Steel sharpens steel
A review of multilevel competition and competitiveness in organizations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14854530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Gabrielle Swab (0000-0003-0759-5927, Department of Management Towson University Towson Maryland, corresponding author), Paul D Johnson (0009-0008-9798-6772, Department of Management University of Mississippi Oxford Mississippi) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 147-165 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Organizational Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-3796 • E-ISSN: 1099-1379 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/job.2340 |
| OpenAlex | W2901311959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 159 |
Competition between individuals permeates people's lives as they strive for limited resources, services, and status. However, research on competition and competitiveness in organizations is limited despite its relevance to relational dynamics (e.g., rivalry), individual differences (e.g., traits and gender), social factors (e.g., competitive climate), and organizational outcomes (e.g., work performance and unethical behavior). In this article, we propose a multilevel model of competition and competitiveness that includes the individual, the group, and the situation. By providing a holistic overview of research across a broad array of disciplines, we organize the field and create a usable framework to advance knowledge of competition and competitiveness. In doing so, we identify what we know, what we still need to discover, and provide direction for future research. The article closes with an assessment of methods and measures used in studying competition. In conclusion, this review establishes a multilevel and integrative structure that incorporates individual and team competitiveness with competitive situations that prompt competitive processes and important organizational outcomes
Business · Competitive advantage · Economics · Industrial organization · Knowledge management · Microeconomics · Multilevel model · Political science · Rivalry · USable · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Engineering · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Ecology · Marketing
Attachment, Competitiveness, and Workplace Aggression
The Relationship Between Trait Competitiveness and Competitive Attitudes
Admiration or envy? How observers’ reactions to workplace helping behavior influence their gossiping
Team social media usage and intra-team competition and cooperation
Competition or cooperation
Does the relationship between competitiveness and student achievement vary based on the culture of competitiveness? Evidence from Pisa 2018
A Virtual Net Locks Me In
Creative Unethicality and Its Ripple Effect in Competitive Settings
When does competitive psychological climate hurt mentoring? The moderating roles of mentors' job insecurity and trait competitiveness
When leader humility meets follower competitiveness
How group goal setting mediates the link between individual-level emotion-related factors and team performance
Constructive competition
Two tales of rejection
From competition to contribution
Corruption and hierarchy
Catty, bitchy, queen bee or sister? A review of competition among women in organizations from a paradoxical‐coopetition perspective
A Playful Climate and the Multilevel Scientific Creativity of Chinese College Student Innovation Teams
Unpacking interplays between competitiveness, cooperativeness, and social comparison orientation
The Path and Boundary of the Intra‐Team Co‐Opetition Relationship Affecting Employee Innovation Behavior
Competitiveness, country economic inequality and adolescent well-being
Social comparison processes
Testosterone and financial risk preferences
Structural Holes
Birth to maturity
Functional relations among constructs in the same content domain at different levels of analysis
Work Groups and Teams in Organizations
Do Competitive Workplaces Deter Female Workers? A Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment on Job Entry Decisions
Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?
Gender and entrepreneurship research
Testosterone and human aggression
Evolutionary psychology
Gender and Competition
The Psychology of Competition
Value from hedonic experience and engagement.
Teams in Organizations
Leadership
Trust in Management and Performance
Evolutionary Psychology
Self-Enhancement
Testosterone and dominance in men
Promotion and Prevention
Gender, Competitiveness, and Career Choices
New Developments in Social Interdependence Theory
Toward a Self-Evaluation Maintenance Model of Social Behavior
Whatever It Takes to Win
Social Structure of “Coopetition” Within a Multiunit Organization
Why Research on Women Entrepreneurs Needs New Directions
Employee Well‐being and the HRM–Organizational Performance Relationship
The Psychology of Rivalry
Research on Cooperative Learning and Achievement
A Motivated Action Theory Account of Goal Orientation.
An Integrative Model of Organizational Trust
A Factorial Analysis of Scales Measuring Competitiveness
Development of the Competitive Work Environment Scale
The Nature of Competitiveness
Gender Differences in Cooperation and Competition
Psychological predictors of heart disease
The competition–performance relation
A Reliability Analysis of the Revised Competitiveness Index
Measurement of Competitive-Cooperative Attitudes
Competitiveness among Japanese, Chinese, and American Undergraduate Students
Competitiveness and Conflict Behavior in Simulation of a Social Dilemma
Convergence and emergence in organizations
Trust in work teams
The interactive relationship of competitive climate and trait competitiveness with workplace attitudes, stress, and performance
Forms of Competitive Attitude and Achievement Orientation in Relation to Disordered Eating
Competitiveness, Gender, and Adjustment Among Adolescents
Motivation gains of inferior group members
The Dark Triad of personality
Social identity theory
Self-evaluation effects of interpersonal versus intergroup social comparison
Tendencies toward Group Comparability in Competitive Bargaining
The Social Comparison of Ability
Sex differences in the correlates of cooperative and competitive school attitudes
Preferences and Biases in Educational Choices and Labour Market Expectations
Are Women More Attracted to Co-operation Than Men
The carry-over effect of competition
Know who you're up against
Winning Isn't Everything
Some effects of task relevance and friendship on helping
Making a good decision
Beyond pleasure and pain
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Co-Operation and Competition upon Group Process
A Theory of Social Comparison Processes
"What Makes You Think You're so Popular? Self-Evaluation Maintenance and the Subjective Side of the "Friendship Paradox
Effects of competitive, cooperative, and individualistic reinforcement contingencies
Perspective Taking as Egocentric Anchoring and Adjustment
On rivalry and goal pursuit
Making it in academic psychology
Competition, Cooperation, and the Effects of Others on Me
The Effects of Cooperation and Competition on Intrinsic Motivation and Performance
Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior
Leadership, followership, and evolution
Gender Differences in Preferences
The two sides of competition
Goal setting and task performance
Effects of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic goal structures on achievement
Psychological perspectives on the Type A behavior pattern
Developmental Dynamics
Does competition enhance or inhibit motor performance
Individualism-Collectivism
| Unique citing works | 20 |
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| Citations per year | 2,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |