【公开学术报告】 Feeling Authentic and Doing Great: A Daily Investigation of State Authenticity at Work

Date & Time: 9:30-11:00 am, Wed. 19^th, February 2020

Venue: Room 2101, Tongji Building A

Language: English

Speaker：Dr. Yang GUO 郭杨（National University of Singapore）

ABSTRACT

Authenticity is commonly thought to be beneficial for individuals. However, research on this phenomenon, especially in the workplace, is still incomplete and fragmented. Much of the extant literature has regarded authenticity as a trait but failed to consider it as a dynamic state that can fluctuate across time. Moreover, while some studies have identified a few outcomes of employee authenticity (e.g., job satisfaction, work engagement), research has yet to investigate its effects on a broader domain of outcomes with a dynamic perspective. In this research, I draw on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to explicate how employees’ state authenticity influences their task performance, creativity, proactive behavior, and (un)ethical behavior on a daily level. Multilevel analyses showed that state authenticity enhances employees’ task performance, creativity, proactive behavior (i.e., task proactivity, voice), and ethical behavior (i.e., OCB), but diminishes their unethical behavior (i.e., CWB) through the mechanisms of harmonious passion, psychological empowerment, and sense of self-integrity, respectively. This research should help provide a more comprehensive understanding of state authenticity in the workplace.