Psychological Capital Research: A Meta-Analysis and Implications for Management Sustainability
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Methodology
3.2. Data Set
4. Results and Discussions
Meta-Analysis for Significant Antecedents
5. Conclusions and Discussions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Antecedents | Journal Name |
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A. Organizational Climate | International Journal of Human Resource Management; Social Behavior and Personality; BMC Public Health |
B. Organizational Justice | Journal of Applied Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes |
C. Leader–Member Exchange | BMC Public Health; International Journal of Human Resource Management; Journal of Organizational Behavior; Personnel Psychology; |
D. Authentic Leadership | Journal of Organizational Behavior; International Journal of Human Resource Management; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Business Ethics |
E. Occupational Stress | BMC Health and Services Research; BMC Psychiatry; BMC Public Health |
Antecedents | Journal Name |
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A. Job Satisfaction | Human Resource Development Quarterly; Journal of Organizational Behavior; Personnel Psychology; Safety Science; |
B. Job Performance | Journal of Business Ethics; Journal of Advanced Nursing; Journal of Business Research; Social Behavior and Personality; Personnel Psychology; Journal of Organizational Behavior; |
C. Job Attitude | Human Resource Development Quarterly; Social Behavior and Personality; Journal of Advanced Nursing; Safety Science; Human Resource Management; Journal of Organizational Behavior; Journal of Happiness Studies |
D. Organizational Citizenship Behavior | PLOSOne; Human Resource Development Quarterly; BMC Psychiatry; Journal of Organizational Behavior; Personnel Psychology; Public Personnel Management |
E. Undesirable Behavior | Human Resource Development Quarterly; Journal of Organizational Behavior; Personnel Psychology; |
95% CI | |||||||||||
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Antecedent Factors | k | N | ř | Zr | %SE | Weighted r | Lower | Upper | Q | df | X2 (0.05) |
Organizational Climate | 8 | 2187 | 0.502 | 0.484 | 0.021 | 0.450 | 0.408 | 0.492 | 171.859 | 7 | 14.067 |
Organizational Justice | 6 | 2053 | 0.633 | 0.716 | 0.022 | 0.614 | 0.571 | 0.657 | 94.487 | 5 | 11.07 |
Leader–Member Exchange | 4 | 1707 | 0.397 | 0.527 | 0.024 | 0.483 | 0.435 | 0.530 | 158.484 | 3 | 7.815 |
Authentic Leadership | 5 | 1175 | 0.637 | 0.655 | 0.029 | 0.575 | 0.518 | 0.632 | 72.199 | 4 | 9.488 |
Occupational Stress | 3 | 1367 | 0.386 | 0.351 | 0.027 | 0.338 | 0.285 | 0.391 | 8.565 | 2 | 5.991 |
26 | 8489 | 2.460 | 2.733 | 0.124 | 2.460 | 2.217 | 2.703 | 505.593 | 21 | 48.431 |
95% CI | |||||||||||
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Consequence Factors | k | N | ř | Zr | %SE | Weighted r | Lower | Upper | Q | df | X2 (0.05) |
Job Satisfaction | 16 | 17,447 | 0.533 | 0.534 | 0.008 | 0.488 | 0.518 | 0.547 | 194.038 | 15 | 26.296 |
Job Performance | 34 | 21,498 | 0.326 | 0.470 | 0.007 | 0.439 | 0.313 | 0.339 | 1350.33 | 33 | 43.773 |
Job Attitude | 25 | 20,977 | 0.522 | 0.508 | 0.007 | 0.468 | 0.508 | 0.535 | 843.823 | 24 | 43.773 |
Organization Citizenship Behavior | 31 | 39,739 | 0.431 | 0.606 | 0.005 | 0.542 | 0.421 | 0.441 | 6668.42 | 30 | 43.773 |
Undesirable Attitude | 16 | 54,622 | −0.376 | −0.395 | 0.004 | −0.361 | −0.384 | −0.367 | 382.859 | 15 | 24.996 |
122 | 154,283 | 1.436 | 1.577 | 0.031 | 1.575 | 1.376 | 1.496 | 9439.48 | 117 | 182.611 |
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Kong, F.; Tsai, C.-H.; Tsai, F.-S.; Huang, W.; De la Cruz, S.M. Psychological Capital Research: A Meta-Analysis and Implications for Management Sustainability. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3457. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103457
Kong F, Tsai C-H, Tsai F-S, Huang W, De la Cruz SM. Psychological Capital Research: A Meta-Analysis and Implications for Management Sustainability. Sustainability. 2018; 10(10):3457. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103457
Chicago/Turabian StyleKong, Fanzhu, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Fu-Sheng Tsai, Wenyi Huang, and Shareena Malapitan De la Cruz. 2018. "Psychological Capital Research: A Meta-Analysis and Implications for Management Sustainability" Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3457. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103457