Initiative in a social context: interpersonal outcomes of interdependent proactive behaviour

Organisations increasingly expect employees to take initiative at work (i.e., enact proactive behaviour) while simultaneously relying on individuals to work with others to complete tasks. We argue proactive behaviour within an interdependent context is a potentially risky social behaviour as others may not appreciate changes to the way their team does things. Thus, before organisations blanketly encourage individual proactive behaviour, it is...