The Contribution of Workplace Spirituality on Organizational Citizenship Behavior

This study explored the role of workplace spirituality on organizational citizenship behaviors.  The authors purposed that all three aspects of workplace spirituality (sense of community, meaningful work, and inner life) will positively associate with organizational citizenship behaviors towards individual and organization.  Participants for this study are undergraduate and graduate students from two public universities in south Texas (n=179).  The data was collected using self-administered questionnaire survey.  The results from partial least square regression analysis revealed that all three aspects of workplace spirituality positively and significantly associate with organizational citizenship behavior towards individual and organizational citizenship behavior towards organization

Enhance knowledge communication and learning: a surprise paradox

Human-computer interface is a pivotal factor that can promote or deter the effectiveness of Web-based knowledge communication. There is abundant research that strain to improve interfaces by considering user needs through usability studies; however, few researches consider the incorporation of automatic brain mechanisms in order to improve knowledge communication performance. The objective of this research is not to establish a relationship between the negative stimulus presence and improved knowledge communication, but rather to show that the shape of this function follows the Yerkes–Dodson Law. Partial least squares (PLS) was utilized to analyze the data. Results found in this study support the evidence that surprising negative events enhance knowledge communication effectiveness, but more importantly that the surprise-performance relationship is not a linear function but follows the inverted U shape

Does Stress Lead to Creativity?: The Relationship Between Occupational Stress and Individual Innovative Behavior

Individual innovative behavior can have important implications for organizations. This article studies the relationship between occupational stress and individual innovative behavior. Data from 139 subjects from the US was analyzed using structural equation modeling as the technique. Results from partial least squares show that there is a positive and significant relationship between both constructs. Moreover, both variables present a U form relationship. Based on this research, it could be concluded that occupational stress could influence positively innovative behavior at work. Practical implications suggest that innovative behavior could be boost by identifying conditions at work that could produce time pressure. Elements such as work overload, feedback and allowing employees to take risks could help in idea generation