TY - JOUR
T1 - Double-edged sword effect of stretch goal
T2 - is stretch goal a burden or boost to employees?
AU - Zhang, Zhe
AU - Chen, Chang
AU - Jia, Ming
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.
PY - 2025/6
Y1 - 2025/6
N2 - Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, we examine how and when stretch goals affect work effort and cheating behavior. We conduct an online experimental study (Study 1, N = 194) and a three-wave field study (Study 2, N = 298) to test our hypotheses. Results show that trait resilience moderates the relationship between stretch goals and work meaningfulness. When trait resilience of employees is high, stretch goals generate work meaningfulness, which in turn promotes work effort. Meanwhile, stretch goals are indirectly related to cheating behavior through emotional exhaustion. Moreover, trait resilience alleviates the link between stretch goals and emotional exhaustion and the indirect effect of stretch goals on cheating behavior through emotional exhaustion. The present study provides important theoretical and practical implications.
AB - Drawing upon conservation of resources theory, we examine how and when stretch goals affect work effort and cheating behavior. We conduct an online experimental study (Study 1, N = 194) and a three-wave field study (Study 2, N = 298) to test our hypotheses. Results show that trait resilience moderates the relationship between stretch goals and work meaningfulness. When trait resilience of employees is high, stretch goals generate work meaningfulness, which in turn promotes work effort. Meanwhile, stretch goals are indirectly related to cheating behavior through emotional exhaustion. Moreover, trait resilience alleviates the link between stretch goals and emotional exhaustion and the indirect effect of stretch goals on cheating behavior through emotional exhaustion. The present study provides important theoretical and practical implications.
KW - Cheating behavior
KW - Conservation of resources theory
KW - Stretch goals
KW - Trait resilience
KW - Work effort
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85184436461
U2 - 10.1007/s10490-024-09956-2
DO - 10.1007/s10490-024-09956-2
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85184436461
SN - 0217-4561
VL - 42
SP - 715
EP - 743
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
IS - 2
ER -