Analysis of the transmission path of factors influencing employee slackness in companies based on ISM-MICMAC

Abstract

Employee slackness is a prevalent behavior among current corporate employees, and this behavior harms both employee personal development and organizational effectiveness. In this study, factors are extracted from four levels: employee, leader, company, and job, and the relationships of factors influencing employee slackness are sorted out using the explanatory structural model (ISM) and the cross-influence matrix multiplication method (MICMAC), and corresponding conclusions are drawn based on the relevant mechanistic models. The results of the study show that a strong sense of overqualification and less meaningful work as independent group factors have the deepest influence on corporate employees to produce slacking behavior. The findings of this study help enterprises to understand the influencing factors of employees’ slacking behavior at a deeper level; they also provide important management insights for enterprise managers to pay attention to and alleviate employees’ slacking emotions and negative work behaviors.