International Journal of Conflict Management: Volume 34 Issue 2

The increase of counterproductive work behaviour from organizational and individual level due to workplace conflict: a sequential moderated mediation model

Jianwei Deng, Xueting Hao, Tianan Yang

Based on affective events theory (AET), this study aims to construct a moderated sequential mediation model to explore the pathways of organizational climate on workplace conflict…

Family incivility and workplace bullying: mediating and moderating model of psychological safety, optimism and organization-based self-esteem

Maria Tresita Paul Vincent, Nimmi P.M., Geetha Jose, Anjali John, Vijay Kuriakose

This study aims to explore how family incivility is linked to workplace bullying among employees. This study examines the role of psychological safety as an explanatory mechanism…

Does a family-supportive supervisor reduce the effect of work-family conflict on emotional exhaustion and turnover intentions? A moderated mediation model

Nida Gull, Muhammad Asghar, Mohsin Bashir, Xiliang Liu, Zhengde Xiong

This study aims to answer how family-supportive supervisor behavior (FSSB) reduces work–family conflict (WFC), family–work conflict (FWC) and employee turnover intention. Based on…

Narcissism and tradition: how competing needs result in more conflict, greater exhaustion, and lower performance

P.D. Harms, Yuntao Bai, Guohong (Helen) Han, Sheng Cheng

Although there have been considerable amounts of research documenting the effects of narcissism on workplace outcomes, studies of the impact of narcissism on job performance have…

Linking workplace loneliness to workplace territoriality: a self-protection perspective

Qi Nie, Xiao Chen, Guangyu Yu

Drawing upon the self-protection theory, the purpose of this study is to examine whether and how workplace loneliness leads to workplace territoriality.

Initiating salary negotiations: a mixed-methods study into the effects of gender, shame and pay-raise justifications

Noa Nelson, Maor Kalfon Hakhmigari, Neta Horesh

Based on gender role theory, this study aims to test a moderated mediation model in which gender, mediated by shame, affected salary negotiation initiation and writing pay raise…

Intragroup conflict dynamics and their linkages with horizontal power disparity configurations, upper management conflicts and coworker support

Michel Tremblay

This study aims to examine how changes in power disparity shape in-groups and upper-level management conflict are associated with intragroup relationship and task conflict…

Relationship of abusive supervision and employees’ helping behaviors: moderated-mediation perspective

Muhammad Asim, Zhiying Liu, Muhammad Athar Nadeem, Usman Ghani, Junaid Khalid, Yi Xu

This study, based on the conservation of resource theory, aims to investigate the negative impacts of abusive supervision on helping behaviors among employees by examining the…

Perceived organizational politics and workplace gossip: the moderating role of compassion

Aamna Khan, Richa Chaudhary

This study aims to examine perceived organizational politics (POP) as an antecedent to workplace gossip. While the commonly held belief is that POP is consequential to the…