How and When Does Psychological Wellbeing Contribute to Proactive Performance? The Role of Social Resources and Job Characteristics

Jean-Sébastien Boudrias, Francesco Montani and Christian Vandenberghe
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Jean-Sébastien Boudrias: Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
Francesco Montani: Department of Management, Rimini Campus, University of Bologna, 47900 Rimini, Italy
Christian Vandenberghe: Department of Management, HEC Montréal, Montréal, QC H3T 2A7, Canada

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-23

Abstract: Are psychologically healthy employees more proactive at work? Surprisingly, responses to this question are lacking as empirical research has overlooked the wellbeing–proactive performance relationship. Drawing insights from the conservation of resources theory and the motivational fit perspective, this study proposes that leader-member exchange and team-member exchange act as social resources that convey the benefits of psychological wellbeing to subsequent proactive performance. Moreover, job complexity and task interdependence—two job characteristics that enhance the motivational potential of social resources—are expected to amplify these positive indirect relationships. Data from a three-wave, time-lagged study conducted among employees (N = 318) from French-Canadian organizations were used to test our hypothesized model. The results indicated that leader-member exchange mediated a positive relationship between wellbeing and proactive performance and that the contribution of wellbeing to proactive performance via leader-member exchange was increased when job complexity was higher. We also found a negative indirect relationship between wellbeing and proactive performance via team-member exchange when team interdependence was lower. Theoretical and practical implications of this research are discussed.

Keywords: psychological wellbeing; proactive performance; leader-member exchange; team-member exchange; job characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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