题　目：Navigating Work Lives: The Role of Status in Work Effort Allocation toward Company-led Initiatives and its Downstream Consequences

嘉　宾：Dong Pei, PhD Candidate, Singapore Management University

主　持：李诗科, 助理教授, 上海交通大学

时　间：2024年09月25日（周三）13:30-15:00

地　点：上海交通大学 徐汇校区安泰楼A303室

内容简介:

Contemporary organizations have increasingly recognized the importance of motivating employees to expend more effort on company-led initiatives, such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and sustainability initiatives. Previous research has primarily focused on senior executives and managers in driving such initiatives, often neglecting the role of non-managerial employees. Yet, for these initiatives to succeed, it is crucial to identify which employees are willing to expend more effort. Drawing on psychological empowerment theory and the status literature, we examine whether and why employee status is associated with work effort allocation toward company-led initiatives. Across three studies, we find progressive support that high-status individuals are more likely to feel psychologically empowered, and in turn more likely to allocate efforts toward company-led initiatives. Although high-status employees’ engagement in such company-led activities ultimately benefits the organization and the broader community, such actions may ironically be negatively perceived by supervisors. Building on the functionalist account of status, we show that high-status (versus low-status) individuals who allocate more (versus less) efforts toward company-led initiatives are perceived to be overambitious, and subsequently deemed to be less promotable and ostracized by supervisors. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of our findings.

演讲人简介：

Dong Pei is a fifth-year doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at Singapore Management University. His research focuses on social hierarchy, social identity, work ethics, and how these factors shape organizational dynamics and employee outcomes.

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