The Impact of Being Envied on Work Engagement:A Test of the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping
- DOI
- 10.2991/iceiss-18.2018.101How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Being envied; Zhong-Yong thinking; Coping styles; Work engagement; Transactional model of stress and coping
- Abstract
Over the years, how employees have responded to workplace envy has been a puzzling question. Using the transactional model of stress and coping, we explore the moderating role of that Zhong-Yong thinking and two coping styles in the relationship between being envied and work engagement from the perspective of cultural fit. A survey of 303 employees was conducted. Empirical results indicate that the relationship between being envied and work engagement is weaker for employees with high Zhong-Yong thinking. Futhermore, the mediated moderation analysis shows that Zhong-Yong thinking is positively associated with both positive coping styles and negative coping styles. Specifically, the moderating effects of Zhong-Yong thinking between being envied and work engagement are mediated by negative coping styles. The findings extend the previous studies on the relationship between being envied and work engagement by exploring the boundary effects, reveal how Zhong-Yong thinking affects work engagement, and confirm the notion that coping styles might be the key mediator through how Zhong-Yong thinking works.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Qing Huang AU - Xiangnan Tao AU - Chunyan Jiang PY - 2018/12 DA - 2018/12 TI - The Impact of Being Envied on Work Engagement:A Test of the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping BT - Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Education Innovation and Social Science (ICEISS 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 416 EP - 419 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/iceiss-18.2018.101 DO - 10.2991/iceiss-18.2018.101 ID - Huang2018/12 ER -