Too Defeated to Work? The Effects of Dispatched Employees’ Upward Social Comparison on Time Theft
Yi Li,
Yunhan Lin
Abstract:Organizations are under pressure to seek out new and sustainable practices to address the deepening inequity and waste of limited resources. This study aims to explore the relationship between upward social comparison (USC) and time theft of dispatched employees by proposing a mediated moderation model and examining (1) whether emotional exhaustion mediates this relationship and (2) the roles of relational energy and psychological availability as different kinds of resources on the basis of conservation of res… Show more
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