Looking back and falling further behind: The moderating role of rumination on the relationship between organizational politics and employee attitudes, well-being, and performance

Does coping affect (the relationship between) job insecurity, well-being and job satisfaction? Does coping affect (the relationship between) job insecurity, well-being and job satisfaction? Katrien Bohets & Hans De Witte, Gedrag & Organisatie, Volume 19, Juni 2006, nr. 2, pp. 113. The consequences of both quantitative and qualitative job insecurity on well-being and job satisfaction are analysed. Quantitative job insecurity refers to the continuity of the actual job, whereas qualitative job insecurity refers to the continuity of valued job characteristics. The association of both kinds of insecurity with emotion-focused coping (avoidance) is studied, as well as the moderating role of problem-focused coping in the relation between job insecurity, satisfaction and well-being. Data of 568 employees from 23 companies are used to test the hypotheses. The results show that both forms of job insecurity are associated with a decrease in well-being and job satisfaction, as expected. Job insecurity is also associated with an increase in avoidance behaviours (emotion-focused coping) and with a decrease in problem-focused coping behaviours. Problem-focused coping (and avoidance) do not moderate the relationship between job insecurity, satisfaction and well-being.

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The moderating role of age in the relationship between volunteering motives and well-being

European Journal of Ageing ◽

10.1007/s10433-012-0245-5 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 319-327 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Yuen Wan Ho ◽

Jin You ◽

Helene H. Fung

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

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Effects of Self-Control on Subjective Well-Being: Examining the Moderating Role of Trait and State Motivation

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.774148 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Guojun Zhao ◽

Fusen Xie ◽

Yuchen Luo ◽

Yixuan Liu ◽

Yuan Chong ◽

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Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Ego Depletion ◽

Self Control ◽

Future Research ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

The Relationship ◽

State Motivation ◽

Positive Effect ◽

Moderating Role

It is well documented that self-control has a positive effect on individuals’ subjective well-being. However, little research has focused on the moderators underlying this relationship. The present research used two studies to examine the moderating role of both trait and state motivation on the relationship between self-control and subjective well-being using psychometric and experimental models, respectively. In Study 1, we explored whether trait motivation (including promotion vs. prevention motivation) moderated the relationship between trait self-control and subjective well-being using a psychometric model. In Study 2, we examined the moderating effects of both trait and state motivation on the effect of state self-control (measured via ego depletion) on subjective well-being using an experimental model. Our results indicated that self-control had a positive effect on subjective well-being, with this relationship being primarily moderated by prevention motivation. When state and trait prevention motivations were congruent, self-control had the most obvious impact on subjective well-being. This study suggests that current understandings around the association between self-control and happiness is limited, implying that motivation should be the focus of future research.

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Does sustainable consumption matter? Consumer grocery shopping behaviour andthe pandemic

Journal of Social Marketing ◽

10.1108/jsocm-12-2020-0245 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Ing Grace Phang ◽

Bamini K.P.D. Balakrishnan ◽

Hiram Ting

Keyword(s):

Social Transformation ◽

Sustainable Consumption ◽

Well Being ◽

Grocery Shopping ◽

Consumer Decision Making ◽

Content Type ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic took the world by surprise in early 2020. The preventive measures imposed by many countries limited human movement, causing uncertainty and disrupting consumption patterns and consumer decision-making. This study aims to explore consumers’ panic buying (PB) and compulsive buying (CB) as outcomes of the intolerance of uncertainty (IU). The moderating role of sustainable consumption behaviours (SCBs) (e.g. quality of life [QOL], concern for future generation and concern for environmental well-being) were also tested to raise awareness of responsible and mindful consumption amongst the society and business stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach To empirically examine the grocery shopping behaviours of Malaysian consumers during COVID-19, a total of 286 valid grocery consumer survey responses based on a purposive sampling were collected and analysed during the movement control order period between March and July 2020. Findings The findings confirmed the statistically significant impact of IU on both PB and CB and the impact of PB on CB behaviour. Amongst the three SCBs tested, only QOL significantly moderated the relationship between the IU and PB. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to construct a framework of consumers’ PB and CB during the pandemic, building upon the stimulus-organism-response model and the concepts of IU and SCB. This study further serves as the pioneering study on the moderating role of SCB in consumer behaviour research in the pandemic context, whereby consumers’ QOL significantly moderates the relationship between their IU and PB. This study has also drawn specific implications for grocery retailers and government agencies for retail and policy planning to promote positive social transformation in consumer buying behaviours during a pandemic or crisis.

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Humor Daily Events and Well-Being: The Role of Gelotophobia and Psychological Work Climate

10.5772/intechopen.96631 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ana Junça Silva ◽

António Caetano ◽

Rita Rueff Lopes

Keyword(s):

Positive Affect ◽

Well Being ◽

Work Climate ◽

Psychological Climate ◽

Moderated Mediation Model ◽

Daily Events ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

This study aims to: (1) analyze the relationship between humor-daily events and well-being; (2) test the mediating role of positive affect in this relationship; (3) analyze the moderating role of gelotophobia between humor-daily events and positive affect, and; (4) explore the moderating role of psychological climate between positive affect and well-being. To test these goals, we conducted a quasi-experimental study with 93 participants. We used regressions and bootstrapping analyses to test the moderated mediation model. The relationship between the humor-daily events and well-being was mediated by positive affect and this relation was moderated by psychological work, such that this relationship was stronger when a positive psychological work climate was identified. Gelotophobia did not moderate the relationship between humor daily-events and positive affect, however, it significantly and negatively predicted positive affect. This paper adds considerable evidence of the relationship between humor-related daily events and its impact on well-being. Psychological work climate strengthens the association between positive affect and well-being, after humor daily events.

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Acculturation Attitudes and Psychological Well-Being of Russians in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: The Moderating Role of Perceived Security

Cultural-Historical Psychology ◽

10.17759/chp.2021170404 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 34-45

Author(s):

V.N. Galyapina

Keyword(s):

Life Satisfaction ◽

Well Being ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Integration Strategy ◽

Central Asian ◽

Perceived Security ◽

Acculturation Attitudes ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

More than 400 thousand Russians remain in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan after the collapse of the USSR. They have to adapt to the changing conditions, and it is important to study the factors that determine their psychological well-being. This study focuses on the moderating role of perceived security in the relationship between acculturation attitudes and psychological well-being of the Russians in the two Central Asian countries. The sample included 578 respondents. In the study, we used scales from the MIRIPS questionnaire and carried out analysis using the moderation models 1 and 3. The results showed that for the Russians in both countries, when perceived security was low, separation attitudes promoted self-esteem, while assimilation attitudes decreased it. The study also revealed the role of the context: in Tajikistan (less favorable context for the Russians), assimilation attitudes contributed to life satisfaction in situations of high perceived security, while in Kyrgyzstan (more favorable context) it was integration attitudes that determined life satisfaction when perceived security was high or medium. We may conclude that the context determines the preference of acculturation strategy that provides the Russians with life satisfaction in the situation of perceived security: the assimilation strategy in Tajikistan, and the integration strategy in Kyrgyzstan.

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Bullying and turnover intentions: how creative employees overcome perceptions of dysfunctional organizational politics

Personnel Review ◽

10.1108/pr-05-2020-0326 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Dirk De Clercq ◽

Tasneem Fatima ◽

Sadia Jahanzeb

Keyword(s):

Organizational Climate ◽

Workplace Bullying ◽

Turnover Intentions ◽

Organizational Politics ◽

Content Type ◽

Organizational Environments ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

PurposeThis study seeks to unpack the relationship between employees' exposure to workplace bullying and their turnover intentions, with a particular focus on the possible mediating role of perceived organizational politics and moderating role of creativity.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses are tested with multi-source, multi-wave data collected from employees and their peers in various organizations.FindingsWorkplace bullying spurs turnover intentions because employees believe they operate in strongly politicized organizational environments. This mediating role of perceived organizational politics is mitigated to the extent that employees can draw from their creative skills though.Practical implicationsFor managers, this study pinpoints a critical reason – employees perceive that they operate in an organizational climate that endorses dysfunctional politics – by which bullying behaviors stimulate desires to leave the organization. It also reveals how this process might be contained by spurring employees' creativity.Originality/valueThis study provides novel insights into the process that underlies the connection between workplace bullying and quitting intentions by revealing the hitherto overlooked roles of employees' beliefs about dysfunctional politics and their own creativity levels.

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Organizational injustice and knowledge hiding: the roles of organizational dis-identification and benevolence

Management Decision ◽

10.1108/md-05-2019-0581 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Sadia Jahanzeb ◽

Dirk De Clercq ◽

Tasneem Fatima

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Knowledge Hiding ◽

The Relationship ◽

Sense Of Obligation ◽

Moderating Role ◽

Practical Implications ◽

Organizational Injustice

PurposeWith a basis in social identity and equity theories, this study investigates the relationship between employees' perceptions of organizational injustice and their knowledge hiding, along with the mediating role of organizational dis-identification and the potential moderating role of benevolence.Design/methodology/approachThe hypotheses were tested with three-wave survey data collected from employees in Pakistani organizations.FindingsThe experience of organizational injustice enhances knowledge hiding because employees psychologically disconnect from their organization. This mediation by organizational dis-identification is buffered by benevolence or tolerance for inequity, which reduces employees' likelihood of reacting negatively to the unfavourable experience of injustice.Practical implicationsFor practitioners, this study identifies organizational dis-identification as a key mechanism through which employees' perceptions of organizational injustice spur their propensity to conceal knowledge, and it reveals how this process might be mitigated by a sense of obligation to contribute or “give” to organizational well-being.Originality/valueThis study establishes a more complete understanding of the connection between employees' perceptions of organizational injustice and their knowledge hiding, with particular attention devoted to hitherto unspecified factors that explain or influence this process.

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