The Relationship Between Supervisor-Subordinate Spirituality Congruence and Subordinates’ Proactive Behavior in Workplace

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2022.04.016

Abstract

Abstract: The study aimed to explore the relationship between supervisor-subordinate spirituality congruence and subordinates’ proactive behavior in the workplace. Using questionnaires to collect data, in-service employees and their direct supervisors were selected as the participants. The results showed that the congruence of workplace spirituality between supervisor and subordinate had a certain influence on the proactive behavior of the subordinate. Specifically, in the case of congruence, there was an inverted U-shaped relationship between the degree of consistency and the subordinate’s proactive behavior. In the case of incongruence, when the subordinate’s workplace spirituality was higher than the supervisor’s, the subordinate showed more proactive behavior at work. This study is conducive to a deeper understanding of the matching effect and the antecedents of proactive behavior.

Key words: workplace spirituality, proactive behavior, supervisor-subordinate congruence

摘要： 基于上下级匹配理论，本研究探讨了上下级工作场所精神性匹配与下级主动行为的关系。采用多项式回归与响应面分析技术，对收集的129对“领导者?员工”配对数据进行分析，结果表明：（1）在上下级工作场所精神性一致的情况下，上下级工作场所精神性一致程度与下级主动行为呈倒U型关系；（2）在上下级工作场所精神性不一致的情况下，当下级工作场所精神性高于上级时，下级会表现出更多的主动行为。

关键词: 工作场所精神性, 主动行为, 上下级匹配

CLC Number:

B849

WANG Minghui, XIN Zhaoyang, KANG Mengmeng, ZHAO Junzhe, ZHAO Guoxiang. The Relationship Between Supervisor-Subordinate Spirituality Congruence and Subordinates’ Proactive Behavior in Workplace[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2022, 20(4): 542-548.

王明辉, 辛钊阳, 康萌萌, 赵君哲, 赵国祥. 上下级工作场所精神性匹配与下级主动行为的关系[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2022, 20(4): 542-548.

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