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Employee help-seeking: Antecedents, consequences and new insights for future research
Peter Bamberger
- Vol. 28
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In this paper, a model of employee help-seeking that takes into account the potential direct and cross-level moderating effects of a variety of situational factors (e.g., the nature of the particular problem, organizational norms, support climate) was proposed.Abstract:
Although employee helping behaviors have been widely examined by organizational and human resource management scholars, relatively little is known about the antecedents and consequences of help-seeking in the workplace. Seeking to fill this gap, I draw from the social and counseling psychology literatures, as well as from research in epidemiology and health sociology to first conceptualize the notion of employee help-seeking and then to identify the variables and mechanisms potentially driving such behavior in work organizations. My critical review of this literature suggests that the application of existing models of help-seeking may offer limited predictive utility when applied to the workplace unless help-seeking is conceived as the outcome of a multi-level process. That in mind, I propose a model of employee help-seeking that takes into account the potential direct and cross-level moderating effects of a variety of situational factors (e.g., the nature of the particular problem, organizational norms, support climate) that might have differential influences on help-seeking behavior depending on the particular phase of the help-seeking process examined. Following this, I focus on two sets of help-seeking outcomes, namely, the implications of employee help-seeking on individual and group performance, and the impact of help-seeking on employee well-being. The chapter concludes with a brief examination of some of the more critical issues in employee help-seeking that remain to be explored (e.g., the timing of help solicitation) as well as the methodological challenges likely to be faced by those seeking to engage in such exploration.read more
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In a Different Voice. Psychological Theory and Women’s Development. Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Press) 1982.
Abstract: Introduction 1. Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle 2. Images of Relationship 3. Concepts of Self and Morality 4. Crisis and Transition 5. Women's Rights and Women's Judgment 6. Visions of Maturity References Index of Study Participants General Index
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Why a Central Network Position Isn't Enough: The Role of Motivation and Ability for Knowledge Sharing in Employee Networks
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that large, open egocentric networks foster network positions that provide access to nonredundant knowledge, and that network characteristics predict knowledge sharing.
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Human Resource Systems and Helping in Organizations: A Relational Perspective
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose linkages among human resource systems, relational climates, and employee helping behavior, and suggest that HR systems promote relational climates varying in terms of the motivation and sustenance of helping behavior.
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Help-seeking behaviour: a concept analysis.
TL;DR: The Walker and Avant method of concept analysis was used to guide the analysis and help-seeking behaviour was shown to be a complex decision-making process instigated by a problem that challenges personal abilities.
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Political Skill and Work Outcomes: A Theoretical Extension, Meta-Analytic Investigation, and Agenda for the Future
TL;DR: This paper explored the political skill construct and its predictive ability across a number of organizational outcomes and found that political skill is positively related to self-efficacy, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, work productivity, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), career success, and personal reputation, and negatively related to physiological strain.
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