THE SPILLOVER EFFECT AND GROUP DYNAMICS

The purpose of this paper is to present a brief representative sampling of the latest literature on two topics in organizational behavior. These topics are: (1) The spillover effect and (2) Group Dynamics.

According to Rode and Near (2002), positive or negative attitudes and experiences on the job can have either a positive or negative effect in an employeeÆs home-life and vice versa. This is commonly termed a ôspillover effectö and, according to the authors, is the primary reason why many companies and organizations now implement several programs that enable employees to better balance their work and home lives, e.g., flextime schedules, part-time options for working mothers, on-site daycare, telecommuniting and paid sabbaticals. However,

in their study of a large sample of American workers, the authors did not find a strong spillover effect between workersÆ job satisfaction and their life satisfaction; moreover, when they compared these findings to earlier studies of spillover effects, they found a consistency which lead them to believe that lack of spillover may be similar for most workers in Western cultures.

There are indications that the foregoing findings may not be limited to Western cultures. In a study of role occupancy, role quality and psychological distress at work and home, Tang, Lee, Tang, Cheung and Chan (2002) found that for a sample of 897 Chinese w

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