The Mediating Roles of Happiness and Cohesion in the Relationship between Employee Volunteerism and Job Performance.

Seunghee Im,Yang Chung,Ji Yang

doi:10.3390/ijerph15122903

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Abstract

This study investigated the mediating effects of happiness and cohesion in the relationship between employee volunteerism, in-role behavior, and helping behavior. The study surveyed 312 full-time employees in South Korea, and regression analyses and the bootstrapping method were used to test the hypotheses. The study found happiness and cohesion to mediate the relationships between employee volunteerism and in-role and helping behavior. The findings suggest that employee volunteerism can promote a healthy working environment through increased feelings of happiness and cohesion as well as by improving performance behaviors.

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Volunteerism is becoming prevalent as it plays an important role in contributing to social welfare [1]
The composite reliability coefficients exceeded the recommend value of 0.70 for all constructs ranging from 0.832 to 0.969 and the average variance extracted values for the constructs were all greater than the recommended value of 0.50 ranging from 0.693 to 0.855
Consistent with prior research that has found that volunteerism to affect an individual’s psychological state (e.g., [15]) and workplace behaviors (e.g., [10]), the study findings confirm that employee volunteerism is positively associated with happiness, cohesion, in-role behavior, and helping behavior

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Volunteerism is becoming prevalent as it plays an important role in contributing to social welfare [1]. Literature suggests that volunteering results in better physical and mental health [2,3] and helps to build a healthier society [1]. Since employees spend a significant amount of time and energy at work, the workplace has become an important social context that affects an individual’s well-being. Studies have found that resources devoted to provide a better workplace environment influences an employee’s physical and psychological health [4]. Studies have found that organizational support and sponsorship of employee participation in corporate volunteering are positively related to the health and well-being of employees [5,6]

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