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<p>Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) are two common types of positive and negative work behaviors. They robustly link to poor affective well-being at work in opposite directions in the literature, but their potential dual roles as both predictor(s) and outcome(s) remain uninvestigated. Based on the gain and loss spirals mechanisms of Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory, this longitudinal study investigated and explored potential bidirectionality of the four distinct types of job-related affects with OCB and CWB. A total of 1100 Chinese fulltime workers (60.5% female; <i>M</i><sub><i>age</i></sub>=32.69, <i>range</i> = 20–60 years; <i>SD =</i> 7.76), recruited by an online data platform, completed an anonymous baseline survey, while 650 of them (58.5% female; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub>=33.09, <i>range</i> = 21–57 years; <i>SD</i> = 7.90) took part in the 6-month follow-up survey. Significant bivariate correlations among job-related affects, OCB, and CWB in expected directions were found within and across waves. Results of path analysis indicated the reciprocity between low-arousal positive affect and OCB and a vicious cycle between low-arousal negative affect and CWB, thus supporting the gain and loss spirals mechanisms of COR Theory respectively. Moreover, OCB and CWB had significant prospective effects on all job-related affects, except the effect of CWB on low-arousal positive affect. The findings indicated low arousal-specific bidirectionalities of affects with positive and negative behaviors at work, especially two distinct patterns: the reciprocity between positive affect and OCB vs. the mutuality between negative affect and CWB. Improving low-arousal affects, regardless of positive or negative valence, is suggested as a priority target in programs for modifying work behaviors.</p>

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Distinct bidirectionalities of workers’ affective well-being with positive and negative work behaviors

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    2026年5月30日

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  • Ruimei Sun,
  • Rico L. W. Lam,
  • Lawrence Hoc Nang Fong,
  • Letty Y.-Y. Kwan,
  • Kwok Kit Tong,
  • Haofeng Ling,
  • Robin Chark,
  • Carolina Oi Lam Ung,
  • Anise M. S. Wu

摘要

Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) are two common types of positive and negative work behaviors. They robustly link to poor affective well-being at work in opposite directions in the literature, but their potential dual roles as both predictor(s) and outcome(s) remain uninvestigated. Based on the gain and loss spirals mechanisms of Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory, this longitudinal study investigated and explored potential bidirectionality of the four distinct types of job-related affects with OCB and CWB. A total of 1100 Chinese fulltime workers (60.5% female; Mage=32.69, range = 20–60 years; SD = 7.76), recruited by an online data platform, completed an anonymous baseline survey, while 650 of them (58.5% female; Mage=33.09, range = 21–57 years; SD = 7.90) took part in the 6-month follow-up survey. Significant bivariate correlations among job-related affects, OCB, and CWB in expected directions were found within and across waves. Results of path analysis indicated the reciprocity between low-arousal positive affect and OCB and a vicious cycle between low-arousal negative affect and CWB, thus supporting the gain and loss spirals mechanisms of COR Theory respectively. Moreover, OCB and CWB had significant prospective effects on all job-related affects, except the effect of CWB on low-arousal positive affect. The findings indicated low arousal-specific bidirectionalities of affects with positive and negative behaviors at work, especially two distinct patterns: the reciprocity between positive affect and OCB vs. the mutuality between negative affect and CWB. Improving low-arousal affects, regardless of positive or negative valence, is suggested as a priority target in programs for modifying work behaviors.