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Proactive Behavior, Employee Well-Being, and Organizational Climate

How does an employee or a leader go about raising his or her level of effectiveness? When an employee or a leader becomes proactive, there is a mental shift. This positive mental shift promotes a feeling of self-worth and well-being in this individual because he or she is accomplishing a personal and work-related goal. These visionaries have the ability to plan, initiate, and follow through with a dream. Have you ever had an idea to start a new business or restructure an organization? Here is a very interesting story about the McDonald’s Corporation.

There were two brothers, Dick and Maurice, who had the desire to own and operate a business. Just out of high school, they moved to California and opened a movie theater. This dream was not as pro�table as they had anticipated. So, the brothers opened a drive-in restaurant. Over time, many people were interested in learning their secret and having the opportunity to operate a McDonald’s franchise, but the brothers’ knowledge was limited to owning and operating a restaurant. Eventually, Ray Kroc bought the franchising rights and gave McDonald’s its global presence (Maxwell, 1998). You are probably wondering how this story relates to the topics of this lecture. The lack of personal initiative, inability to lead others, and lack of vision could cause an organizational downfall. In addition, negative feedback from leaders or coworkers could prevent employees from ever exhibiting a proactive behavior in the workplace. Compare the proactive behavior of Ray Kroc to the leaders of Pumper Nic fast-food restaurant or the leadership in another unsuccessful restaurant. What similarities or differences were evident? When leadership engages employees and encourages proactive behavior, it can have a positive outcome on the well-being of the employees, occupational illness, and injuries, as well as the organizational climate and safety climate.

Reference:

Maxwell, J. C. (1998). The 21 irrefutable laws of leadership: Follow them and people will follow you. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc.

“To reach the highest level of effectiveness, you have to raise the lid-one way or another” (Maxwell, 1998, p. 10).

Additional Materials

From your course textbook The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Occupational Safety and Workplace Health, read the following chapters:

Proactivity for Mental Health and Well-Being

Employee Well-Being and Safety Behaviors

Organizational Climate

From the South University Online Library, read the following article:

The Job Crafting Intervention: Effects on Job Resources, Self-Ef�cacy, and Affective Well- Being (https://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp? sch=suo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.edu/login.aspx? direct=true&db=edsovi&AN=edsovi.10.1111.joop.12128&site=eds-live)