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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CROSS CULTURAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 120-139Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1470595818814553
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Job performance; organization-based self-esteem; psychological capital; supervisors' authentic leadership behaviour; trigunas
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The positive core construct of psychological capital (PsyCap) continues to garner a great deal of enduring heed from academicians and practitioners alike. While studies have continually been attesting to PsyCap's positive influence on job performance, there is an obvious silence in the literature as to the cross-cultural implications for PsyCap formation and management. Besides, little is known about the underlying mechanisms and the team-level boundary conditions of the PsyCap-job performance relationship. Addressing these gaps, this article speculates a blend of ancient Indian and contemporary Western psychological perspectives. In particular, we theorize the role of trigunas (three trait-like components namely sattwa, rajas and tamas) on PsyCap formation, the mediating role of organization-based self-esteem (OBSE) in the PsyCap-job performance relationship and the moderating role of supervisors' authentic leadership behaviour in the relationship between trigunas, PsyCap, OBSE and job performance of their followers at the individual level. Research propositions based on the proposed conceptual model are presented. Implications of such a conceptual blend for cross-cultural management and future research directions conclude the article.
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