Title: Examining the psychological strain-affective organisational commitment relationship when jointly moderated by emotional support and in-group collectivism: a cross-cultural perspective

Authors: David L. Ford Junior; Ray Fang; Kiran M. Ismail; Laurie L. Ziegler; Hao Chen; Diane McNulty

Addresses: Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080, USA ' Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 105 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E6, Canada ' The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY 11439, USA ' Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080, USA ' School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Room 539, Weilun, Beijing, 100084, China ' Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson, TX 75080, USA

Abstract: We develop a framework to study the effects of emotional support in the relationship between psychological strain and affective organisational commitment in different cultural contexts. Based on the job demands-resources model and conservation of resources theory, we hypothesise that employees' emotional support and in-group collectivism orientation jointly moderate the relationship between psychological strain and affective organisational commitment. We tested the hypothesis on a sample of 2,702 respondents from eight different countries: Germany, India, Indonesia, Poland, South Korea, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the USA. The results highlight the roles of emotional support and in-group collectivism in employees' responses to psychological strain.

Keywords: job demands-resources model; conservation of resources theory; emotional support; psychological strain; in-group collectivism; affective organisational commitment.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2023.131272

International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2023 Vol.34 No.1, pp.75 - 92

Received: 18 Nov 2019
Accepted: 13 Jan 2020
Published online: 05 Jun 2023 *

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