Iran, that 235 members were selected as the participants using stratified random sampling consistent with the sample size. Social undermining was examined using Duffy et al. (2002) Questionnaire and co-creation were examined using researcher-made questionnaire based on co-creation DART model. Also the reliability of the questionnaire were computed using Cronbach's alpha (0.94 for social undermining and 0.96 for co-creation questionnaire).Results based on data from a sample of university faculty members showed a negative relationship between social undermining and co-creation and were meaningful at 0.05 level of significance.

Impact of Emotional Support on Wellbeing, Mediating Role of Social Undermining: A Study of Academia in Balochistan.

“…More specifically, the teaching faculty of universities showed that emotional support from coworkers will help them to increase their wellbeing at the workplace. The indirect effect of emotional support and welling was tested in presence of social undermining which one of the vital aspects in an organizational is setting (Taherpour et al, 2016). It is concluded that the well-being of the employees can be improved by reducing the negative behaviors among the employees at the workplace.…”

“…Negative personal effects such as sadness, low self-esteem, and psychosomatic problems might result from these practices (Duffy et al, 2006). As a result, social undermining can have negative impact on interpersonal connections and co-creation in the workplace (Taherpour et al, 2016). Joseph et al (2011) reported that social undermining behavior is employed in the workplace to prevent coworkers from establishing and maintaining a good reputation, achievement, and healthy interpersonal relationships.…”

“…Whereas this study has aimed to highlight the influence of social undermining on individual wellbeing, numerous key concerns about how and why social undermining affects supportive behaviour and interactions in organizations remain unanswered (Taherpour et al, 2016).…”

“…In an organizational setting, Rook (1984) firstly introduced the word social interaction to accomplish the organizational goals. Vinokur and Van Ryn (1993) differentiated the positive and negative interaction, the negative social interaction also known as social undermining (Taherpour et al, 2016). According to Vinokur and Van Ryn (1993), in a place where two or more people work together, social undermining is inevitable.…”

“…The term social undermining is the expression of negative feelings and reflects negative work connections that may make employees show negative reactions (Duffy et al, 2002). Furthermore, Taherpour et al (2016) explained that the social undermining is expanding vital attribute to its connection and its aggregate effect on individuals and their relationships. It also influences work performance.…”