There is solid evidence that proactivity, defined as self-initiated and future-focused action to
change oneself or the situation, can positively benefit individuals and organizations …

The proactive personality construct and scale (PPS) have frequently appeared in
organizational research since being introduced to the eld in a 1993 Journal of …

While the link between servant leadership and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB)
has been established, the individual-level mechanisms underlying this relationship and its …

Recently, researchers have focused on various factors influencing work engagement,
particularly in the EFL context. In this vein, this study was carried out to investigate the …

Self-serving leadership is a form of unethical leadership behavior that has destructive effect
on its targets and the overall organization. Adopting a social cognition perspective, this study …

Based on person-environment fit theory, this study examined the effects of empowering
leadership on employee work engagement. We also investigated the mediating mechanism …

Overqualification denotes situations in which job incumbents have higher qualifications than
those required for the job. Drawing on the self‐regulatory perspective, we proposed that …

Building on person-supervisor fit and signaling theory, this study explores the joint effects
(ie, congruence) of supervisor and subordinate proactive personality on subordinate voice …

We theorized and tested the mechanisms by which leader–member exchange (LMX) quality
is associated with job performance. The results obtained using 212 employee–supervisor …

Proactivity involves self-starting and future-focused action that aims to bring about change,
either in the self or in one's work environment. In this chapter, drawing particularly on self …