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The hot and cool of death awareness at work: Mortality cues, aging, and self-protective and prosocial motivations

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Grant, AM; Wade-Benzoni, KA
Published in: Academy of Management Review
January 1, 2009

Although death awareness is pervasive in organizations and can have powerful effects on employees' experiences and behaviors, scholars have paid little attention to it. We develop a theoretical model of the nature, antecedents, and consequences of death awareness at work. We differentiate death anxiety and reflection as distinct states that strengthen self-protective versus prosocial motivations, examine how mortality cues and aging processes trigger these states, and explore their impact on withdrawal and generative behaviors. © 2009 Academy of Management Review.

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Academy of Management Review

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0363-7425

Publication Date

January 1, 2009

Volume

34

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4

Start / End Page

600 / 622

Related Subject Headings

  • Business & Management
  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 1505 Marketing
  • 1503 Business and Management
 

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Grant, A. M., & Wade-Benzoni, K. A. (2009). The hot and cool of death awareness at work: Mortality cues, aging, and self-protective and prosocial motivations. Academy of Management Review, 34(4), 600–622. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2009.44882929
Grant, A. M., and K. A. Wade-Benzoni. “The hot and cool of death awareness at work: Mortality cues, aging, and self-protective and prosocial motivations.” Academy of Management Review 34, no. 4 (January 1, 2009): 600–622. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2009.44882929.
Grant AM, Wade-Benzoni KA. The hot and cool of death awareness at work: Mortality cues, aging, and self-protective and prosocial motivations. Academy of Management Review. 2009 Jan 1;34(4):600–22.
Grant, A. M., and K. A. Wade-Benzoni. “The hot and cool of death awareness at work: Mortality cues, aging, and self-protective and prosocial motivations.” Academy of Management Review, vol. 34, no. 4, Jan. 2009, pp. 600–22. Scopus, doi:10.5465/AMR.2009.44882929.
Grant AM, Wade-Benzoni KA. The hot and cool of death awareness at work: Mortality cues, aging, and self-protective and prosocial motivations. Academy of Management Review. 2009 Jan 1;34(4):600–622.

Published In

Academy of Management Review

DOI

ISSN

0363-7425

Publication Date

January 1, 2009

Volume

34

Issue

4

Start / End Page

600 / 622

Related Subject Headings

  • Business & Management
  • 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
  • 1505 Marketing
  • 1503 Business and Management