Rivalry and performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Milstein, Nir; Striet, Yarin; Lavidor, Michal; Anaki, David; Gordon, Ilanit

doi:10.1177/20413866221082128

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“…The notion that employees show positive behaviors in response to more distal status threats also aligns with a growing body of research on the positive consequences of status threat and rivalry (Lee & Duffy, 2019;Milstein et al, 2022;Schaubroeck & Lam, 2004). In contrast to the more traditional view on status threat as a purely destructive phenomenon (Dunn & Schweitzer, 2006), this line of research highlights that employees may increase their job performance (Schaubroeck & Lam, 2004) or learn from a more successful coworker (Lee & Duffy, 2019).…”

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When and why does status threat at work bring out the best and the worst in us? A temporal social comparison theory

Reh

Quaquebeke

Giessner

2022

Organizational Psychology Review

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This paper seeks to explain when and why people respond to status threat at work with behaviors oriented toward either self-improvement or interpersonal harming. To that end, we extend the established static social comparison perspective on status threat. Specifically, we introduce the notion of temporal proximity of status threat, which is informed by five temporal social comparison markers. We argue that people construe distal future status gaps as a challenge (and thus show self-improvement-oriented responses), but construe a more proximal status gap as a threat (and thus engage in negative interpersonal behaviors). Further, we introduce three factors of uncertainty that may render the underlying temporal comparison less reliable, and thereby less useful for guiding one's response. Overall, our temporal social comparison theory integrates and extends current theorizing on status threat in organizations by fully acknowledging the dynamic nature of social comparisons. Plain Language Summary Employees often compare themselves to others to evaluate their status. If they perceive that their status is at threat or risk losing status, they engage in behaviors to prevent status loss. These behaviors can be positive, aimed at improving one's position or they can be negative, aimed at harming others. This paper develops a theoretical framework to examine when employees engage in more challenge- vs. threat-oriented behaviors. We argue that an important question how employees react to status threat is its temporal proximity—will an employee's status be threatened in the near versus distal future? We propose that the more distal (vs. proximate) the status threat is, the more employees gravitate towards challenge- and less threat-oriented behaviors. But how do employees know when a status threat occurs in the future? We argue that employees will compare their past status trajectories to co-workers’ status trajectories to mentally extrapolate the temporal proximity of such a threat. More specifically, we propose five characteristics (temporal markers) of social comparison trajectories that inform employees about the temporal proximity: their relative current position, the relative velocity and acceleration of their status trajectory, their relative mean status level, and their relative minimum and maximum status. Moreover, we suggest that employees’ conclusions from these markers are weakened by uncertainty in the “data stream” of social comparison information over time, that is, the length of the time span available, the amount of interruptions in this data stream, and the number of fluctuations in their own and others’ status trajectories.

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When and why does status threat at work bring out the best and the worst in us? A temporal social comparison theory

Reh

Quaquebeke

Giessner

2022

Organizational Psychology Review

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“…Interestingly, a significant association between years of sports training and moral competence levels was proved in college-age students in an earlier study by Bronikowska et al [4]. However, this relationship only applied to male respondents (aged [19][20][21][22][23][24] professionally engaged in sports for a long time whose levels of moral competency was assessed as high. The opposite outcome was found with female peer respondents where higher levels of moral competency was presented by sportswomen with a shorter involvement in professional sports.…”

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“…In a meta-analysis review Milstein et al [19] found that the relationship between rivalry and performance is more robust for individual rivalry compared to group rivalry. The findings have been analyzed further and indicated that for a group rivalry correlations were positive with significant impact only in sports and, when analyzed in outside-of-sport world only in donation-raising organizations.…”

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The association between the years and modes of sports training and levels of moral competence across eleven sports

Bronikowska,

Bronikowski

2024

PES

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Background and Study Aim. Research on moral competency in sports is rare, and findings are inconsistent. These findings point to moral development as a multifaceted and complex process. This process is mediated by various life situations and dilemma choices. Sport can play a crucial role in this area with its often ‘role-taking’ experience and confrontations with personal moral standards. This study aimed to analyze the relationship of competency levels and sport experience across different sports. Material and Methods. A sample of university students in sport-related faculties (N = 947) was assessed with the use of Moral Competence test (MCT). The group was divided into 11 predetermined types of sports, training modes (amateur/professional), and indicated years of training practice. Results. The general moral competency level in the overall researched sample of students was low, but similar to their peer-age reference groups found in relevant literature. The findings indicated some differences in moral competency levels between amateurs and professionals. Amateurs showed a higher competency levels in five types of sports (non-invasion games, martial arts/fighting sports, aquatic boating sports). In contrast, professionals showed a higher competency level in dance sports. The only positive, moderate correlation between years of training and moral competency level was found with professional athletes in aquatic boating sports: the longer they trained, the higher their moral competency level was. Conclusions. These results offer new insight into the impact of sports on moral development and can act as a solid foundation for further in-depth research in this area.

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Industrial Consumers Switching to Green Energy? An Application of the Theory of Market Choice Behaviour and Business Strategy

Sangroya,

Joshi,

Agarwal

et al. 2024

Bus Strat Env

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Strategic green energy adoption by industrial customers could effectively address the worsening situation of the environment, which has largely impacted the well‐being of humans. To promote an understanding of the behaviour of the industrial green energy consumer and the impact of green energy strategy, this paper examines how multidimensional green perceived value (GPV) constructs relate to loyalty through customer satisfaction and perceived switching cost. The proposed conceptual model was empirically validated through data gathered from cross‐sectional responses of industrial energy consumers using green energy strategies for their business operations. Results indicated that GPV is a multidimensional formative higher‐order construct formed by social value, emotional value, functional value, and conditional value dimensions. Further, GPV impacts customer loyalty positively via the mediating effect of customer satisfaction and perceived switching costs. The current study found that an industrial consumer voluntarily uses green energy due to financial incentives alone, while social and emotional dimensions also play a major part in tactical decision‐making related to the implementation of green energy strategy.

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Rivalry and performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 7 publications

References 93 publications

When and why does status threat at work bring out the best and the worst in us? A temporal social comparison theory

When and why does status threat at work bring out the best and the worst in us? A temporal social comparison theory

The association between the years and modes of sports training and levels of moral competence across eleven sports

Industrial Consumers Switching to Green Energy? An Application of the Theory of Market Choice Behaviour and Business Strategy

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