{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7220842875","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","title":"When tasks cross the line: the mediating role of territoriality in the relationship between illegitimate tasks and self-interested voice","display_name":"When tasks cross the line: the mediating role of territoriality in the relationship between illegitimate tasks and self-interested voice","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-07","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7220842875","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42908749","pmcid":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/13683107"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","pdf_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S9692511","display_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","issn_l":"1664-1078","issn":["1664-1078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","erih-plus","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320527","host_organization_name":"Frontiers Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320527"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Frontiers Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","doaj","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135/pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5157851896","display_name":"Qian Ruan","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I24185976","display_name":"Sichuan University","ror":"https://ror.org/011ashp19","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I24185976"]}],"countries":["CN","HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qian Ruan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Business School, Sichuan University","Department of Management and Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Business School, Sichuan University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I24185976"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Management and Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5157822165","display_name":"Cheng Liu","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Cheng Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Management and Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Management and Marketing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5157822165"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"],"apc_list":{"value":3150,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":3801},"apc_paid":{"value":3150,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":3801},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.77862066,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"17","issue":null,"first_page":"1962135","last_page":"1962135"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11647","display_name":"Workplace Violence and Bullying","score":0.0003000000142492354,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10344","display_name":"Management and Organizational Studies","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/illegitimate-tasks","display_name":"illegitimate tasks","score":0.9959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/territoriality","display_name":"territoriality","score":0.9549999833106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/conservation-of-resources-theory","display_name":"conservation of resources theory","score":0.9829999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/time-urgency","display_name":"time urgency","score":0.8220000267028809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perceived-organizational-politics","display_name":"perceived organizational politics","score":0.9769999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-voice","display_name":"employee voice","score":0.5410000085830688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task-allocation","display_name":"task allocation","score":0.531000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/occupational-identity","display_name":"occupational identity","score":0.5809999704360962}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90805937","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7703794","display_name":"Territoriality","level":2,"score":0.8791999816894531},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.786899983882904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.673799991607666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.6650999784469604},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46295352","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207982","display_name":"Legitimacy","level":3,"score":0.5461999773979187},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142853389","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q744778","display_name":"Association (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.4657999873161316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.43709999322891235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.3596999943256378},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39214371","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19483216","display_name":"Organizational behavior","level":2,"score":0.3504999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148220186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7111912","display_name":"Outcome (game theory)","level":2,"score":0.3384000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166735990","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1750812","display_name":"Human factors and ergonomics","level":3,"score":0.3260999917984009},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.3244999945163727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3017944768","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1450463","display_name":"Poison control","level":2,"score":0.31220000982284546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781460075","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399332","display_name":"Compliance (psychology)","level":2,"score":0.3009999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100660578","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18733","display_name":"Recall","level":2,"score":0.2888000011444092},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142172996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221284","display_name":"Conformity","level":2,"score":0.271699994802475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175154964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380077","display_name":"Task analysis","level":3,"score":0.262800008058548}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","pdf_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S9692511","display_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","issn_l":"1664-1078","issn":["1664-1078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","erih-plus","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320527","host_organization_name":"Frontiers Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320527"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Frontiers Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:42908749","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42908749","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in psychology","raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:13683107","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13683107/","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764455111","display_name":"PubMed Central","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Front Psychol","raw_type":"Text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:378cd1c1d60b424bab6d3e905789e359","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/378cd1c1d60b424bab6d3e905789e359","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 17 (2026)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135","pdf_url":"https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1962135/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S9692511","display_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","issn_l":"1664-1078","issn":["1664-1078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","erih-plus","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320527","host_organization_name":"Frontiers Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320527"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Frontiers Media"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Psychology","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.9200000166893005},{"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8","score":0.48510000109672546}],"study_designs":[{"display_name":"Observational Study","id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7220842875.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7220842875.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":57,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1903147065","https://openalex.org/W1913957972","https://openalex.org/W1981513733","https://openalex.org/W1982122986","https://openalex.org/W1994752664","https://openalex.org/W2028873269","https://openalex.org/W2046394056","https://openalex.org/W2048385562","https://openalex.org/W2083303636","https://openalex.org/W2088292580","https://openalex.org/W2100823815","https://openalex.org/W2106054263","https://openalex.org/W2106096361","https://openalex.org/W2109239051","https://openalex.org/W2112227387","https://openalex.org/W2115427973","https://openalex.org/W2118330673","https://openalex.org/W2118926342","https://openalex.org/W2127376463","https://openalex.org/W2141803735","https://openalex.org/W2155120639","https://openalex.org/W2156049468","https://openalex.org/W2156435103","https://openalex.org/W2161497363","https://openalex.org/W2170440107","https://openalex.org/W2332218329","https://openalex.org/W2346837465","https://openalex.org/W2503305722","https://openalex.org/W2587831829","https://openalex.org/W2625774310","https://openalex.org/W2778568357","https://openalex.org/W2792421164","https://openalex.org/W2886632715","https://openalex.org/W2890724769","https://openalex.org/W2921846266","https://openalex.org/W3002837587","https://openalex.org/W3108061381","https://openalex.org/W3167871630","https://openalex.org/W3210544298","https://openalex.org/W4231139976","https://openalex.org/W4248161867","https://openalex.org/W4293051896","https://openalex.org/W4308205790","https://openalex.org/W4309377448","https://openalex.org/W4320498771","https://openalex.org/W4323855130","https://openalex.org/W4387781070","https://openalex.org/W4390717739","https://openalex.org/W4404731259","https://openalex.org/W4407799589","https://openalex.org/W4412427480","https://openalex.org/W4412469218","https://openalex.org/W4416093103","https://openalex.org/W7139132419","https://openalex.org/W7156921898","https://openalex.org/W7160025242","https://openalex.org/W7165654744"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3081136035","https://openalex.org/W4416093103","https://openalex.org/W4312877595","https://openalex.org/W4309377448","https://openalex.org/W7125270250","https://openalex.org/W3167871630","https://openalex.org/W7034393432","https://openalex.org/W7106285735","https://openalex.org/W2902021892","https://openalex.org/W4407895966"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Illegitimate":[0],"tasks":[1,43,69,122,150,180],"are":[2],"increasingly":[3],"prevalent":[4],"in":[5,177],"modern":[6],"organizations.":[7],"Prior":[8],"research":[9],"has":[10],"established":[11],"their":[12,49],"harmful":[13],"consequences":[14],"and":[15,25,31,70,76,103,109,153,181,195],"largely":[16,52],"explained":[17],"employee":[18,198],"reactions":[19],"through":[20,40],"the":[21,37,65,145,156,178],"lens":[22],"of":[23,57,148,162],"task":[24,193],"role":[26],"incongruence,":[27],"emphasizing":[28],"legitimacy":[29],"judgments":[30],"threats":[32],"to":[33,47,126,191],"occupational":[34],"identity.":[35],"However,":[36],"psychological":[38],"mechanisms":[39],"which":[41,128],"illegitimate":[42,68,121,149,179],"activate":[44],"employees'":[45],"motivation":[46],"protect":[48],"resources":[50,58],"remain":[51],"underexplored.":[53],"Drawing":[54],"on":[55,151],"conservation":[56],"theory,":[59],"we":[60,92],"explored":[61],"how":[62],"territoriality":[63,152],"mediates":[64],"association":[66],"between":[67],"self-interested":[71,134],"voice.":[72,135],"Additionally,":[73],"time":[74,116,142],"urgency":[75,143],"perceived":[77,163],"organizational":[78,164],"politics":[79,165],"were":[80,112,123,139],"identified":[81],"as":[82],"moderators.":[83],"Using":[84],"a":[85],"three-wave,":[86],"time-lagged":[87],"design":[88],"with":[89,133],"two-week":[90],"intervals,":[91],"collected":[93],"data":[94],"from":[95],"350":[96],"full-time":[97],"employees,":[98],"retained":[99],"306":[100],"valid":[101],"responses,":[102],"tested":[104],"seven":[105],"hypotheses.":[106],"Predictor,":[107],"mediator,":[108],"outcome":[110],"variables":[111],"measured":[113],"at":[114],"separate":[115],"points.":[117],"Results":[118],"suggested":[119],"that":[120],"positively":[124,131],"linked":[125],"territoriality,":[127],"was":[129,166],"subsequently":[130],"associated":[132],"When":[136],"both":[137],"moderators":[138],"examined":[140,170],"simultaneously,":[141],"strengthened":[144],"positive":[146],"effect":[147,161],"further":[154],"amplified":[155],"indirect":[157],"effects.":[158],"The":[159],"moderating":[160],"not":[167],"significant":[168],"when":[169],"jointly.":[171],"This":[172],"study":[173],"advances":[174],"theoretical":[175],"understanding":[176],"voice":[182],"literature":[183],"while":[184],"providing":[185],"practical":[186],"guidance":[187],"for":[188],"organizations":[189],"seeking":[190],"optimize":[192],"allocation":[194],"reduce":[196],"defensive":[197],"responses.":[199]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-10-29T09:56:32.521200","created_date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00"}