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Linking proactive behavior and constructive deviance to affective commitment and turnover intention: the mediating role of idea championing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2021

Guillaume R. M. Déprez Open the ORCID record for Guillaume R. M. Déprez [Opens in a new window] ,
Adalgisa Battistelli Open the ORCID record for Adalgisa Battistelli [Opens in a new window]  and
Christian Vandenberghe Open the ORCID record for Christian Vandenberghe [Opens in a new window]
Guillaume R. M. Déprez*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Psychologie EA4139, Université de Bordeaux, 3ter place de la Victoire, 33000 Bordeaux, France
Adalgisa Battistelli
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Psychologie EA4139, Université de Bordeaux, 3ter place de la Victoire, 33000 Bordeaux, France
Christian Vandenberghe
Affiliation:
HEC Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
*
Author for correspondence: Guillaume R. M. Déprez, E-mail: guillaume.deprez@u-bordeaux.fr
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Abstract

This paper explores how proactive behavior and constructive deviance relate to affective organizational commitment and turnover intention through idea championing. Based on a two-wave study (N = 310), structural equation model analyses revealed that constructive deviance had an inhibitory effect and proactive behavior a facilitatory effect on idea championing. In turn, idea championing was related to increased affective commitment and reduced turnover intention. The analyses of indirect effects further indicated that proactive behavior and constructive deviance had opposite indirect effects on affective commitment and turnover intention. This research underlines the importance of acting proactively upstream rather than deviating from the norm to promote innovation and build employee loyalty to the organization. Finally, this study also indicates that proactive and constructive deviant behaviors are conceptually different and exert opposite effects despite their similar orientation toward innovation and change.

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Innovationidea championingproactive behaviorconstructive devianceaffective commitmentturnover intention

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Journal of Management & Organization , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , July 2024 , pp. 817 - 839
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2021

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