Red Tape and Community Workers’ Proactive Behavior During COVID-19: Applying the Job Demands–Resources Model

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, community workers’ proactive behavior has played a noteworthy role in the crisis response. Previous research has not highlighted this group and their proactive behavior. To address this important gap, drawing upon the job demands–resources (JD–R) model, this study exp...

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Published inFrontiers in psychology Vol. 13; p. 871025
Main Authors Hu, Wei, Zhang, Shengjie, Liu, Songbo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Frontiers Media S.A 30.06.2022
Subjects
job demands–resources model
lack of goal progress
proactive behavior
Psychology
public service motivation
red tape
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Summary:Since the outbreak of COVID-19, community workers’ proactive behavior has played a noteworthy role in the crisis response. Previous research has not highlighted this group and their proactive behavior. To address this important gap, drawing upon the job demands–resources (JD–R) model, this study explores how red tape affects proactive behavior and investigates the mediating role of lack of goal progress (LOGP) and the moderating role of public service motivation (PSM) in this relationship. Based on a two-wave survey with a sample of 656 community workers in China, we found a negative relationship between red tape and proactive behavior. Moreover, this study showed that LOGP mediated this relationship. Contrary to our hypothesis, PSM did not moderate the relationship between LOGP and proactive behavior. These findings have important theoretical and practical implications and can better inform community work during COVID-19.
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This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology
Edited by: Giulio Arcangeli, University of Florence, Italy
Reviewed by: Georgia Libera Finstad, European University of Rome, Italy; Harleen Kaur, I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, India; Lijun Sun, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China; Li Ding, Institut Paul Bocuse Research Center, France
ISSN:1664-1078
1664-1078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.871025