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International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion

International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion (IJWOE)

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International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion (12 papers in press)

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  • Unveiling the Consequences of Dark Tetrad Personality Traits among Female Employees: Linking Cyberbullying and Mental Health with Workplace Outcomes   Order a copy of this article
    by Rimsha Baheer, Kanwal Iqbal Khan, Shahid Mehmood 
    Abstract: This study focuses on how dark tetrad personality traits cause cyberbullying among female employees, affecting their mental health and ultimately leading to turnover intention. A large population-based study among female bankers was conducted by disseminating 561 questionnaires in the major cities of Pakistan. The self-reported scales assessing dark tetrad personality traits, cyberbullying, mental health, and turnover intention were included in the questionnaire. Serial multiple mediation analysis was conducted to analyse the association of cyberbullying and mental health among dark tetrad and turnover intention. The findings showed a positive relationship between dark tetrad personality traits and turnover intention. Further, cyberbullying and mental health mediate the relationship between dark tetrad personality traits and turnover intention. The most interesting study finding depicts that sadism is the most common, whereas narcissism is the least hazardous personality trait affecting the employees' mental health and turnover intention.
    Keywords: dark tetrad personality traits; Machiavellianism; narcissism; psychopathy; sadism; cyberbullying; mental health; turnover intention; serial multiple mediation analysis.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2024.10063458
     
  • How ICT Stressors are Formed and Influence Career Decisions in the Taiwan Workplace   Order a copy of this article
    by Shuaifu Lin, Tung-Ching Lin, Chao-Min Chiu 
    Abstract: The technostress framework has suggested that individuals who use information and communication technologies (ICTs) may appraised stressful incidents as stressors, which in turn result in strain and several adverse consequences. While technostress is considered as a context-specific phenomenon, relative fewer studies applied the technostress framework to investigate its impact on career decisions in the Taiwan workplace. The main research purpose of this paper is to investigate how ICT stressors may lead to strain and influence employees’ career decisions (including organisational commitment and career change intention) in the context of workplace in Taiwan. The result suggests that employees with low self-efficacy and high ICT demands tend to appraise the ICT demands as ICT stressors, which in turn lead to strain. The result also suggests that, while strain has an insignificant effect on organisational commitment, strain significantly influences career change intention. The implications are discussed.
    Keywords: ICT stressors; information and communication technologies; technostress; Taiwan workplace; career decisions.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2024.10064207
     
  • Religion and Well-Being: A Study of Religious Influence on Individuals   Order a copy of this article
    by Raisa Cardozo  
    Abstract: This study aims to investigate the impact of religious elements on people's well-being. Individual well-being, religious beliefs, private practice, external religiosity, religious commitments, and religious knowledge were the main areas of interest for the research. The first step is to collect the data using the prepared questionnaire from the individuals. Two hundred ninety nine data were collected using the prepared questionnaire from India, especially from the individuals of Goa and the format of the questionnaire is based on the proposed hypothesis. Convenience sampling is used to choose the data because individuals' answers to the questions are based on their convenience. SEM analysis is employed in the second phase to assess the gathered information. People's happiness with their religious faith is used to assess the study's outcome. From the resultant outcome, it was concluded that religious belief and religious knowledge impact the well-being of the individuals.
    Keywords: religiosity; well-being; religious beliefs; religious commitments; religious knowledge.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2024.10064356
     
  • Career Values as Affected by Psychological and Social Problems among Working Women   Order a copy of this article
    by Sandeep Kaur 
    Abstract: Women in India have proved their worth and courage in the work domain. Besides, changing roles of working women, they have maintained the traditional work ethos of household and they also have managed their career values, although they face different psychological and social problems. This research is an attempt towards finding the relationship between career values and psychological and social problems. Stratified sampling technique was applied to collect the data of 300 respondents from Ludhiana of Punjab to test the relationship of career values and psycho-social problems of working women. Negative correlation was found between career values and psycho-social problems with a significant impact of psychological and social problems on career values of working women. Organisations should develop a mechanism in which the psychological and social of working women should be addressed which arise due to their dual role, non-supportive behaviour of their family, peer groups, colleagues as reported in the present study.
    Keywords: career; values; psychological; social problems; household; correlation; organisations; peer groups; working women.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2024.10064790
     
  • A Study of Preferences on Workplace Benefits: a Comparison among Three Generations of Employees   Order a copy of this article
    by Rutcharin Kullachart 
    Abstract: The results of this study showed that the benefits approach under generational differences and Baby Boomers' highest average included income protection, provident funds, work/life balance programs, flexible work arrangements, allowances, and transportation allowances. Generation X's highest average included income protection, provident funds, work/life balance programs, vacations, and allowances, such as transportation allowances. Generation Y's highest average included income protection, provident funds, work/life balance programs, vacations, and allowances, such as transportation allowances. The hypothesis testing revealed that employees in each generation focused on benefits approaches under generational differences. The structural equation model analysis showed that the results met the assessment criteria and were consistent with the empirical data. The probability of the chi-square was 0.057. The relative chi-square was 1.957. The index of item-objective congruence was 0.989. The root mean square error of approximation was 0.049.
    Keywords: Baby Boomers; Generation X; Generation Y; benefits; income protection; work/life balance programs; allowances.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2024.10064797
     
  • Workgroup and Social Inclusion through a Blend of Responsible Leadership with Universal-Diverse Orientation and Virtual Interaction   Order a copy of this article
    by Omar Khalid, Muhammad Irfan 
    Abstract: The study is quantitative exploratory using a sample of 800 respondents from eight diverse organisations. A dual-staged moderated mediation model was conceptualised entailing regression and inter-group analysis. The study was aimed at determining the role of universal-diverse orientation and virtual interaction in fostering an inclusive climate in diverse organisations. The study found that in the overall ambit of responsible leadership, help may be taken from virtual interaction and universal-diverse orientation for fostering inclusion. The study found that inclusive climate mediated the relationship between responsible leadership and workgroup as well as social inclusion via a dual-staged moderated mediation model. In the first stage, universal-diverse orientation moderated the relationship between responsible leadership and inclusive climate. In the second stage, virtual interaction moderated the relations between inclusive climate and, workgroup and social inclusion. The study re-affirms that leaders need to embrace universal-diverse orientation and embed it in organisational policies. Virtual interaction should be encouraged in organisations to integrate differences of a diverse workforce and strengthen the inclusive climate for better workgroup and social inclusion.
    Keywords: responsible leadership; CSR; inclusion; universal-diverse orientation; UDO; virtual-interaction; diversity; responsibility; workgroup.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2025.10065321
     
  • The Impact of Professional Isolation on Emotional Exhaustion with Psychological Capital as the Moderator among Finnish Knowledge Workers   Order a copy of this article
    by Satu Uusiautti, Maria Järlström, Anni Rajala, Sanna Hyvärinen 
    Abstract: This research focused on the psychological concept of professional isolation, analysing its connection with psychological capital (PsyCap). The moderating role of PsyCap between professional isolation and emotional exhaustion has been less studied. The research questions were: 1) does professional isolation always lead to emotional exhaustion, and if not, what are the conditions that constrain or enhance the effects of professional isolation?; 2) how does PsyCap moderate the relationship between professional isolation and emotional exhaustion? Knowledge workers (N = 210) in Finland were asked to participate in a survey measuring their experiences of professional isolation and emotional exhaustion. Correlations and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted. It was found that the relationship between professional isolation and emotional exhaustion was weaker when PsyCap was high compared with the situation when PsyCap was low. The connection with professional isolation appeared complex. The findings encourage investing in further examination of the concept and the PsyCap interventions.
    Keywords: professional isolation; emotional exhaustion; psychological capital; knowledge workers; hierarchical regression analysis.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2025.10065326
     
  • Exploring the Relationship between Work from Home and Employee Wellbeing: An SLR and Cross-Country Perspective   Order a copy of this article
    by Zainab Fatima, Amanpreet Kaur Mishra, Rahela Farooqi, Mohd Abdul Moid Siddiqui 
    Abstract: The work from home (WFH) is a transition from the physical world to digital platforms. This transition enables employees to work remotely from anywhere. The spread of COVID-19 few years ago introduced this concept to many organisations for the first time. This transition was smooth for some employees while for many it was tough and stressful. This paper tries to explore the overall effect of work from home on employee well-being, in terms of various aspects like productivity, cost, stress, loyalty, satisfaction, etc. by drawing on a comprehensive systematic review of the literature. This paper gives a holistic overview of the literature specifically related to the effect of WFH on employee wellbeing. The SLR has been done in the paper including the PRISMA and bibliographic analysis. The paper also presents the cross-country analysis of WFH in 13 severely affected countries due to COVID-19 worldwide and TCCM framework for future research.
    Keywords: work from home; WFH; COVID-19; employee well-being; remote work; employee performance; PRISMA; SLR; bibliometric analysis.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2025.10065411
     
  • Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Social Intelligence On Employee Performance: Is There An Overlap?   Order a copy of this article
    by Anu Singh Lather, Shilpa Jain, BHAVNA BAJAJ 
    Abstract: The last 20 years have seen a surge of research interest in social and emotional intelligence in the workplace. Despite their apparent popularity, emotional intelligence (EI) and social intelligence (SI) are often conflated in management research; and their utility is heavily debated. The present study examines EI and SI concurrently in a single study for their linkages with employee performance. Results of the regression analyses undertaken in the current study evidence that both SI and EI explain 15% and 21% variation in employee performance respectively; employee performance is more significantly linked to other-facing rather than self-facing dimensions of EI, and variance explained increases only moderately when both SI and EI are included in the same model suggesting that these constructs overlap with each other. The present study is among the first to investigate the two constructs separately as well as jointly using instruments validated specifically for the Indian population, and to link EI and SI scores to supervisor ratings which are reliable measures of employee performance for a large number of employees (n = 357). The results of the study, therefore, can be seen as valid, credible, and of use to OB researchers and practitioners.
    Keywords: social intelligence; emotional intelligence; employee performance; employee performance assessment.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2025.10065473
     
  • The Emotional Side of Collecting: Disgust and Attraction in the Art Market   Order a copy of this article
    by Chiara Paolino, Federica De Molli, Francesca Pinardi 
    Abstract: This study delves into the exploration of a niche organisational culture within the art market, focusing on shared values that drive photography collectors appreciation and acquisition of works considered repugnant by mainstream standards. The research aims to comprehend the emotional dynamics guiding collectors choices, particularly regarding subjects that typically evoke negative emotions, such as explicit sexuality, deformity, illness, and death. Utilising an original dataset comprising 1,766 lots from 24 artists auctioned at major European events between 2013 and 2018, the analysis sheds light on intriguing trends. Collectors demonstrate a heightened inclination to purchase and invest higher prices in photographs featuring disturbing subjects compared to traditional ones. Qualitative interviews reveal that this positive evaluation is anchored in the categories of extraordinariness, change, and sophistication associated with these artworks. This research provides insights into how shared values within niche organisational cultures shape organisational actors preferences and behaviours in the art market.
    Keywords: collector preferences; emotional dynamics in art collecting; niche organisational culture; collector behaviour; disgust.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2025.10065527
     
  • The Differential Effects of Military Virtues, Military Culture, Authentic Leadership and Extensive Training on Job Performance in Military Organisations: Direct and Mediated Models   Order a copy of this article
    by Anuradha Iddagoda, Rebecca Abraham, Hiranya Dissanayake, Manoj Keppetipola 
    Abstract: This paper explores the effects of military virtues, military culture, authentic leadership, and extensive training, on job performance. Military virtues include loyalty, courage, patience, respect, self-discipline, and caring. Military culture emphasises symbolism through parades, display of military weapons and aircraft, and formal dress. Authentic leadership, based on authentic behavior, may motivate subordinates to self-enhance their skills. Extensive raining involves continuous multitasking. Using a sample of 254 members of the Air Force in Sri Lanka (henceforth Air Force), military virtues and authentic leadership were found to significantly influence job performance, in both the direct and mediated models (with employee engagement as the mediator). Essentially, military virtues and authentic leadership arouse the emotions of military personnel, who become engaged with the task to the extent that they become productive employees (mediated model). Alternatively, military virtues and authentic leadership may directly stimulate productivity, manifested in superior job performance (direct model).
    Keywords: military virtues; military culture; employee engagement; job performance; authentic leadership; extensive training; loyalty; courage; patience; self-discipline; caring.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2025.10066436
     
  • Nexus between Passive Leadership, Procrastination, Role Clarity and Counter-Productive Work Behaviour: an Angle of Moderated-Mediation   Order a copy of this article
    by Sonika Singh, Monita Mago, Shivinder Phoolka, Sandeep Singh 
    Abstract: The present study synchronises the relationship among the passive leadership style, procrastination, job clarity and counterproductive work behaviour. The study's objective is to examine the mediation effect of procrastination between passive leadership behaviour and counterproductive work behaviour and find the moderation effect of job clarity on this mediation. The study takes into consideration the medium and larger-scale textile industries located in Punjab (India). The sample of the survey includes 260 managers working in different textile factories. The data has been collected by using standardised scales. Based on previous literature, various hypotheses have been formulated. The data has been analysed by using PLS-SEM. The mediation is significant, but this mediation has not been conditional on job clarity. Further, the moderation effect of job clarity has been important in the relationship between passive leadership and procrastination. Finally, practical implications of the study have been presented.
    Keywords: passive leadership; procrastination; role clarity counter productive work behaviour.
    DOI: 10.1504/IJWOE.2025.10066906