scholarly journals Evaluating the impact of psychological entitlement on cyberloafing: the mediating role of perceived organizational justice

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 137-152
Author(s):  
Arefeh Rahaei ◽  
Reza Salehzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Psychological Entitlement ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of psychological entitlement and perceived organizational justice on cyberloafing. Design/methodology/approach In this study, a cross-sectional research design based on a questionnaire method was used to collect the required data from a sample of 226 employees working at selected universities in the city of Isfahan, Iran. To test the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling was used. Findings According to the findings, psychological entitlement could have a significant impact on perceived organizational justice and consequently perceived organizational justice could significantly influence cyberloafing. Moreover, psychological entitlement could significantly influence cyberloafing and finally, psychological entitlement could have a significant effect on cyberloafing through perceived organizational justice. Originality/value This research provides valuable insight for studying the relationship among psychological entitlement, perceived organizational justice and cyberloafing.

Transformational leadership and employee championing behavior during organizational change: the mediating effect of work engagement

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Nazmul Islam ◽  
Fumitaka Furuoka ◽  
Aida Idris
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe research aims to investigate the impact of transformational leadership on employee championing behavior and to determine the mediating effect of work engagement in the context of organizational change.Design/methodology/approachThis is a quantitative approach, which is based on cross-sectional data. In total, 300 available cases are processed through structural equation modeling in order to infer the results.FindingsThe results indicate that transformational leadership is significantly related to championing behavior during organizational change. Moreover, work engagement fully mediates the relationship between transformational leadership and championing behavior in the context of organizational change.Practical implicationsManagers should emphasize the practice of the transformational leadership approach, as well as should stress the antecedents of work engagement in order to foster the employee championing behavior in the context of organizational change.Originality/valueThe research contributes to the change management and human resource management literature by providing a plausible explanation of the mediating role of work engagement in connecting transformational leadership and employee championing behavior in the context of organizational change.

Interpersonal antecedents to employee upward voice: mediating role of psychological safety

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 1510-1525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sriji Edakkat Subhakaran ◽  
Lata Dyaram
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Manager Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Despite the increasing prominence of employee voice in organizational innovation and productivity, employees continue to struggle to influence matters that affect them at work. The purpose of this paper is to model work group context and manager behavior as the predictors of employee upward voice. Further, a mediating role of employee psychological safety is examined in this link. Design/methodology/approach With data from 575 employees representing various technology firms in India, the authors test the hypothesized relationships using covariance-based structural equation modeling. Findings Results indicate coworkers upward voice and manager pro-voice behavior to significantly impact employee upward voice with a mediating impact of psychological safety. This implies that perceived psychological safety plays a significant role in explaining the impact, coworkers and manager behavior would have on regulating employee upward voice. Originality/value This study contributes to the employee voice literature from an Indian context, where upward communication is culturally discouraged.

Organizational justice, conflict management and employee relations

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 783-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rojalin Sahoo ◽  
Chandan Kumar Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Employee Relations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Transmission Unit ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of organizational justice and conflict management on employee relations (ER) through the mediating role of climate of trust. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted with a sample of 331 employees working in a power transmission unit of Odisha. Data were collected by administering a structured questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modeling (AMOS 20). Findings The results reveal that climate of trust plays the role of a partial mediator between organizational justice and ER and conflict management and ER. Also, it was found that organizational justice, conflict management and climate of trust are the positive and significant predictors of ER. Research limitations/implications The study was confined to a single state-owned power transmission unit of an Indian state, which restricts its generalizability. The research would benefit from exploration in alternative units. Practical implications This scholarly work may encourage managers and decision makers to develop trust building climate by focusing on organizational justice and conflict management to flourish an environment of harmonious ER, furthermore to formulate effective strategies for cultivating facilitative work environment to enhance positive attitude among the employees to challenge future goals. Originality/value The research is exclusive in determining the influence of organizational justice and conflict management on ER through the mediator of climate of trust in the new perspective of the power sector that provides empirical evidence to the extant literature.

scholarly journals Impact of Perceived Severity of COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) on Mental Health of University Students of Pakistan: The Mediating Role of Muslim Religiosity

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Saleem ◽  
Abou Bakar ◽  
Areeha Khan Durrani ◽  
Zubair Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Muslim Religiosity ◽  
The Impact

Background: Perceived severity of COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) is known to be associated with mental health of people in general and health professionals in particular in Western societies. However, its association with the mental health of students in Pakistan, which is predominantly a Muslim society, remains unclear so far. Moreover, the role of Muslim religiosity for such an association has not yet been investigated. We aimed to examine the association and report findings on the impact of perceived severity on mental health with a sample of students from all five provinces of Pakistan.Methods: We did a cross-sectional online survey from 1,525 Pakistani students in March 2020 using standardized measurement tools. We then determined the prevalence of perceived severity among students and its impact on their mental health. The strength of associations between these variables was estimated using generalized linear models, with appropriate distribution and link functions. Structural equation modeling through SmartPLS (3.0) software was utilized to analyze the results.Findings: The perceived severity of COVID-19 is significantly associated with mental health of Pakistani students, whereas Muslim religiosity is a strong mediator between perceived severity and mental health of Pakistani students.Conclusions: Though the perceived severity of COVID-19 is associated with mental health, this relationship can be better explained by the role of Muslim religiosity. When tested individually, the perceived severity accounted for only 18% variance in mental health that increased up to 57% by the mediating role of Muslim religiosity. This difference clearly indicates the mediating role of Muslim religiosity in the association between perceived severity and mental health for Pakistani students.

Prior knowledge and social entrepreneurial venture creation: the mediating role of novelty ecosystem

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isa Nsereko ◽  
Samuel S. Mayanja ◽  
Waswa Balunywa
Keyword(s):  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the mediating role of novelty ecosystem in the relationship between prior knowledge and social entrepreneurial venture creation (SEVC) among community-based organizations (CBOs) in Uganda.Design/methodology/approachThe study is cross sectional and quantitative. Data were collected from CBO owner-managers. Mean, standard deviations, correlations and structural equation modeling were conducted to check the relationships among variables.FindingsResults show that both prior knowledge and novelty ecosystem are significantly associated with SEVC. Results further indicate that novelty ecosystem partially mediates the relationship between prior knowledge and SEVC.Research limitations/implicationsThe design was cross sectional in nature, thus limiting monitoring changes in knowledge and its effect on SEVC. The results should be interpreted as they are because there could be some endogeneity biases, which were not detected like measurement errors and failure to identify appropriate instruments.Originality/valueThis study provides an initial empirical evidence on the relationship between prior knowledge, novelty ecosystem and SEVC using evidence from a developing African country – Uganda. Mostly, this provides an initial evidence of the mediation role of novelty ecosystem in the relationship between prior knowledge and SEVC.

Does personality affect the individual's perceptions of organizational justice? The mediating role of organizational politics

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun Aggarwal ◽  
Kamrunnisha Nobi ◽  
Amit Mittal ◽  
Sanjay Rastogi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Perceptions Of Organizational Politics

PurposeThe personality of an individual plays a vital role in the way an individual perceives organizational politics and justice in the workplace. However, there is meager research on how an individual's personality affects the perceptions of organizational politics and justice. This study endeavors to fill this gap by analyzing the mediating role of organizational politics perceptions on the relationship between Big Five personality dimensions and organizational justice by controlling various demographic variables. The study also proposes a benchmarking model that the policymakers can use to create positive organizational justice perceptions.Design/methodology/approachIn this cross-sectional research, the data were collected through a multi-stage random sampling technique from 493 faculty members working in four public universities of Punjab, India. Out of 493 employees, 76.9% of the employees were assistant professors, 12.0% were associate professors and 11.2% were assistant professors. 51.5% of the employees were female, and 48.5% of the employees were male. To test the proposed hypothesized relationships, a structural equation modeling technique was used.FindingsResults of the structural equation modeling showed that openness to experience, conscientiousness and extraversion have a negative relationship with perceptions of organizational politics. However, their relationship with perceptions of organizational justice is positive. Neuroticism has a positive relationship with perceptions of organizational politics, whereas it has a negative relationship with perceptions of organizational justice. Results also showed that high perceptions of organizational politics have a negative effect on employee's perceptions regarding organizational justice. The mediation analysis results showed that perceptions of organizational politics mediate the relationship between an individual's personality and perceptions of organizational justice.Originality/valueThere is a scant amount of research available that considers Big Five personality dimensions and organizational politics as the antecedents of organizational justice. Hence, the current study tries to fill this research gap by proposing a research model on antecedents and consequences of perceptions of organizational politics based on the cognitive-affective processing system (CAPS).

The impact of internal marketing and market orientation on performance: an empirical study in restaurant industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Salehzadeh ◽  
Javad Khazaei Pool ◽  
Reihaneh Alsadat Tabaeeian ◽  
Mojtaba Amani ◽  
Marjan Mortazavi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Internal Marketing ◽  
Restaurant Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of internal marketing and market orientation on organizational performance based on the balanced scorecard (BSC). Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional research design, drawing upon a questionnaire survey, was used to collect data from a sample of restaurants. Structural equation modeling was performed to test the relationship among the research variables using findings from the 164 participants. Findings The results revealed that internal marketing positively influenced market orientation and performance. In addition, market orientation was a direct antecedent of performance. Originality/value The findings provide important academic, practical and political implications for restaurant industry.

An examination of the e-government service value chain

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajiv Kumar ◽  
Ritu Kumar ◽  
Amit Sachan ◽  
Piyush Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Government Service ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Value ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Citizen Support ◽  
The Impact

PurposeE-government quality (e-GovQual) and e-government user value (e-GUV) are multidimensional concepts. While previous studies have identified apparent factors influencing e-government satisfaction (e-GovSat) and e-government adoption intention (e-GovAI), such as e-GovQual and e-GUV, but they have neglected to explain the influence of the dimensions of these two concepts. The purpose of this research is to study e-government service value chain (e-GSVC) one-GovQual dimensions, e-GUV dimensions, e-GovSat and e-GovAI.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs a quantitative method to test the hypotheses and validate the proposed model. Data are collected from 378 e-government users across different parts of India comprising of different demographic characteristics. The model is analyzed using structural equation modeling.FindingsThe findings highlight the impact of the dimensions of e-GovQual (efficiency, trust, reliability and citizen support) on the dimensions of e-GUV (functional, economic, social and emotional value) as e-GUV dimensions affect e-GovSat, which in turn influences e-GovAI. The results validate the e-GSVC and also stress the partial mediating role of the dimensions of e-GUV on the relationship between the dimensions of e-GovQual and e-GovSat.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample size of 378 may not be a proper representation of a country like India, which has huge diversity within its vast population.Practical implicationsThe study offers practitioners a clear picture and a useful guide to better understand the drivers of value, satisfaction and adoption in the case of e-government users.Originality/valueThis study is probably the first attempt toward demonstrating the process influencing e-GovSat via e-GUV dimensions originating from excellent e-GovQual dimensions to ultimately trigger e-GovAI.

Observing delightful experiences of other customers: the double-edged sword of jealousy and joy

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine L. Ludwig ◽  
Donald C. Barnes ◽  
Matthias Gouthier
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cognitive Reactions ◽  
Customer Delight ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Deciding on the appropriate level of service is one of the paramount decisions a firm must make. Making this decision more complicated is the debate regarding the viability of aiming for the highest level of service or customer delight. One avenue of research missing from the literature is the impact of providing delight to one customer while in the presence of others. In response the purpose of this paper is to evaluate the emotional and cognitive reactions of the observing customer. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modeling was utilized to evaluate a sample of 272 respondents. Additional moderation analysis was conducted on the impact of perceived deservingness. Findings Findings indicate that the observing customer experiences the dual effects of joy and jealousy which both impact perceptions of unfairness and subsequent behaviors of complaining and repurchase. The perceived deservingness of the customer experiencing the delight is shown to reduce the impact of jealousy on unfairness. Research limitations/implications The main limitations include cross-sectional data and the fact that the data were retrospective. Practical implications This research suggests that firms should embrace the positive contagion that occurs between the delighted customer and observer while attempting to minimize the impact of jealousy. Originality/value This is the first research to quantitatively evaluate the impact of a customer viewing another customer receiving delight.

Stock exchange brands as an influence on investor behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betül Çal ◽  
Mary Lambkin
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Corporate Brands

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of stock exchange-related brand equity on intention to invest and the mediating role of perceived risk (PR) in this relationship in a comparative analysis between a developed and a developing market. Design/methodology/approach The study is carried out through an online survey among financially literate adults in two countries, Turkey and Ireland. Structural equation modeling is used to empirically test the relationships between brand equity dimensions and intention to invest, with a mediating role of PR. Findings The results indicate that the brand equity of a stock exchange is a relevant construct that significantly influences intention to invest. Also, the mediating role of PR is found to be strong in a developing market such as Turkey, but weak in a developed market like Ireland. Research limitations/implications One limitation of this paper is its inclusion of individual investors as the unit of analysis while leaving out institutional ones. The second limitation is the difficulty in generalizing the results to overall country populations. Practical implications This paper offers managerial implications regarding the need for emphasizing “stock exchange brand,” besides corporate brands traded, and customizing the management of brand-related influencers in investment decisions according to country context. Originality/value The impact of corporate brands in investment choices has been demonstrated before, but the influence of intermediaries – stock exchanges – through which investments are transacted, has not yet been investigated. This study addresses this gap, and further shows the differing extent of PR in this relationship between a developed and a developing country setting.

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