Abstract
In China, filial piety, which usually refers to showing respect and obedience to parents, has exerted an important effect in the relationship between work stress and turnover intention. However, the mechanism behind this effect is still unclear. To address this gap in the existing literature, we developed and tested a moderated mediation model of the relationship that work stress shares with job satisfaction and turnover intention. In accordance with the dual filial piety model and the stress-moderation model, our hypothesized model predicted that the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between work stress and turnover intention would be moderated by reciprocal filial piety (RFP) and authoritarian filial piety (AFP). The analytic results of data that were obtained from 506 employees of manufacturing industries in China supported this model. Specifically, RFP and AFP, as a contextualized personality construct, positively moderated the direct relationship between work stress and turnover intention as well as the corresponding indirect effect through job satisfaction. In particular, RFP and AFP strengthened the positive effect of work stress on turnover intention. Based on these findings, recommendations to help employees fulfill their filial duties and reduce the effect of work stress on turnover intention among employees of Chinese manufacturing industries are delineated.
Highlights
In China, there have been many recent reports of a filial son who killed his sick mother as a result of high levels of work stress [1] and another son who resigned from his job to care for his sick parents at home [2]
The role that filial piety plays in individual attitudes and organizational behaviors is still unclear [4], and we are not aware of any prior empirical research that has focused on the relationships that filial piety shares with work stress, job satisfaction, and turnover intention
4b (H4b): authoritarian filial piety (AFP) will moderate the to whichthe jobfollowing satisfactionhypotheses, mediates the and relathe moderated that was empirically tested in is this study is to presented in tionship betweenmediation work stressmodel and turnover intention: job satisfaction more likely mediate this relationship when AFP is higher than when AFP is lower
Summary
In China, there have been many recent reports of a filial son who killed his sick mother as a result of high levels of work stress [1] and another son who resigned from his job to care for his sick parents at home [2]. Filial piety may be inextricably linked to work stress, job satisfaction, and turnover intention. The role that filial piety plays in individual attitudes and organizational behaviors is still unclear [4], and we are not aware of any prior empirical research that has focused on the relationships that filial piety shares with work stress, job satisfaction, and turnover intention. The Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction on the Relationship between Work Stress and 2. Work Stress and TurnTurnover intention refers to the extent an employee to leave his/her over. Mueller’s causal model refers of turnover, worktostress is an anemployee importantintends negative determinant employer [19], and[19]. It is aFurther, major predictor of actual turnover [20].work According
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