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An Interpersonal Perspective on HR Attributions: Examining the Role of Line Managers, Coworkers, and Similarity in Work-Related Motivations
Given that various studies have linked Human Resource (HR) attributions to important individual and organizational outcomes, the question that arises is what causes these HR attributions. By taking an interpersonal perspective it is examined how employees both individually as well as collectively in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614339/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31312161 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01509 |
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author | Beijer, Susanne Van De Voorde, Karina Tims, Maria |
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description | Given that various studies have linked Human Resource (HR) attributions to important individual and organizational outcomes, the question that arises is what causes these HR attributions. By taking an interpersonal perspective it is examined how employees both individually as well as collectively interpret HR practices. Based on social information processing theory this study among 87 line manager–employee–coworker triads shows that line managers affect HR attributions of employees, and that employees also mutually influence each other’s HR attributions. This mutual influence process between coworkers is strengthened by similarity in work-related motivations. Our findings support the proposition that employees’ social environment at work, particularly their line manager and coworker, matters in HR attribution processes. This stresses the importance of considering the social environment at work to more fully understand the factors that shape employees’ understandings of HR practices. |
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spelling | pubmed-66143392019-07-16 An Interpersonal Perspective on HR Attributions: Examining the Role of Line Managers, Coworkers, and Similarity in Work-Related Motivations Beijer, Susanne Van De Voorde, Karina Tims, Maria Front Psychol Psychology Given that various studies have linked Human Resource (HR) attributions to important individual and organizational outcomes, the question that arises is what causes these HR attributions. By taking an interpersonal perspective it is examined how employees both individually as well as collectively interpret HR practices. Based on social information processing theory this study among 87 line manager–employee–coworker triads shows that line managers affect HR attributions of employees, and that employees also mutually influence each other’s HR attributions. This mutual influence process between coworkers is strengthened by similarity in work-related motivations. Our findings support the proposition that employees’ social environment at work, particularly their line manager and coworker, matters in HR attribution processes. This stresses the importance of considering the social environment at work to more fully understand the factors that shape employees’ understandings of HR practices. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6614339/ /pubmed/31312161 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01509 Text en Copyright © 2019 Beijer, Van De Voorde and Tims. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Beijer, Susanne Van De Voorde, Karina Tims, Maria An Interpersonal Perspective on HR Attributions: Examining the Role of Line Managers, Coworkers, and Similarity in Work-Related Motivations |
title | An Interpersonal Perspective on HR Attributions: Examining the Role of Line Managers, Coworkers, and Similarity in Work-Related Motivations |
title_full | An Interpersonal Perspective on HR Attributions: Examining the Role of Line Managers, Coworkers, and Similarity in Work-Related Motivations |
title_fullStr | An Interpersonal Perspective on HR Attributions: Examining the Role of Line Managers, Coworkers, and Similarity in Work-Related Motivations |
title_full_unstemmed | An Interpersonal Perspective on HR Attributions: Examining the Role of Line Managers, Coworkers, and Similarity in Work-Related Motivations |
title_short | An Interpersonal Perspective on HR Attributions: Examining the Role of Line Managers, Coworkers, and Similarity in Work-Related Motivations |
title_sort | interpersonal perspective on hr attributions: examining the role of line managers, coworkers, and similarity in work-related motivations |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6614339/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31312161 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01509 |
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