Purpose: This research tested the crossover effects of a leader’s resilience on followers’ outcomes via followers’ resilience. Design/methodology/approach: Survey data from 87 leaders with 309 followers, collected in two waves in China, were used to test the multilevel mediation...

Purpose: The ubiquity of smartphones has changed how people communicate, work and entertain. In view of conservation of resources theory and the positive spillover effect, this study explores the effect of non-work-related instant messaging (IM) in the workplace on daily task performance....