Abstract
Challenging research that touts positive career outcomes for proactive individuals, this study takes the organizational decision-maker's perspective and draws on tournament theory to qualify and better understand the link between manager proactivity and subsequent promotion into the executive ranks. Results from three studies support a moderated mediation model wherein proactivity is associated with leader schema matching, which, in turn, enhances promotion and inhibits derailment. However, the positive effects of proactivity are nullified when managers also engage in unethical behavior, which operates as a boundary condition on the indirect relations between proactivity and subsequent job mobility. These findings help explain why some proactive managers are derailed rather than promoted into senior leadership.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1340-1361 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Journal of Organizational Behavior |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2023 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Applied Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science
- General Psychology
- Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management