scholarly journals Mediating Role of Fashion Consciousness on Cosmopolitanism and Status Consumption of Young Fashion Consumers in Sri Lanka

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.30) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Jayarathne . ◽  
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The aim of this paper is to examine the mediating role of fashion consciousness on cosmopolitanism and status consumption of young fashion consumers in Sri Lanka. A survey method is used. The result uncovers that the fashion consciousness fully mediates the relationship between cosmopolitanism and status consumption of young fashion consumers in Sri Lanka. Finally, the paper provides important implications and suggestions for practitioners as well as for academics in the field of consumer behavior.  

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Y. Anuradha Iddagoda ◽  
Kennedy D. Gunawardana

Employee engagement encompasses and connects a vast range of management discipline which turns it to be a wide spread concept. The correlation between employee engagement and perceived financial performance has rarely been studied. The intention of this study scrutinizes the connection between employee engagement and perceived financial performance. Based on data extracted from 67 HR managers in the listed companies in Sri Lanka, the study investigates two hypothesized relationships; the relationship between employee engagement and perceived financial performance, and the mediating role of employee job performance on the relationship between employee engagement and perceived financial performance. These ideas initiate important discussion for academics and practitioners.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tharindu C. Dodanwala ◽  
Djoen San Santoso

PurposeThe present study examines the mediating role of job stress on the relationship between job satisfaction facets and turnover intention of the construction project professionals in Sri Lanka.Design/methodology/approachData were gathered from a cross-sectional survey of 274 project-level employees of 10 construction organizations in Sri Lanka. A path analytical model is developed to assess the research hypotheses.FindingsResults support the mediation model of job stress, in which satisfaction with supervision and job security directly contributed to a reduction in stress levels, which in turn lessened the turnover intention. Full mediation is observed from supervision, and partial mediation is observed from job security. Satisfaction with pay and co-workers directly predicted a decline in turnover intention. Contrary to the authors’ expectations, the authors could not find any significant effect from promotion to job stress and promotion to turnover intention. The results further illustrated that demographic variables, i.e. gender, age and organization tenure play a role in determining employees’ stress levels.Originality/valueIn identifying how job satisfaction facets, job stress and turnover intention are linked together, the present study added the mediating role of job stress to the previous empirical research on the relationship between job satisfaction facets and turnover intention.


2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-496
Author(s):  
Mohsin Altaf ◽  
Sany Sanuri Mohd Mokhtar ◽  
Faisal Mustafa ◽  
Arfan Shahzad

This study aimed to investigate the connection of brand empowerment with employee brand understanding, brand psychological ownership, and brand consistent behavior. Secondly, mediating role of brand psychological ownership and employee brand understanding in the relationship of brand empowerment and brand consistent behavior was also examined. Survey method was used to collect data from 274 employees of banking sector through multistage sampling. Measures of Brand Consistent Behavior Scale (King, Grace, & Funk, 2012), Employee Brand Understanding Scale (Piehler et al., 2016), Brand Psychological Ownership Scale (Chang et al., 2012), and Brand Empowerment Scale (King, So, & Grace, 2013) were used. Results affirmed the positive relationship between brand empowerment with brand psychological ownership and employee brand understanding. Moreover, brand psychological ownership and employee brand understanding had positive relationship with brand consistent behavior of the employees. Findings further indicated that the relationship of brand empowerment and brand consistent behavior was mediated by brand psychological ownership and employee brand understanding. Implications of the study were also discussed.


2021 ◽  
pp. 232209372199719
Author(s):  
Shiza Kazmi ◽  
Fizza Kanwal ◽  
Kashif Rathore ◽  
Kiran Faheem ◽  
Arooj Fatima

The study investigates the relationship between transformational leadership (TL) and organisational learning capability (OLC) and explores the mediating role of human resource (HR) effectiveness. A quantitative survey method was used to gather data from the software industry in Pakistan through a self-administered questionnaire ( N = 504). Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to check the reliability and validity of the research instrument. In addition, structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test the proposed hypotheses. Research findings have demonstrated that TL positively affects OLC in software companies. Moreover, perceived HR effectiveness mediates the relationship between TL and OLC. Current research has several theoretical and practical implications as it extends the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) theory by considering perceived HR effectiveness as an important facilitator of a firm’s learning capability. This study provides valuable insights for organisational leaders to ensure HR effectiveness in terms of HR practices including recruitment, training and compensation for the development of learning capabilities. It also recommends managers to adopt TL for utilising HR effectiveness in order to improve learning at an organisational level.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Maria Saleem ◽  
Faisal Mahmood

This research aims to examine the relationship between transformational leadership and employees’ creativity through mediating role of trust and job autonomy. The study employed cross sectional survey method for the collection of data from 187 employees working in construction and banking sectors of Pakistan. The findings reveal that transformational leadership fosters employees’ creativity through trust and job autonomy. Both trust and job autonomy have statistically significant mediating effect. However, trust being the mediator, plays a more significant role in boosting up the transformational leadership and employees’ creativity relationship as compared to job autonomy. This research helps to know how transformational leadership enhances employees’ creativity by enlightening the mediating role of trust and job autonomy. Further, the findings of this research also help the managers to understand and create such environment which enhances employees’ creativity by focusing on the factors identified in this study. This research contributes to advance the literature on the mediating role of trust and job autonomy in describing the relationship of transformational leader and employee’s creativity and highlighting that trust plays a more important role to enhance creativity in contrast to job autonomy. Further, this is the first attempt to enhance the employee creativity through transformational leadership style and the mediating role of both trust and job autonomy in Pakistan.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1003-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagwan AlQershi

Strategists have unique skills and abilities to connect the past and the present in order to predict what might happen in the future. The current study is the culmination of a number of research ideas in the field of Strategic Thinking (ST), Strategic Planning (SP) and Strategic Innovation (SI) in relation of Human Capital (HC). The survey method was used to collect data from 235 SMEs in the manufacturing industry of Yemen. Results indicate that ST, SP and SI have a significant effect on HC. The mediating effects of HC on the relationship between ST, SP and SI and SMEs’ performance were also examined. Results indicate that HC mediates the relationship between ST, SP and SI and firm performance. The findings of this study offer important insights for managers of SMEs, researchers and policymakers to further understand the effects of ST, SP SI, HC and SMEs’ performance. SMEs should also be encouraged to develop their ST, SP, SI and HC to improve their performance. Finally, this study serves not only to clarify the mechanism between HC and SMEs’ performance, but also to generalize the ST, SP and SI results in the Yemen and Middle East context.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Qasim Ali Nisar ◽  
Sumaira Shaheen ◽  
Anam Bhatti

The purpose of this research is to explore the impact of attributes of celebrity influence corporate loyalty and corporate image by concentrating on the mediating role of corporate credibility. Simple random sampling technique used to collect responses from respondents. Adapting the questionnaire survey method, data were collected from 450 respondents from public. All the statistical analysis was performed on SPSS and AMOS. Results showed that attributes of celebrity impact positively on corporate image and corporate loyalty. Corporate credibility partially mediates the relationship between attributes of celebrity and corporate image. The study also revealed the relationship of corporate loyalty on corporate credibility. This research will help the organizations to understand how to deal with customers in different ways in order to enhance profit, boost loyalty and image of corporation in the favor of organization and do no harm to their organization.


2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-306
Author(s):  
Murat Bas ◽  
Orhan Çınar

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of work engagement (WE) in the relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and turnover intention (TI). Methodology: In this context, to test the model and hypotheses, research data were collected using a survey method from 427 public employees working in the healthcare sector in Erzincan province of Turkey. The data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS programs. Results: As a result of the analyses, it was found that perceived organizational support has a positive effect on work engagement and a negative effect on turnover intention, and work engagement and turnover intention variables are negatively correlated. It was also concluded that there was a partial mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between perceived organizational support and turnover intention. Conclusion: In this study, it was determined that WE has a partial intermediary role in the relationship between POS and TI. According to these findings, the support provided to the employee by the organization reduces employee intention to quit. In this context, when organizational management implements practices that will ensure employee commitment in addition to supporting employees and creating this perception, it can further reduce the intention of employees to quit.


Employee engagement has been closely linked to work attitudes (e.g., job satisfaction, intentions to quit, withdrawal), employees' innovation, organizational success and financial performance (e.g., profits, shareholder return) and, therefore, getting much attention from academia and practitioner communities. Additionally, to have a full insight in employees, organizations have to take care of psychological side of employees, which manifests in psychological empowerment. This study investigates the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee engagement in the context of Vietnam. Data were collected through a survey conducted in Vietnam using 254 respondents who are employees and managers. A researcher-administered questionnaire survey method was used for data collection. The findings reveal that Psychological Empowerment is significantly related with Transformational leadership and Employee Engagement; there is a direct effect of Psychological Empowerment and Employee Engagement; and Transformational leadership not only has a direct impact on Employee Engagement, but also has indirect effect through Psychological Empowerment as a mediating variable. These findings have several implications also for human resource practices in organizations. It is expected that this study provides valuable information to consider in business practice for the development of interventions aimed at mitigating turnover behavior and maximizing organizational performances through an engaged workforce.


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