TY - JOUR
T1 - How happiness mediates the organizational virtuousness and affective commitment relationship
AU - Rego, Arménio
AU - Ribeiro, Neuza
AU - Cunha, Miguel Pina e.
AU - Jesuino, Jorge Correia
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Recent moral and financial collapse of high profile organizations around the world led the business community, the popular and business press, and researchers to rediscover the worthiness of organizations' virtues. Aiming to contribute to this momentum, this empirical study investigates how perceptions of organizational virtuousness (OV) predict affective well-being (AWB) and affective commitment (AC). Two hundred five individuals participate. The findings show that perceptions of OV predict AC both directly and through the mediating role of AWB. The study suggests that fostering organizational virtuousness (e.g., through honesty, interpersonal respect, and compassion; combining high standards of performance with a culture of forgiveness and learning from mistakes) improves employees' AWB and promotes a more committed workforce. Considering these findings and mirroring the growing contributions of the positive psychology, positive organizational behavior, and positive organizational scholarship movements, the study suggests that a "positive-people-management" perspective should be considered, both by practitioners and scholars.
AB - Recent moral and financial collapse of high profile organizations around the world led the business community, the popular and business press, and researchers to rediscover the worthiness of organizations' virtues. Aiming to contribute to this momentum, this empirical study investigates how perceptions of organizational virtuousness (OV) predict affective well-being (AWB) and affective commitment (AC). Two hundred five individuals participate. The findings show that perceptions of OV predict AC both directly and through the mediating role of AWB. The study suggests that fostering organizational virtuousness (e.g., through honesty, interpersonal respect, and compassion; combining high standards of performance with a culture of forgiveness and learning from mistakes) improves employees' AWB and promotes a more committed workforce. Considering these findings and mirroring the growing contributions of the positive psychology, positive organizational behavior, and positive organizational scholarship movements, the study suggests that a "positive-people-management" perspective should be considered, both by practitioners and scholars.
KW - Affective commitment
KW - Affective well-being
KW - Happiness
KW - Organizational virtuousness
KW - Positive-people-management perspective
KW - Psychological climate
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79551571044&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.04.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79551571044
SN - 0148-2963
VL - 64
SP - 524
EP - 532
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
IS - 5
ER -