סמינר פקולטטי

פרופסור ג'ון שאוברוק
ביה"ס לניהול לתארים מתקדמים
ע"ש אלי ברוד, והמחלקה לפסיכולוגיה
אוניברסיטת המדינה של מישיגן, ארה"ב

Abstract

Since the 1950s, sociologists and anthropologists have studied workers in occupations imputed to be ‘dirty,’
meaning they are stigmatized by society due to salient moral, social, or physical taints that are attributed
either to the work itself or its context. ‘Dirty work’ scholars propose various psychological effects of engaging
in such work, with a particular emphasis on how it encourages employees to disengage psychologically from
the work context. To date, no research has examined individual variation in perceptions of work dirtiness
in occupationally heterogeneous samples, much less how perceived dirtiness may be related to changes
in employee outcomes over time. I will overview findings from a three-week, six-wave longitudinal study
that tests a moderated mediation model. In this model, employees’ perceptions of their leaders’ emphasis
on team member collaboration and team goals shapes responses (changes in job change intentions,
depersonalization, and withdrawal behaviors) to experiencing aspects of dirtiness at work through the
mediating role of changes in occupational disidentification.