Psychological Capital and Work Attitudes: A Conceptual Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2and3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharat Chandra Sahoo ◽  
Surendra Kumar Sia ◽  
Niranjan Sahu ◽  
Aneesh V. Appu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Work Attitudes ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Systematic Analysis

The major thrust of the present paper, pertaining to employees growth and development at work, attempts a systematic analysis of attitudinal outcomes and performance improvement due to psychological capital. The constructs, namely psychological capital, and work attitudes like job involvement, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, cynicism, and turnover intention have been described. Based on far reaching Indian as well as western literature and findings, it is suggested that psychological capital would be positively related to desirable attitudes like job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job involvement whereas negatively related to undesirable attitudes like organizational cynicisms and turnover intention. Through extensive literature and findings, the researcher is aiming to formulate a conceptual model of psychological capital based on propositions and to show how psychological capital is related to job attitudes. With respect to organizational development, this paper also covers practical implication where systematic intervention of psychological capital is given utmost priority. With reference to various organizations and workplaces, how psychological capital can be applied in a scientific direction through proper training, workshop, and web-based programme in order to promote healthy and balanced life.

scholarly journals Mitigating Effect of Psychological Capital on Employees’ Withdrawal Behavior in the Presence of Job Attitudes: Evidence From Five-Star Hotels in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Yan ◽  
Zuraina D. Mansor ◽  
Wei C. Choo ◽  
Abdul R. Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Turnover Rate ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Other Hand

High turnover rate is one of the striking features of the hotel industry and one of the most significant challenges. High turnover rate causes substantial costs for recruitment, selection and training in hotels, on the other hand, it also leads to negative consequences such as the decline of organizational performance and service quality. Thus, it is necessary to search for the root causes of turnover and put forward solutions. This study was designed to examine the impact of psychological capital (PsyCap), organizational commitment (OC), and job satisfaction (JS) on turnover intention among hotel employees. Additionally, it aimed to test the mediating roles of job satisfaction (JS) and organizational commitment (OC). The data were obtained from 228 hotel customer-contact employees with a time lag of two weeks in three waves in Kuala Lumpur based on convenience sampling. A series of structural equation modeling analyses were utilized to investigate hypothesized relationships. The results reveal that there exists a significant and negative impact of PsyCap on employees’ turnover intention and this correlation is partially mediated through two job attitudes. That is to say, to retain hotel talents, five-star hotel management should take proper measures to help employees obtain and maintain positive psychological resources such as PsyCap, on the other hand, how to cultivate positive job attitudes and strengthen their sense of identification and belonging for their organizations is supposed to be more focused on.

scholarly journals Psychological empowerment and employee attitudinal outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 797-817
Author(s):  
Tazeem Ali Shah ◽  
Mohammad Nisar Khattak ◽  
Roxanne Zolin ◽  
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Employee Job Satisfaction ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of psychological capital in the relationship between perceived psychological empowerment and employee satisfaction, normative organizational commitment and turnover intentions. Design/methodology/approach To test the proposed research model, the authors collected field data from seven telecommunication companies located in the Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. Through a two-wave data collection design, a total of 411 participants reported their perceptions about psychological empowerment and psychological capital at Time 1 and their job satisfaction, normative organizational commitment and turnover intention at Time 2. Findings Results supported the hypothesized relationships, showing that psychological capital fully mediates the relationship between perceived psychological empowerment and employee job satisfaction, normative organizational commitment and turnover intention. Research limitations/implications This study relied on cross-sectional data, which does not fully satisfy the conditions of establishing causality. Practical implications Results of this study will help organizations and practitioners to understand the importance of psychological empowerment and psychological capital and how they positively influence organizational performance, including employee job satisfaction, normative organizational commitment and turnover intention. Originality/value Drawing upon the self-determination theory of Deci and Ryan (2000), this study contributes to organizational behaviour literature by proposing and testing psychological capital as an underlying mechanism that can explain the impact of psychological empowerment on employee satisfaction, normative organizational commitment and turnover intention.

Work–Family Conflict’s Association With the Work Attitudes of Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment Among Southern Prison Staff

2021 ◽  
pp. 088740342110032
Author(s):  
Eric G. Lambert ◽  
Weston Morrow ◽  
Samuel G. Vickovic ◽  
Matthew C. Leone ◽  
Linda D. Keena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Work Attitudes ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Family Based ◽  
Work Family

Prisons depend on their employees, and staffing a prison is expensive. Approximately 80% of a prison’s budget is for staff wages and benefits. Prisons are not generally viewed as desirable places to work, thus recruiting and retaining correctional officers can be difficult. Work-related stress can negatively affect staff members’ home lives, and home stress can make an employee distracted and endangered at work. Time-, strain-, behavior-, and family-based work–family conflicts were hypothesized to impact three work attitudes (job involvement, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment) negatively. Time-based conflict had no significant effects on any of the work attitudes. Strain-based conflict had significant negative effects on job satisfaction and organizational commitment but not job involvement. Behavior-based conflict had significant negative effects on all three work attitudes. Contrary to our hypotheses, family-based conflict had significant positive effects on all three. Work–family conflict is a significant work attitude-associated stressor for correctional staff; therefore, policy recommendations to address it are made.

An investigation of the antecedents of turnover intentions and job hopping behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharjeel Saleem ◽  
Beenish Qamar
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Alternative Employment ◽  
The Impact

Purpose It is believed that dissatisfied employees are more likely to leave, but research shows that satisfied employees also do not necessarily stay. It is important to understand why employees leave. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically the antecedents of turnover intention and job hopping, simultaneously, in Pakistani universities. It investigates the impact of perceived alternative employment, job satisfaction and job involvement on turnover intention and job hopping behavior, with organizational commitment as a mediator. Design/methodology/approach The variables were measured through established questionnaires and the results were analyzed through structural equation modeling on a sample of 250 faculty members from both public and private universities. Findings Results revealed that faculty members do not intend to leave or hop jobs if they are satisfied with their jobs and this relationship is mediated by organizational commitment. Perceived alternative employment also showed a positive relationship with employees’ intentions to quit; while faculty members would job hop, if not satisfied, despite lacking substantial alternative employment opportunities. Practical implications Research reveals that employee retention, even in developing countries, is not just about money. Rather, the satisfaction that a person gets from his/her job or the environment in which the employee works serves as a significant antecedent of employee retention. Thus, accordingly some well-planned perks and rewards can serve as a source of extrinsic as well as intrinsic motivators. Originality/value This study has investigated the impact of job satisfaction, job involvement, perceived alternative employment, organizational commitment, turnover intention and job hopping along with the dimensions of job satisfaction and organizational commitment in a simultaneous manner through structural equation modeling. It will correspondingly add worth to the discussion in the literature about reasons of employee turnover and job hopping behavior within the specific context of Pakistani universities because there are no official statistics available regarding the number of faculty members leaving or job hopping among various universities. In addition, not much work has been done in this regard, therefore, it shall also provide the basis for future research studies.

scholarly journals Fit to Last? Investigating How Person-Job Fit and Person-Organization Fit Affect Turnover Intention in the Retail Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 407-428
Author(s):  
Gentrit Berisha ◽  
Rrezon Lajçi
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Work Attitudes ◽  
Job Fit ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Person Organization Fit ◽  
Positive Effect

Retail supermarket chains face high turnover that creates costs and compromises customer satisfaction. Turnover intention is influenced by the fit or misfit of employees to the job and the organization, as well as their satisfaction with the job and the commitment to the organization. This paper investigates the relationship of person-job (P-J) and person-organization (P-O) fit with job satisfaction and organizational commitment. A total of 211 questionnaires from employees in the retail supermarket chains in Kosovo were collected. Regression analysis is used to test the relationships between fit constructs and work attitudes as outcomes and their effect on turnover intention. Bootstrap mediation is used to test the direct and indirect effect of fits on turnover intention. Results show that person-job fit and person-organization fit have a significant positive effect on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. All these constructs have a negative effect on turnover intention. P-J and P-O fit have a direct negative effect on turnover intention, which is also partially mediated by job satisfaction and organizational commitment. This paper supports previous evidence that P-J and P-O fit have a positive effect on work attitudes and eventually reduce turnover intention. The direct effect of fits on turnover intention is stronger than the indirect effect, mediated by job satisfaction and organizational commitment.

Correlates of a Careerist Orientation to Work

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1248-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Orpen
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Work Attitudes ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Work Attitude ◽  
Attitude Measures ◽  
Orientation Scale

To examine the correlates of a careerist orientation to work, 104 managers completed the Careerist Orientation Scale as well as measures of the work attitudes of job satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational commitment. They also indicated how much their salary had increased since joining the work force and how many promotions they had received over this time as indicators of career success. As predicted, careerism correlated significantly negatively with scores on most of the work attitude measures but positively with both indicators of career success. The results suggest that careerism can have positive and negative consequences for managers.

scholarly journals The association between public service motivation, work engagement and work attitudes among Chinese employees from community health service centers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
kaipeng gan ◽  
Yun Lin ◽  
Qiu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Work Attitudes ◽  
Community Health Service ◽  
Occupational Training ◽  
Policy Makers

Abstract Background Public service motivation (PSM) is regarded as an important psychological resource to enhance public employees’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and lower their turnover intention. Although the relationship between PSM and individual performance has been examined extensively in previous studies, the results regarding the links between these factors still remain inconsistent. Our empirical study provides some practical implications for policy makers to improve employees’ PSM through various formal or informal occupational training. Methods We conducted a survey with 468 employees in 16 community health service centers in Yunnan province , southwest China . The associations between PSM, work engagement and work attitudes were assessed by some statistical methods including Pearson correlation, confirmatory factory analysis and structural equation modeling . Results Employees’ PSM had a direct positive effect on job satisfaction and organizational commitment respectively, but it had a direct negative effect on turnover intention. Moreover, PSM increased employees’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and lowered employees’ turnover intention through work engagement. Conclusion The results suggest that managers in the community health service centers should assess job applicants’ PSM levels in in recruitment and selection procedures and enhance employees’ PSM levels through various occupational training. Further, considering the role of work engagement in shaping employees’ work attitudes, policy makers should attach importance to the promoting of employees’ work engagement.

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