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Previous research has well documented the negative sides of secrecy, ignoring its potential constructive aspects. Based on the concept of compensatory behavior, this study conducted two experiments with 532 adults to explore the mediating role of felt guilt between secrecy and donation, and the moderating role of moral identity. Study 1 (N = 272) showed that felt guilt mediated the relationship between secrecy and donation behaviors. Study 2 (N = 260) validated the mediation effect of Study 1 and further indicated that the mediated path was stronger for participants with higher moral identity. Specifically, participants with higher moral identity felt more guilty and donated more after secrecy than those with lower moral identity. The results of this study not only expand the constructive consequences of secrecy but also add more ways to appeal for donations.
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Purpose: A workplace leader's phubbing (snubbing by using the phone) can create social distance between the leader and employee. We tested whether this social distance might reduce trust, with a negative impact on job performance. The negative impact might be especially strong for employees with a high need for social approval (NFSA). Methods: Full-time employees (N = 246; 51.63% male, Mage = 35.07, SD = 8.62) in Eastern China completed anonymous questionnaires. The data were collected in three waves with a 2-week interval between each wave. The SPSS macro PROCESS was used to test all research hypotheses. Results: Regression-based analyses were used to test a moderated serial mediation model. Leader phubbing was associated with employees' poorer job performance, and this association was mediated by social distance and in turn, low trust. The negative effects of leader phubbing were stronger for employees with a higher NFSA. Conclusion: This study adds new evidence to the literature on phubbing by showing that employees' perceptions of leader phubbing might hinder employee job performance. Furthermore, the boundary condition of employee NFSA was emphasized and further expanded the literature in this field. This research provides insights into how the negative impact of leader phubbing on employee job performance can be prevented or reduced.
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We investigated whether non-syndromic mental retardation (NSMR) is associated with RAC1 gene polymorphisms, using a case-control association study. A group of Han children of northwestern China were evaluated for three common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the gene (rs1647224, rs836488, rs702482). Pairwise linkage disequilibrium (LD) analysis revealed that the three SNPs were in linkage disequilibrium (all D'>0.5). The case-control analysis showed that there were no significant differences in either allele or genotype frequencies at any of the SNPs between 66 NSMR and 239 controls nor between 99 Border and 239 controls. Using haplotype analysis we found the haplotype G-C-A was associated with NSMR (chi(2)=4.13, P=0.042). However, this association was no longer significant after multiple test correction. In conclusion, our negative results suggested that variants of RAC1 gene did not influence the occurrence of NSMR in Chinese children. Therefore we propose that there may be a compensatory mechanism which works to compensate the effect of mutation in the RAC1 gene on NSMR.
