Mediation effect of organisational leadership on internal business environment and organisational commitment: insights from Oman

In today’s dynamic and competitive business environment, organizations are adopting the enterprise risk management framework to address the inadequacies in risk management in entities. Operating in today’s dynamic and competitive business environment organizations are faced with ever evolving risks as they implement their strategic objectives in order to create value. This study examined the intervening effect of corporate strategy on the relationship between transformational leadership and enterprise risk management adoption. This research adopted a positivist research philosophy and cross-sectional survey design approach. The target population comprised all the Commercial State Corporations in Kenya listed in the register of State Corporations Advisory Committee (SCAC) as at January 2021. The unit of analysis was the 52 Commercial State Corporations and unit of observation was top management of each entity. The study used primary data which was collected through structured questionnaires. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 22) was used in regression modeling for prediction and causal inferences between study variables. The study findings indicated a partial mediation effect on the mediating role of corporate strategy on the relationship between transformational leadership and ERM adoption. The objective was achieved. The study recommends that the commercial state corporations should anchor the ERM adoption activities and other management programmes in the corporate strategic plan for effective execution. In addition, the corporate strategic plan should be cascaded to stakeholders to enhance ownership and design policy to ensure the implementation of the corporate strategic plan is effectively monitored. Keywords: Corporate Strategy, Transformational Leadership, Enterprise Risk Management & Commercial State Corporations

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Meaningful work, work engagement and organisational commitment

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology ◽

10.4102/sajip.v40i1.1098 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

Madelyn Geldenhuys ◽

Karolina Łaba ◽

Cornelia M. Venter

Keyword(s):

Work Engagement ◽

Meaningful Work ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Work Outcomes ◽

Organisational Commitment ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Psychological Meaningfulness ◽

The Impact ◽

Positive Work

Orientation: Meaningful work can yield benefits for organisations and lead to positive work outcomes such as satisfied, engaged and committed employees, individual and organisational fulfilment, productivity, retention and loyalty.Research purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships amongst psychological meaningfulness, work engagement and organisational commitment and to test for a possible mediation effect of work engagement on the relationship between psychological meaningfulness and organisational commitment.Motivation for the study: Managers have to rethink ways of improving productivity and performance at work, due to the diverse, and in some instances escalating, needs of employees (e.g. financial support) to uphold their interest in and enjoyment of working.Research approach, design and method: A quantitative approach was employed to gather the data for the study, utilising a cross-sectional survey design. The sample (n = 415) consisted of working employees from various companies and positions in Gauteng, South Africa.Main findings: The results confirmed a positive relationship between psychological meaningfulness, work engagement and organisational commitment. Further, psychological meaningfulness predicts work engagement, whilst psychological meaningfulness and work engagement predict organisational commitment.Practical/managerial implications: Employers identifying their employees’ commitment patterns and mapping out strategies for enhancing those that are relevant to organisational goals will yield positive work outcomes (e.g. employees who are creative, seek growth or challenges for themselves).Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to the literature through highlighting the impact that meaningful work has on sustaining employee commitment to the organisation.

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Entrepreneur Network Behavior as the Gamechanger for Venture Performance : the Mediation Effect of Social Capital and Tacit Knowledge

International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology ◽

10.32628/ijsrst207287 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 482-501

Author(s):

Isaac Gumah Akolgo ◽

Cai Li ◽

Peter Yao Lartey ◽

Kankam William Adomako

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Tacit Knowledge ◽

Business Performance ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Business Environment ◽

Individual Characteristics ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Network Behavior ◽

Venture Performance ◽

Network Building

The individual characteristics continue to set apart who a successful or failed entrepreneurs and business ventures are in the business environment. The study therefore sought to investigate network behavior mechanism as a gamechanger for venture performance; the mediation effect of social capital and tacit knowledge. Entrepreneurs here were regarded as individuals who created their businesses and therefore respondents other than owners were not included in the study population. In total, 530 entrepreneurs were selected from three cities in Jiangsu Province. Purposive, convenient and simple random sampling techniques were applied in choosing the respondents. 410 completed questionnaires were retrieved. The results show that entrepreneurs engaging in network building attitude, network maintenance and network orientation determined their network behaviour. Network behaviour then positively and directly influences venture performance. This effect was significant showing that any effort or activities that lead to network behavior wield a corresponding effect on startups business performance. The results indicated that social capital mediated the relationship such that entrepreneur network behavior indirectly influences venture performance. Tacit knowledge acquisition was shown to boosts network behaviour effect on venture performance. This study departs from the psychological perspective which mainly focus on stable features of the entrepreneur to include the behaviour mechanisms hence makes the study central to better understand the entrepreneurial behavior and performance relationships.

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The Mediation Influence of Job Satisfaction on Organisational Commitment amongst Quantity Surveyors

Construction Economics and Building ◽

10.5130/ajceb.v15i1.4304 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 56-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wai Yee Betty Chiu ◽

Fung FaI Ng

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Work Group ◽

Group Identification ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Organisational Commitment ◽

Group Leaders ◽

Research Article ◽

Work Group Identification ◽

The Relationship

Some researchers claimed that job satisfaction directly affected organisational commitment but others considered it had a mediation effect on the relationship between some independent variables and organisational commitment. Thus, this paper aimed to examine whether job satisfaction mediated the relationship between work group identification and the two forms of organisational commitment amongst quantity surveyors. A quantitative approach with questionnaire survey was employed for data collection. Questionnaires were sent to the chartered quantity surveyors and 71 valid responses were obtained for analysis. A bootstrapping approach was applied to the survey data to test the mediating effect of job satisfaction between work group identification and organisational commitment. The bootstrapping results supported most hypotheses. The findings suggested that surveying companies should focus their efforts on improving quantity surveyors’ job satisfaction through the organisation of social activities. Special measures should also be taken by the work group leaders to improve the working relationship among quantity surveyors to foster job satisfaction.Paper Type: Research article

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The study of sustainability as a mediator of new approaches to work and workspace usage

Journal of Facilities Management ◽

10.1108/jfm-06-2021-0062 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Taran Kaur ◽

Priya Solomon

Keyword(s):

Business Environment ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Sustainable Practices ◽

Content Type ◽

New Approaches ◽

The Impact

Purpose Many corporates in India are constantly working to adapt new sustainable working practices that can reduce average space usage in the Indian workspace. This study aims to analyze the strategic shifts in terms of new approaches to work (NAW) adopted by information technology (IT) companies, influenced by sustainable practices that have a positive impact on the reduction in usage of brick and motor workspace and carbon footprint. Design/methodology/approach The research is descriptive in nature. A questionnaire survey was sent to certified ISO 41001 Indian IT companies to collect data through SurveyMonkey. Stratified sampling was used to collect a sample of 583 respondents, which was also verified using G* software. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics and partial least square-structured equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze the mediating effect of sustainability on NAW and reduction in usage of workspace. Findings The structural model results obtained through the bootstrapping technique showed that sustainability has become essential to survive in a competitive business environment while developing NAW that can reduce workspace usage. The findings of this study support the partial mediation effect (38%) of sustainability on NAW and workspace usage patterns in the Indian IT workspace. Originality/value This research adds value to the limited literature on the effect of NAW in the Indian IT sector and provides empirical evidence of the impact of technology-enabled NAW based on sustainable practices that can help reduce the demand for workspace.

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Men’s Hunger, Food Consumption, and Preferences for Female Body Types

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000210 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. 495-497 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Nicolas Guéguen

Keyword(s):

Food Consumption ◽

Female Body ◽

The Body ◽

Slender Body ◽

Mediation Effect ◽

Point Scale ◽

Body Type ◽

Experimental Conditions

Nelson and Morrison (2005 , study 3) reported that men who feel hungry preferred heavier women. The present study replicates these results by using real photographs of women and examines the mediation effect of hunger scores. Men were solicited while entering or leaving a restaurant and asked to report their hunger on a 10-point scale. Afterwards, they were presented with three photographs of a woman in a bikini: One with a slim body type, one with a slender body type, and one with a slightly chubby body. The participants were asked to indicate their preference. Results showed that the participants entering the restaurant preferred the chubby body type more while satiated men preferred the thinner or slender body types. It was also found that the relation between experimental conditions and the choices of the body type was mediated by men’s hunger scores.

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