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Factors affecting faculty conformity in South China universities
Based on social contagion theory, this study examines the mediating role of formalization of organizational structure between organizational identification and faculty conformity. It also analyzes the moderating role of conflict management style between organizational identification and faculty conf...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36092079 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923500 |
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description | Based on social contagion theory, this study examines the mediating role of formalization of organizational structure between organizational identification and faculty conformity. It also analyzes the moderating role of conflict management style between organizational identification and faculty conformity, and formalization of organizational structure and faculty conformity in universities in Hunan province, China. Convenience sampling was employed to select the subjects, and 1,024 Chinese faculty members including teaching staff and administrative staff were surveyed online with the questionnaire consist of organizational identification scale, organizational formalization scale, conflict management style scale, and faculty conformity scale. 1,000 valid respondents were collected and SPSS was used to analyze the data through descriptive analysis, analysis of variance, correlation analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression. The results showed that faculty members’ organizational identification had a positive effect on faculty conformity; formalization of organizational structure partially mediated the relationship between organizational identification and faculty conformity; and conflict management style positively moderated the relationship between organizational identification and faculty conformity and between formalization of organizational structure and faculty conformity. University administrators are often the initiators of conformity as they are responsible for formulating internal regulations. Therefore, they must monitor and coordinate workplace conflicts, resolve and guide faculty conformity, promote individual faculty members’ self-improvement, and foster steady organizational development. |
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spelling | pubmed-94538722022-09-09 Factors affecting faculty conformity in South China universities Xu, Chuang Chang, Yuan-Cheng Front Psychol Psychology Based on social contagion theory, this study examines the mediating role of formalization of organizational structure between organizational identification and faculty conformity. It also analyzes the moderating role of conflict management style between organizational identification and faculty conformity, and formalization of organizational structure and faculty conformity in universities in Hunan province, China. Convenience sampling was employed to select the subjects, and 1,024 Chinese faculty members including teaching staff and administrative staff were surveyed online with the questionnaire consist of organizational identification scale, organizational formalization scale, conflict management style scale, and faculty conformity scale. 1,000 valid respondents were collected and SPSS was used to analyze the data through descriptive analysis, analysis of variance, correlation analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression. The results showed that faculty members’ organizational identification had a positive effect on faculty conformity; formalization of organizational structure partially mediated the relationship between organizational identification and faculty conformity; and conflict management style positively moderated the relationship between organizational identification and faculty conformity and between formalization of organizational structure and faculty conformity. University administrators are often the initiators of conformity as they are responsible for formulating internal regulations. Therefore, they must monitor and coordinate workplace conflicts, resolve and guide faculty conformity, promote individual faculty members’ self-improvement, and foster steady organizational development. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9453872/ /pubmed/36092079 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923500 Text en Copyright © 2022 Xu and Chang. 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. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Xu, Chuang Chang, Yuan-Cheng Factors affecting faculty conformity in South China universities |
title | Factors affecting faculty conformity in South China universities |
title_full | Factors affecting faculty conformity in South China universities |
title_fullStr | Factors affecting faculty conformity in South China universities |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors affecting faculty conformity in South China universities |
title_short | Factors affecting faculty conformity in South China universities |
title_sort | factors affecting faculty conformity in south china universities |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9453872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36092079 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923500 |
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