TY - JOUR
T1 - Mountains out of Molehills Tests of the mediating effects of self-esteem in predicting workplace complaining
AU - Heck, A.K.
AU - Bedeian, A.G.
AU - Day, David
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - This study explores the possibility that the effects of various work-related antecedents on complaining behavior are transmitted through the beliefs that employees hold about themselves. Data obtained from 317 schoolteachers and their principals provide strong support for the proposition that organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) is an intervening mechanism between the antecedents of job satisfaction, affective commitment, procedural justice, distributive justice, and leader-member exchange quality and workplace complaining. The relationships that emerged were fully mediated, suggesting that OBSE is a central feature in how employees think, feet, and interact with others in the workplace. Avenues for future research and study limitations are discussed.
AB - This study explores the possibility that the effects of various work-related antecedents on complaining behavior are transmitted through the beliefs that employees hold about themselves. Data obtained from 317 schoolteachers and their principals provide strong support for the proposition that organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) is an intervening mechanism between the antecedents of job satisfaction, affective commitment, procedural justice, distributive justice, and leader-member exchange quality and workplace complaining. The relationships that emerged were fully mediated, suggesting that OBSE is a central feature in how employees think, feet, and interact with others in the workplace. Avenues for future research and study limitations are discussed.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02102.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02102.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-9029
VL - 35
SP - 2262
EP - 2289
JO - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology
IS - 11
ER -