The Moderating Effect of Work-Related Risk on the Relationship between Cognitive-trust in Supervisor and Proactive Behavior

摘要

In occupational and organizational context, proactive behavior has attracted much attention over last decade. This study aims to examine how work-related risk influences the relationship between cognitive-trust in the supervisor and proactive behavior, using the data collected from 301 Chinese and 475 Japanese employees. By quadratic regression model, we found a fact in both Chinese and Japanese samples that the relationship between cognitive trust in supervisor and proactive behavior under Low-RISK situation tended to be a monotonic increasing curve, whereas a U-shape curve under High-RISK situation.