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The Effects of Insecure Attachment Style on Workplace Deviance: A Moderated Mediation Analysis

The purpose of this study is to explore why workplace deviance behavior among employees has increased during Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from the perspective of insecure attachment style. Based on attachment theory, we propose and test the effect of insecure attachment style (attachment anx...

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Autores principales: Ye, Weijiao, Zhao, Huijun, Song, Xiaoxiao, Li, Ziqiang, Liang, Jingxuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9096559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35572281
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.813708
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author Ye, Weijiao
Zhao, Huijun
Song, Xiaoxiao
Li, Ziqiang
Liang, Jingxuan
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Zhao, Huijun
Song, Xiaoxiao
Li, Ziqiang
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description The purpose of this study is to explore why workplace deviance behavior among employees has increased during Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from the perspective of insecure attachment style. Based on attachment theory, we propose and test the effect of insecure attachment style (attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance) on deviance behavior (organizational deviance behavior, interpersonal deviance behavior) via organization-based self-esteem using 422 data from Chinese employees. And we further examine the moderating role of leader–member exchange in reducing workplace deviance behavior. The findings show that attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance are both positively related to workplace deviance behavior. Attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance both indirectly predict organizational deviance behavior through organization-based self-esteem. Moreover, leader–member exchange can moderate the indirect effects of both attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance on organizational deviance behavior via organization-based self-esteem. This research highlights the fact that employees with insecure attachment style need more care from the organization during the COVID-19 pandemic and demonstrates that one of the key ways in which insecure attachment style increases organization-based self-esteem is by facilitating the development of high-quality leader–member exchange.
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spelling pubmed-90965592022-05-13 The Effects of Insecure Attachment Style on Workplace Deviance: A Moderated Mediation Analysis Ye, Weijiao Zhao, Huijun Song, Xiaoxiao Li, Ziqiang Liang, Jingxuan Front Psychol Psychology The purpose of this study is to explore why workplace deviance behavior among employees has increased during Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from the perspective of insecure attachment style. Based on attachment theory, we propose and test the effect of insecure attachment style (attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance) on deviance behavior (organizational deviance behavior, interpersonal deviance behavior) via organization-based self-esteem using 422 data from Chinese employees. And we further examine the moderating role of leader–member exchange in reducing workplace deviance behavior. The findings show that attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance are both positively related to workplace deviance behavior. Attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance both indirectly predict organizational deviance behavior through organization-based self-esteem. Moreover, leader–member exchange can moderate the indirect effects of both attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance on organizational deviance behavior via organization-based self-esteem. This research highlights the fact that employees with insecure attachment style need more care from the organization during the COVID-19 pandemic and demonstrates that one of the key ways in which insecure attachment style increases organization-based self-esteem is by facilitating the development of high-quality leader–member exchange. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9096559/ /pubmed/35572281 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.813708 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ye, Zhao, Song, Li and Liang. https://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.
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Zhao, Huijun
Song, Xiaoxiao
Li, Ziqiang
Liang, Jingxuan
The Effects of Insecure Attachment Style on Workplace Deviance: A Moderated Mediation Analysis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9096559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35572281
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.813708
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