Impact of work ethic on proactive work behaviors: The moderating roles of education and party affiliation in China

Zhang, Suchuan; Chen, Lixin

doi:10.1007/s12144-020-00854-6

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“…Organizational managers should be the mind of gender‐related biases when making personnel decisions. Although those CCP applicants need to show great ability to outperform their co‐workers throughout the long selection process, managers need to adhere to the merit principle in employment (Zhang & Chen, 2020) and not stress too much on the CCP membership.…”

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How protestant work ethic impacts employees' counterproductive work behaviors: The moderating effects of gender and party affiliation

Zhang

Chen

Yan³

2020

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This study examined the relationships between the four dimensions of the protestant work ethic (internal locus of control, asceticism, hard work, anti‐leisure) and organizational counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs). Based on a sample of Chinese employees, the results from two‐wave lagged data (N = 691) indicated that the asceticism dimension and the anti‐leisure dimension were negatively associated with CWBs. These associations were moderated by party affiliation, indicating that party members had a stronger negative relationship between these constructs than non‐party members did.

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How protestant work ethic impacts employees' counterproductive work behaviors: The moderating effects of gender and party affiliation

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Yan³

2020

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“…It originated in Max Weber's writing in 1958 [1]. While grounded in Protestant beliefs, the current concept of work ethics does not have any religious orientations [2]. Miller et al point out that individuals with high work ethics put work at the centre of their life, avoid wasting time and comply with high moral standards [3].…”

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Exploring the Relationship between Economic Conditions, Rural-Urban Differences and the Work Ethics of the Post-80s, 90s and 00s Generations

Zhou¹

2023

BCPBM

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This research explores the relationship between generational differences, economic conditions, rural-urban differences, and 5 dimensions of work ethics (self-resilience, morality/ethics, leisure, hard work, and centrality of work). Online questionnaire results from 620 Chinese post-80s, the 90s, and 00s show that age differences bring no significant impact on the work ethics dimensions except for leisure and centrality of work. The younger generations more value their non-work activities than their work. In terms of economic conditions, it has a positive relationship with all the 5 dimensions of work ethics, except for leisure which is the reverse aspect of the others. In terms of rural-urban differences, individuals from rural areas show higher self-reliance and centrality to work, but no significant differences are found in other dimensions. In the concluding section, the theoretical and practical contributions are discussed, with limitations and suggestions for future research.

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“…Problem prevention, individual innovation, voice, and taking charge are the four dimensions of PWB (Parker & Collins, 2010). PWB has played a significant role in business success due to the increasingly multifaceted and indeterminate nature of the modern workplace (Smithikrai & Suwannadet, 2018; Zhang & Chen, 2020). Employees who are proactive make significant contributions to modern organizations operating in a highly competitive and dynamic business context (Miselytė et al., 2019).…”

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“…Studies have found PWB among nurses in many countries varies from moderate to high levels (El‐Gazar et al., 2022; Hong, 2022; Sanghon, 2017; Warshawsky et al., 2012). For example, Zhang and Chen (2020) found that well‐educated employees perceived positive impacts in the workplace, which increases the amount of effort put into PWB. They also found that the relationship between education level and PWB is stronger for more educated employees than for less educated employees in their study (Zhang & Chen, 2020).…”

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“…For example, Zhang and Chen (2020) found that well‐educated employees perceived positive impacts in the workplace, which increases the amount of effort put into PWB. They also found that the relationship between education level and PWB is stronger for more educated employees than for less educated employees in their study (Zhang & Chen, 2020). The engaged employee showed greater dedication and absorptive capacity, and are more proactive in their work (Miselyt et al., 2019).…”

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Factors predicting proactive work behaviors among nurses: A descriptive predictive study

Htet,

Abhicharttibutra,

Wichaikum

2023

International Nursing Review

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AimThis study examined the level of proactive work behavior and predictability of education level, work engagement, transformational leadership of nurse managers, and organizational support on proactive work behaviors among nurses.BackgroundNurses face many challenges to provide quality nursing care as numbers of patients increase in particular as a result of COVID‐19 and human resource shortages worldwide, this includes Myanmar. Proactive work behavior is a critical factor in providing quality nursing care.MethodsWe collected data from 183 registered nurses in four university‐affiliated general hospitals in Myanmar by using stratified random sampling. Instruments included the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, the Global Transformational Leadership Scale, the Survey of Perceived Organizational Support, and the Proactive Work Behavior Scale. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were used to analyze data. Findings are reported according to the STROBE checklist.ResultsThe overall level of proactive work behavior was perceived as moderate. Transformational leadership and work engagement were significant predictors of proactive work behaviors of nurses, explaining 33.0% of the total variance.ConclusionFindings provide that both transformational leadership and work engagement are significant predictors of proactive work behaviors which are important for improving the quality of patient care and organizational outcomes.Implications for nursing and health policyNurse administrators and hospital directors should encourage nurses to voice ideas for improving the standard of work, provide opportunities for generating ideas, support resources for taking charge and preventing problems whilst also supporting the promotion of nurse managers' transformational leadership and nurses' work engagement.

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Impact of work ethic on proactive work behaviors: The moderating roles of education and party affiliation in China

Cited by 8 publications

References 87 publications

How protestant work ethic impacts employees' counterproductive work behaviors: The moderating effects of gender and party affiliation

How protestant work ethic impacts employees' counterproductive work behaviors: The moderating effects of gender and party affiliation

Exploring the Relationship between Economic Conditions, Rural-Urban Differences and the Work Ethics of the Post-80s, 90s and 00s Generations

Factors predicting proactive work behaviors among nurses: A descriptive predictive study

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