Employee proactivity in organizations : an attachment perspective / Chia-Huei Wu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Chia-Huei, author.

Series:

Policy Press scholarship online.

Bristol shorts research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee motivation.

Employees--Conduct of life.

Employees.

Employees--Attitudes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 134 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Bristol University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Wu integrates the current understanding of motivational factors in shaping proactive workers, through his introduction to attachment theory, and development of it as a theoretical framework. This compelling approach provides academics with a new way of thinking about employee behaviour while also acting as a guide for practitioners and managers.

Contents:

1. Employee Proactivity; Conceptualizations of proactivity; Motivational mechanisms underpinning proactivity; Relational basis of proactivity: a perspective from attachment theory; Overview of chapters

2. Introduction to Attachment Theory: BehaviouralSystem and Individual Differences; Behavioural systems; Attachment behavioural system andattachment styles; Internal working models; Summary

3. Introduction to Attachment Theory: SocialContexts and Changeability Attachment style in different social contexts Stability and changeability of attachment style; Summary

4. A Behavioural System Model of Proactivity; Employee proactivity as a form of exploration; A behavioural system of proactivity; The link between attachment security and thebehavioural system of proactivity; Summary

5. Individual Differences in and Situational Impacton Employee Proactivity; Individual differences in proactivity; Situational impact on proactivity; Summary

6. Implications for Employee Proactivity Research; Relational basis of employee proactivity Dispositional foundation of proactivityIntegration of different conceptualizations and 90 motivational mechanisms of proactivity; Future research on employee proactivity; Application of attachment theory to workbehaviour.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).

ISBN:

9781529200607

1529200601

9781529200584

152920058X

9781529200591

1529200598

OCLC:

1103221969