Mechanisms of Time Banditry Behavior on Employees' Proactive Behavior

Area of Science:

• Organizational Behavior
• Human Resource Management
• Psychology

Background:

• Employee time banditry behavior has increased with internet advancement, posing challenges to management.
• Limited understanding exists regarding the specific impacts of employee time banditry on workplace dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore the relationship between employee time banditry behaviors and proactive behaviors.
• To investigate the mediating roles of work engagement and work-family conflict.
• To examine the moderating effect of work calling on the time banditry-work engagement link.

Main Methods:

• Hierarchical regression analysis was utilized.
• Data were collected from 474 employees via two-time point questionnaires.
• Conservation of Resources Theory provided the theoretical framework.

Main Results:

• Time banditry significantly affects employees' proactive behaviors.
• Work engagement and work-family conflict demonstrated a chain-mediated effect between time banditry and proactive behaviors.
• Work calling was found to moderate the relationship between time banditry and work engagement.

Conclusions:

• This study elucidates the complex effects of employee time banditry on proactive behaviors.
• Findings offer insights into managing time banditry through understanding mediating and moderating factors.
• The research contributes to organizational behavior by detailing the consequences of non-work internet use at work.