Does Organizational Cronyism Lead to Lower Employee Performance? Examining the Mediating Role of Employee Engagement and Moderating Role of Islamic Work Ethics.

Islamic work ethics conservation of resources theory employee performance organizational cronyism work engagement

Journal

Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 02 07 2020
accepted: 01 09 2020
entrez: 30 10 2020
pubmed: 31 10 2020
medline: 31 10 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

In this research, using a time-lagged approach, we investigated the relationship between organizational cronyism and employee performance. Drawing on the conservation of resources theory, we tested the mediating role of employee engagement in the relationship between organizational cronyism and employee performance. We also examined how Islamic work ethics moderated the relationship between organizational cronyism and work engagement. The study, with a total of 267 participants, was conducted in the healthcare sector of Pakistan. The results revealed that organizational cronyism was negatively related to employee performance. The analyses confirmed the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between organizational cronyism and employee performance. Similarly, Islamic work ethics moderated the relationship between organizational cronyism and work engagement. Implications for future research as well as managerial implications of our findings along with the limitations and future research directions are also discussed.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33123060
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.579560
pmc: PMC7566910
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

579560

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Shaheen, Zulfiqar, Saleem and Shehazadi.

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Auteurs

Sadia Shaheen (S)

Lyallpur Business School, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Sehar Zulfiqar (S)

Department of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Sharjeel Saleem (S)

Lyallpur Business School, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Gulshan Shehazadi (G)

Lyallpur Business School, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

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