Leveraging enterprise social media for agility performance of employees: The mediating role of psychological condition

Xiaoyan Wang, Zhao Cai, Hefu Liu, Xiabing Zheng

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Abstract

Enterprise social media (ESM) has been considered as an emerging platform for employees to deal with uncertainties in external environment to attain agility performance. However, the underlying mechanism through which using ESM enhances agility performance remains unclear. The current study is an effort to explore the mediating effect of psychological conditions based on self-determination theory. Specifically, this research proposes a model to examine how the effect of ESM usage is translated into workforce agility (i.e., proactivity, adaptability, and resilience) through psychological conditions (i.e., psychological meaningfulness, psychological availability, and psychological safety). By collecting data from 167 employees who adopted ESM in workplace, most mediating effects are supported. This study not only enriches ESM research by providing a psychological insight to interpret its influencing mechanism, but also offers practical suggestions for managers to take care of psychological conditions of employees to realize the value of ESM.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherPacific Asia Conference on Information Systems
ISBN (Electronic)9789860491029
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event20th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2016 - Chiayi, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 27 Jun 20161 Jul 2016

Publication series

NamePacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2016 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference20th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2016
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityChiayi
Period27/06/161/07/16

Keywords

  • ESM usage
  • Psychological condition
  • Self-determination theory
  • Workforce agility

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems

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