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Employee recognition, meaningfulness and behavioural involvement: test of a moderated mediation model

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: This study examines how and under what conditions recognition practices are related to employee behavioural involvement at work. Combining social cognitive theory, social information processing theory and self-concordance theory, we develop and test a moderated mediation model in which (a) manager recognition promotes behavioural involvement both directly and indirectly through the intervening role of meaningfulness and (b) coworker recognition strengthens the benefits of manager recognition to meaningfulness and subsequent behavioural involvement. The results of a study of 130 employees provided empirical support for our model. These findings help clarify how different sources of recognition can shape the effective behavioural involvement in the workplace; they also emphasize the role of meaningfulness as an important psychological mechanism that explains the recognition–behaviour relation. The implications for theory and practice are discussed.

Source: The International Journal of Human Resource Management

DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2017.1288153

Authors: Francesco Montani, Jean-Sébastien Boudrias, Marilyne Pigeon

Institutions: MBS School of Business, Université de Montréal

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

Funder: Fonds de Recherche du Québec-Société et Culture