The Moderating Effect of Regulatory Focus on the Relationship between Psychological Empowerment and Withdrawal Behavior

• Main Authors: Yueh-Nu Kan, 甘月女
• Other Authors: Wen-Chih Liao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/y7x974

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 企業管理系 === 99 === Employee withdrawal behavior will not only result in financial or nonfinancial loss, but also be one of the important factors in organizations’ competitiveness. Therefore, it’s important that managers have to know how to reduce employees’ withdrawal behavior; and further, prevent employees’ withdrawal behavior. Then, employees will devote to contributing the effort to display toward the organization. This study investigated the relationship between psychological empowerment and withdrawal behavior. This study also explored the moderating effects of regulatory focus on the above relationship. Results from a sample of 248 employees revealed that (1) psychological empowerment was negatively related to withdrawal behavior; (2) the relationship between psychological empowerment and withdrawal behavior was moderated by promotion focus; (3) the relationship between psychological empowerment and withdrawal behavior was moderated by prevention focus. Implications, limitations, and future research directions of the study results were discussed.