Business School, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China.
School of Humanities and Social Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.
Omega (Westport). 2021 Jun;83(2):212-238. doi: 10.1177/0030222819846721. Epub 2019 May 2.
Drawing on the self-determination theory and conservation of resources, our research shed light on the linkage between organizational autonomy support and suicide ideation. Specifically, this study examined whether the negative influence of autonomy support on suicide ideation is mediated via meaning in life, and if employee's autonomy orientations constitute a boundary condition of this relationship. To test the hypothesized model, data were collected from professional employees ( = 687) across six organizations of various business sectors. The findings supported our proposed hypotheses and showed that individuals' meaning in life mediated the linkage between autonomy support and suicide ideation. As suggested, hypothesized relations were moderated by employee's disposition in such a way that autonomy support influences meaning in life of employees high on autonomy orientation, but not of employees low on autonomy orientation. The study discussed implications and future research avenues.
本研究借鉴自我决定理论和资源保存理论，探讨了组织自主性支持与自杀意念之间的关系。具体而言，本研究检验了自主性支持对自杀意念的负面影响是否通过生活意义来中介，以及员工的自主性取向是否构成这种关系的边界条件。为了检验假设模型，我们从六个不同行业的组织中的专业员工（n=687）收集了数据。研究结果支持了我们的假设，并表明个体的生活意义在自主性支持和自杀意念之间起到了中介作用。正如假设的那样，员工的自主性取向调节了假设关系，即自主性支持对自主性取向高的员工的生活意义产生影响，但对自主性取向低的员工没有影响。本研究讨论了研究结果的意义和未来的研究方向。
