セミナーシリーズ
経営学セミナー（2026.3.13）
Jia Katrina LIN（ Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University）
- 開催日：
- 2026年3月13日（金）13:15～16:45
- 場所：
- 京都大学 吉田キャンパス 総合研究2号館 ケーススタディ演習室
- 言語：
- 英語
Title： “Saying “No” to Help Requests at Work: The Consequences of Help Request Rejection”
Abstract:
Recognizing the instrumental costs associated with assisting others at work, employees may sometimes decline help requests to preserve personal resources. However, empirical examinations of the implications of rejecting coworkers’ help requests (i.e., help request rejection) at work remain rare. Drawing on identity threat theory, we question the implicit assumption that help request rejection benefits the request targets. We examine whether, when, and for whom rejecting help requests creates psychological costs (i.e., prosocial identity threat) and influences subsequent provision of different types of helping behaviors and task performance. Across three studies, including a time-lagged field study, a time-lagged experiment, and a preregistered scenario-based experiment, we found that rejecting coworkers’ help requests resulted in higher prosocial identity threat, which then led to more public, but not more private, helping and also reduced task performance. These effects were more pronounced in request recipients with a stronger helping identity or those who perceived a higher level of citizenship pressure within their teams. The theoretical and practical implications for helping decisions, helping identity, and identity threat management are discussed.
Time table;
13:15-14:45 Seminar
14:45-16:45 PhD workshop
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