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Moderators of the personality-performance relationship
Authors: Muldoon Jeffrey , Kisamore Jennifer L. , Liguori Eric W. , Jawahar I.M. , Bendickson Joshua 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate whether job meaning and job autonomy moderate the relationship between emotional stability and organizational citizenship behavior.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 190 supervisor-subordinate dyads completed three surveys. Linear and curvilinear analyses were used to assess the data.FindingsResults indicate emotionally stable individuals are more likely to perform OCBOs in low autonomy and/or low job meaning situations than are employees low in emotional stability. Conversely, individuals who have high autonomy and/or high meaning jobs are likely to engage in OCBOs regardless of personality.Research limitations/implicationsAs a survey-based research study, causal conclusions cannot be drawn from this study. Results suggest future research on the personality-performance relationship needs to more closely consider context and the potential for curvilinear relationships.Practical implicationsManagers should note that personality may significantly affect job performance and consider placing individuals in jobs that best align with their personality strengths.Originality/valueThis study sheds light on factors which may have led to erroneous conclusions in the extant literature that the relationship between personality and performance is weak.
Regulatory foci and expatriate adjustment
Authors: Lee Chun-Han , Hung Chao-Chih , Chien Chi-Sheng , Zhuang Wen-Long , Hsu Carol Ying-Yu 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between regulatory foci and expatriate adjustment and further compares the differences in the aforementioned relationship between promotion focus and prevention focus.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts a convenient sampling method to survey expatriates who work for multinational enterprises and have been expatriated for at least six months.FindingsBased on an analysis of 158 Taiwanese expatriates in Mainland China, Thailand, India, Saudi Arabia, and so forth, this study found that promotion focus was positively related to the expatriates’ office interaction adjustment and work adjustment; and prevention focus was positively related to the expatriates’ general adjustment, office interaction adjustment, and work adjustment. Moreover, expatriates’ prevention focus accounted for more variance in the expatriates’ general adjustment, office interaction adjustment, and work adjustment than did that of expatriates’ promotion focus.Originality/valuePersonality traits are regarded as among the most important antecedents of expatriate cross-cultural adjustment. This study suggests that expatriates’ regulatory foci could perhaps explain their adjustment issues in the host country. However, it seems no study has explored the role played by expatriates’ regulatory foci in expatriate adjustment.
Interactive effects of perceived time pressure, satisfaction with work-family balance (SWFB), and leader-member exchange (LMX) on creativity
Authors: Aleksić Darija , Mihelič Katarina Katja , Černe Matej , Škerlavaj Miha 
Published: March 2017

PurposeDrawing on role theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate a curvilinear relationship between employee’s perceived overall time pressure and creativity. Apart from this, it explores a three-way interaction of perceived time pressure, satisfaction with work-family balance (SWFB), and leader-member exchange (LMX) on creativity.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reports a quantitative study of 251 employees from a European company. An online survey was used to collect data. The proposed hypotheses were tested using moderated hierarchical regression analysis.FindingsResults demonstrate a U-shaped curvilinear relationship between perceived time pressure and creativity. Results further confirm the proposed three-way interaction of perceived time pressure, SWFB, and LMX as joint predictors of creativity.Research limitations/implicationsThe cross-sectional research design limits the ability to demonstrate causality. Moreover, the data were collected from a single source causing concern for common method bias. Nonetheless, recent research suggests that common method bias cannot create an artificial interaction effect.Originality/valueThis study is one of the rare attempts to examine a curvilinear relationship between perceived time pressure and creativity. Moreover, it contributes to the work-family literature by providing the first empirical examination of the linkage between SWFB and creativity. Furthermore, the authors find a three-way interaction between time pressure, SWFB and LMX, and creativity. These findings broaden our understanding of how personal and contextual factors interact to foster creativity.
Perceptions of discrimination and distributive injustice among people with physical disabilities
Authors: Villanueva-Flores Mercedes , Valle Ramon , Bornay-Barrachina Mar 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThis study examines whether disabled workers perceive negative workplace experiences in terms of discrimination. The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of perceived distributive injustice at work, regarding three dimensions – job assignment, compensation and career development opportunities – on perceived discrimination and explore the mediation role of perceived discrimination in the relationship between perceived distributive injustice and the job dissatisfaction.Design/methodology/approachResearch hypotheses are tested with a questionnaire administered to 107 disabled employees working in public and private Spanish organisations.FindingsThe results indicate that physically disabled people perceive distributive injustice and discrimination at work regarding job assignment, compensation and career development opportunities in Andalusian organisations, and this perception of discrimination leads to feel dissatisfaction. This study confirms the triple dimensionality of two of the variables studied: perceived distributive injustice at work and perceived discrimination at work.Originality/valueFew studies have focussed on disability-related issues from a human resource management viewpoint. This study focusses on job assignments, compensation and career development and shows that the perception of discrimination mediates the relation between the perception of distributive injustice at work, and job dissatisfaction. That is, perceived distributive injustice in the organisation leads physically disabled employees to compare their situation with that of their non-disabled peers and thus to perceive discrimination regarding job assignment, compensation and career development opportunities. As a result, they become dissatisfied with their jobs. The results obtained allow us to extend the organisational justice framework, achieving a more thorough understanding of the perception of both injustice and discrimination.
A conservation of resources study of standard and contingent employees
Authors: Madden Laura , Kidder Deborah , Eddleston Kimberly , Litzky Barrie , Kellermanns Franz 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the differential effects of workplace stress and the use of social support by contingent vs standard employees.Design/methodology/approachConservation of resources (COR) theory is used to frame research questions. Using content analysis of 40 interviews from individuals in the hospitality industry, differences between the levels of stress reported by contingent and standard employees as well as differences in their use of social support networks to offset stress is examined.FindingsContingent employees report experiencing more stress than do standard employees in the same profession. Furthermore, contingent employees seek out more social support than do standard employees. There was no difference between the two groups with respect to the desire for social support from three sources: vertical, horizontal, and customer groups.Originality/valueThis study extends the literature on contingent workers, the literature on how different types of employees deal with stress, as well as adding to the COR literature by showing that contingent employees experience and assuage their stress differently than do standard employees.
When innovation requirements empower individual innovation: the role of job complexity
Authors: Audenaert Mieke , Vanderstraeten Alex , Buyens Dirk 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the field’s understanding of how to raise individual innovation. Specifically, the authors aim to contribute to an understanding of the interplay of job characteristics and intrinsic motivation for individual innovation.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses time-lagged survey data of a public service organization in Belgium. The analyses are based on more than 80 jobs and more than 1,000 employees. Hierarchical linear modeling was adopted to test cross-level hypotheses.FindingsInnovation requirements influence individual innovation efforts by psychologically empowering employees, but the extent to which psychological empowerment translates into individual innovation depends on job complexity.Originality/valueA more nuanced understanding is developed of when innovation requirements empower individual innovation, by acknowledging the role of job complexity in this relationship. The current findings contribute to a multilevel integrative understanding of the interplay of the job context and intrinsic motivation.
Examining the effects of corporate social responsibility and ethical leadership on turnover intention
Authors: Lin Chieh-Peng , Liu Min-Ling 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to apply the self-concept theory and conservation of resources theory to develop a model that explains how both corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ethical leadership influence turnover intention through work engagement and burnout.Design/methodology/approachA survey of employees from banking industry in Taiwan and the research hypotheses were empirically tested by two-step structural equation modeling (SEM) and regression analysis.FindingsThe empirical findings indicate that CSR and ethical leadership are both related to work engagement positively and burnout negatively. Turnover intention is affected by work engagement negatively and burnout positively. While the relationship between CSR and work engagement is positively moderated by ethical leadership, the relationship between burnout and turnover intention is negatively moderated by self-efficacy.Research limitations/implicationsThis study confirms that both CSR and ethical leadership play critical roles for influencing turnover intention through the mediation of work engagement and burnout. The moderating effects of ethical leadership and self-efficacy are also presented in this study.Practical implicationsThe authors’ findings bring some suggestions for managers who want to prevent high turnover intention from spreading all over their organization. Specifically, CSR and ethical leadership should be taken into account when managers develop their strategies to reduce turnover intention.Originality/valueThis study analyzes how turnover intention takes shape from ethical perspectives and through which work-related state of mind (such as burnout, work engagement) can turnover intention be eventually affected.
The two faces of envy: perceived opportunity to perform as a moderator of envy manifestation
Authors: Khan Abdul Karim , Bell Chris M. , Quratulain Samina 
Published: March 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate, with a Pakistani sample, the destructive and constructive behavioral intentions associated with benign and malicious envy in the context of perceived opportunity to perform.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted two cross-sectional studies to test the hypotheses. In Study 1, data were obtained from students (n=90), whereas in Study 2, the authors used an executive sample (n=83).FindingsThe primary motivation of benign envy was to bring oneself up by improving performance on the comparison dimension, whereas the primary motive of malicious envy was to pull the envied other down. The relationship between malicious envy and behavioral “pulling down” intentions of derogating envied other was conditional on perceived opportunity on the comparison dimension. Consistent with a motive to improve self-evaluation, this study also found that perceived opportunity to perform interacted with benign envy to promote performance intentions on an alternative dimension. Furthermore, malicious envy was also associated with self-improving performance intentions on the comparison dimension, conditional upon perceived opportunity to perform.Practical implicationsEnvy, depending on its nature, can become a positive or negative force in organizational life. The pattern of effects for opportunity structure differs from previous findings on control. The negative and positive effects of malicious envy may be managed by attention to opportunity structures.Originality/valueThis study supports the proposition that benign envy and malicious envy are linguistically and conceptually distinct phenomena, and it is the first to do so in a sample from Pakistan, a non-western and relatively more collectivistic culture. The authors also showed that negative and hostile envy-based behaviors are conditional upon the perceived characteristics of the context.
The energy landscape predicts flight height and wind turbine collision hazard in three species of large soaring raptor
Authors: Péron Guillaume , Fleming Christen H. , Duriez Olivier , Fluhr Julie , Itty Christian , Lambertucci Sergio , Safi Kamran , Shepard Emily L. C. , Calabrese Justin M. 
Published: March 2017

Summary

Collisions of large soaring raptors with wind turbines and other infrastructures represent a growing conservation concern. We describe a way to leverage knowledge about raptor soaring behaviour to forecast the probability that raptors fly in the rotor‐swept zone. Soaring raptors are theoretically expected to select energy sources (uplift) optimally, making their flight height dependent on uplift conditions. This approach can be used to forecast collision hazard when planning or operating wind farms. Empirical investigations of the factors influencing flight height have, however, so far been hindered by observation error.

We propose a two‐pronged approach. First, we fitted state‐space models to z‐axis GPS tracking data to filter heavy‐tailed observation error and estimate the relationship between vertical movement parameters and weather variables describing the energy landscape (thermal and orographic uplift potential). Second, we fitted a mechanistic model of flight height above ground based on aerodynamics and resource selection theories. The approach was replicated for five GPS‐tracked Andean condors Vultur gryphus, eight griffon vultures Gyps fulvus, and six golden eagles Aquila chrysaetos.

In all individuals, movement parameters correlated with thermal uplift potential in the expected direction. In all species, collision hazard was lowest for high thermal uplift potential values. Species specificities in the presence of a peak in collision hazard for medium values of thermal uplift potential could be explained by differences in wing loading and aspect ratio.

Synthesis and applications. Our fitted models convert weather data (thermal uplift potential) into a prediction of collision hazard (probability to fly in the rotor‐swept zone), making it possible to prioritize different wind development projects with respect to the relative hazard they would pose to raptors. However, our model should be combined with post‐construction monitoring to document, and eventually account for turbine avoidance behaviours in collision rate predictions.
A national‐scale model of linear features improves predictions of farmland biodiversity
Authors: Sullivan Martin J. P. , Pearce‐Higgins James W. , Newson Stuart E. , Scholefield Paul , Brereton Tom , Oliver Tom H. 
Published: March 2017

Summary

Modelling species distribution and abundance is important for many conservation applications, but it is typically performed using relatively coarse‐scale environmental variables such as the area of broad land‐cover types. Fine‐scale environmental data capturing the most biologically relevant variables have the potential to improve these models. For example, field studies have demonstrated the importance of linear features, such as hedgerows, for multiple taxa, but the absence of large‐scale datasets of their extent prevents their inclusion in large‐scale modelling studies.

We assessed whether a novel spatial dataset mapping linear and woody‐linear features across the UK improves the performance of abundance models of 18 bird and 24 butterfly species across 3723 and 1547 UK monitoring sites, respectively.

Although improvements in explanatory power were small, the inclusion of linear features data significantly improved model predictive performance for many species. For some species, the importance of linear features depended on landscape context, with greater importance in agricultural areas.

Synthesis and applications. This study demonstrates that a national‐scale model of the extent and distribution of linear features improves predictions of farmland biodiversity. The ability to model spatial variability in the role of linear features such as hedgerows will be important in targeting agri‐environment schemes to maximally deliver biodiversity benefits. Although this study focuses on farmland, data on the extent of different linear features are likely to improve species distribution and abundance models in a wide range of systems and also can potentially be used to assess habitat connectivity.
Decay of the glycolytic pathway and adaptation to intranuclear parasitism within Enterocytozoonidae microsporidia
Authors: Wiredu Boakye Dominic , Jaroenlak Pattana , Prachumwat Anuphap , Williams Tom A. , Bateman Kelly S. , Itsathitphaisarn Ornchuma , Sritunyalucksana Kallaya , Paszkiewicz Konrad H. , Moore Karen A. , Stentiford Grant D. , Williams Bryony A. P. 
Published: March 2017

SummaryGlycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation are the fundamental pathways of ATP generation in eukaryotes. Yet in microsporidia, endoparasitic fungi living at the limits of cellular streamlining, oxidative phosphorylation has been lost: energy is obtained directly from the host or, during the dispersive spore stage, via glycolysis. It was therefore surprising when the first sequenced genome from the Enterocytozoonidae – a major family of human and animal‐infecting microsporidians – appeared to have lost genes for glycolysis. Here, we sequence and analyse genomes from additional members of this family, shedding new light on their unusual biology. Our survey includes the genome of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei, a major aquacultural parasite currently causing substantial economic losses in shrimp farming, and Enterospora canceri, a pathogen that lives exclusively inside epithelial cell nuclei of its crab host. Our analysis of gene content across the clade suggests that Ent. canceri's adaptation to intranuclear life is underpinned by the expansion of transporter families. We demonstrate that this entire lineage of pathogens has lost glycolysis and, uniquely amongst eukaryotes, lacks any obvious intrinsic means of generating energy. Our study provides an important resource for the investigation of host‐pathogen interactions and reductive evolution in one of the most medically and economically important microsporidian lineages.
Highly potent host external immunity acts as a strong selective force enhancing rapid parasite virulence evolution
Authors: Rafaluk Charlotte , Yang Wentao , Mitschke Andreas , Rosenstiel Philip , Schulenburg Hinrich , Joop Gerrit 
Published: March 2017

SummaryVirulence is often under selection during host‐parasite coevolution. In order to increase fitness, parasites are predicted to circumvent and overcome host immunity. A particular challenge for pathogens are external immune systems, chemical defence systems comprised of potent antimicrobial compounds released by prospective hosts into the environment. We carried out an evolution experiment, allowing for coevolution to occur, with the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana, and the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, which has a well‐documented external immune system with strong inhibitory effects against B. bassiana. After just seven transfers of experimental evolution we saw a significant increase in parasite induced host mortality, a proxy for virulence, in all B. bassiana lines. This apparent virulence increase was mainly the result of the B. bassiana lines evolving resistance to the beetles’ external immune defences, not due to increased production of toxins or other harmful substances. Transcriptomic analyses of evolved B. bassiana implicated the up‐regulation of oxidative stress resistance genes in the observed resistance to external immunity. It was concluded that external immunity acts as a powerful selective force for virulence evolution, with an increase in virulence being achieved apparently entirely by overcoming these defences, most likely due to elevated oxidative stress resistance.
A Prototype of Mathematical Treatment of Pen Pressure Data for Signature Verification
Authors: Li Chi‐Keung , Wong Siu‐Kay , Chim Lai‐Chu Joyce 
Published: March 2017

AbstractA prototype using simple mathematical treatment of the pen pressure data recorded by a digital pen movement recording device was derived. In this study, a total of 48 sets of signature and initial specimens were collected. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to compare the data of the pen pressure patterns. From the 820 pair comparisons of the 48 sets of genuine signatures, a high degree of matching was found in which 95.4% (782 pairs) and 80% (656 pairs) had rPA > 0.7 and rPA > 0.8, respectively. In the comparison of the 23 forged signatures with their corresponding control signatures, 20 of them (89.2% of pairs) had rPA values < 0.6, showing a lower degree of matching when compared with the results of the genuine signatures. The prototype could be used as a complementary technique to improve the objectivity of signature examination and also has a good potential to be developed as a tool for automated signature identification.