Browsing BI Open by Author "Nerstad, Christina G. L."
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Can engagement go awry and lead to burnout? The moderating role of the perceived motivational climate
Nerstad, Christina G. L.; Wong, Sut I; Richardsen, Astrid Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)In this study, we propose that when employees become too engaged, they may become burnt out due to resource depletion. We further suggest that this negative outcome is contingent upon the perceived motivational psychological ... -
Goal orientation: A review of the miles traveled and the miles to go
Vandewalle, Don; Nerstad, Christina G. L.; Dysvik, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Goal orientation, a theory that originated primarily in the educational and social psychology fields, has emerged in the past two decades as a prominent theory in organizational psychology and organizational behavior. We ... -
Incivility is (not) the very essence of love: passion for work and incivility instigation
Birkeland, Ide Katrine; Nerstad, Christina G. L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This study explored the relationship between obsessive passion for work and incivility instigations, as well as the moderating role of a mastery motivational climate. A longitudinal, three-wave study was conducted among ... -
Motivational climates, work passion, and behavioral consequences
Zhang, Qinyun; Wang, Xiao-Hua; Nerstad, Christina G. L.; Ren, Hantao; Gao, Ruoyu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Drawing on achievement goal theory and the dualistic model of passion, this study identifies (1) mastery versus performance climate as the contextual antecedent for harmonious versus obsessive passion, respectively, and ... -
Negative and Positive Synergies: On Employee Development Practices, Motivational Climate, and Employee Outcomes
Nerstad, Christina G. L.; Dysvik, Anders; Kuvaas, Bård; Buch, Robert (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)While previous studies have increased our knowledge of how employees’ perceptions of devel-opment practices influence employee outcomes, the role of potential contingencies in this rela-tionship remains relatively unexplored. ... -
Perceived Mastery Climate, Felt Trust, and Knowledge Sharing
Nerstad, Christina G. L.; Rosalind, Searle; Černe, Matej; Dysvik, Anders; Škerlavaj, Miha; Scherer, Ronny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Interpersonal trust is associated with a range of adaptive outcomes, including knowledge sharing. However, to date, our knowledge of antecedents and consequences of employees feeling trusted by supervisors in organizations ... -
Perceived Motivational Climates and Employee Energy: The Mediating Role of Basic Psychological Needs
Nerstad, Christina G. L.; Caniëlis, Marjolein; Roberts, Glyn C.; Richardsen, Astrid Marie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This study draws on achievement goal theory and self-determination theory to examine the associations among two motivational climates (i.e., mastery and performance) and two indicators of energy at work (i.e., vigor and ... -
Riding two horses at once: The combined roles of mastery and performance climates in implementing creative ideas
Škerlavaj, Miha; Černe, Matej; Dysvik, Anders; Nerstad, Christina G. L.; Su, Chunke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Not all creative ideas end up being implemented. Drawing on micro‐innovation literature and achievement goal theory, we propose that the interplay of two types of work motivational climates (mastery and performance) moderates ... -
What makes employees stay? Mastery climate, psychological need satisfaction and on-the-job embeddedness
Steindórsdóttir, Bryndís Dögg; Nerstad, Christina G. L.; Magnúsdóttir, Katrín Þ. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Job embeddedness was developed as a new perspective to explain employee retention, and recent research has demonstrated its predictive power of voluntary turnover. However, little is known about factors that might influence ...