工作激情、建言与变革发起行为:自恋领导的双刃剑效应

Work Passion,Voice and Behavior of Initiating Change:“Double Edged Sword”Effects of Narcissistic Leadership

工作激情是组织领域近年来兴起的研究热点。已有研究表明工作激情对员工的态度和行为具有显著影响,但鲜有研究探究工作激情与变革发起行为之间的关系。基于自我决定理论和情景力量理论,构建以建言为中介变量的工作激情影响变革发起行为的双中介模型,探究自恋型领导的跨层次调节效应。采用来自6家企业的153个工作团队中的663名员工和153名直接领导的两个时间点的配对数据,运用结构方程模型和多层线性回归方法进行主效应、中介效应和调节效应检验。研究结果表明,(1)和谐性工作激情对促进性建言有正向影响,强迫性工作激情对抑制性建言有正向影响;(2)和谐性工作激情通过促进性建言、强迫性工作激情通过抑制性建言均对变革发起行为产生正向影响;(3)自恋型领导分别调节和谐性工作激情与促进性建言、强迫性工作激情与抑制性建言之间的关系,自恋型领导一方面削弱了和谐性工作激情对促进性建言的正向影响,另一方面增强了强迫性工作激情对抑制性建言的正向影响;(4)自恋型领导调节促进性工作建言在和谐性工作激情与变革发起行为之间关系的中介作用。研究结果厘清了工作激情影响变革发起行为的作用路径和边界条件,为微观层次的组织变革研究提供了新的视角,同时为管理者如何鼓励员工主动发起和参与组织变革提供了新的思路,即通过培养员工的工作激情、营造有利于建言的组织情景促进变革发起行为。

Work passion is a hot research topic in the field of organization in recent years.Research indicated that work passion has a significant impact on employees′work attitude and behavior.However,few studies have explored the relationship between work passion and employees′behavior of initiating change.Based on self-determination theory and situational strength theory,this study develops a dual mediation model to investigate how work passion affects the behavior of initiating change through voice,and further examines the cross level moderating effects of narcissistic leadership on the relationship between work passion and voice.The hypothesized model was examined using multisource,two-wave field survey data from 663 employees and their immediate supervisors from 153 work teams of six firms.Structure equation model and multilevel linear regression approaches were employed to test the main effect and the mediating effect,as well as the moderating effect.The results show that:(1)The harmonious work passion of employees has a positive impact on the promotive voice behavior,obsessive work passion has a positive impact on prohibitive voice.(2)The harmonious passion of employees has a positive impact on the change initiating behavior through promoting voice,and the obsessive passion has a positive impact on the behavior of initiating change through prohibitive voice.(3)The narcissistic leadership moderated the relationship between the harmonious passion and promotive voice,as well as the relationship between the obsessive passion and the prohibitive voice.On the one hand,the narcissistic leader weakened the positive influence of the harmonious passion on the promotive voice,and on the other hand,it strengthened the positive influence of the obsessive passion on the prohibitive voice.(4)The narcissistic leadership moderated the mediating role of promotive voice between the harmonious passion and behavior of initiating change.The research findings clarify the influencing mechanism between work passion and behavior of initiating change,as well as the boundary conditions for work passion′s effects on voice,and thus provide a new perspective for micro-level organizational change research.Practically,our findings also provide new insights for managers about how to encourage employees to initiate and participate in organizational change.In order to promote the employee′s behavior of initiating change,managers should cultivate employees′work enthusiasm and facilitate their voices.