Work-related Identity Discrepancy and Work Withdrawal Behavior: the Mediation Effect of Negative Emotion

This study examines the role of negative emotion in explaining the association between work-related identity discrepancy and work withdrawal behavior. Drawing on the cognitive evaluation theory of emotion, we hypothesize a mediating model in which work-related identity discrepancy is associated with work withdrawal behavior. In examining this model, we further establish a link between work-related identity discrepancy and work withdrawal behavior and identify one pathway to explain this relationship. Based on a sample of 510 Chinese employees, we find support for a mediating model in which the association between work-related identity discrepancy and work withdrawal behavior via negative emotion. Findings from the current study contribute to our exploring the black box between work-related identity discrepancy and work withdrawal behavior.

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  2019

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  International Journal of Business and Social Science

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  Business, Psychology

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  DOI 10.30845/ijbss.v10n7p25
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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