Conservation Of Resources Perspective Research Articles

Conservation of resources perspective on authentic leadership and employee well-being: The influence of job stress and emotional intelligence.

Health care industries must consider their sustainable development, and employee well-being is a crucial environmental, social, and governance indicator that should be prioritized. During events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, information transparency is a concern for health care workers. Authentic leaders can build trust by openly sharing their thoughts and feelings. Understanding how authentic leadership affects employee well-being through job stress and how emotional intelligence reduces job stress is essential for health care workers. This study investigated the effect of authentic leadership on employee well-being and considered the mediating role of job stress and moderating role of emotional intelligence in this effect. A time-lagged survey of 452 full-time health care workers (comprising nurses, allied health professionals, and administrative workers) from a general hospital in Taiwan was conducted. Authentic leadership was positively associated with employee well-being, and job stress mediated the effects of authentic leadership on employee well-being. Among the employees who perceived leadership to be authentic, those with higher emotional intelligence felt less job stress. From the perspective of conservation of resources theory, authentic leadership was identified as a crucial factor influencing how health care workers reduce job stress and improve their well-being. Emotional intelligence was identified as essential in enhancing the effects of authentic leadership on reducing the job stress of health care workers. Organizations should promote authentic interactions between leaders and followers and provide training for developing authentic leadership. They should also provide training to improve their employees' emotional intelligence.

The Overnight Stress Carryover in Leaders: A Conservation of Resources Perspective

The Overnight Stress Carryover in Leaders: A Conservation of Resources Perspective

The Suicidal Ideation of Helpless Street Vendors: A Conservation of Resources Perspective

The Suicidal Ideation of Helpless Street Vendors: A Conservation of Resources Perspective

The Suicidal Ideation of Helpless Street Vendors: A Conservation of Resources Perspective

The Suicidal Ideation of Helpless Street Vendors: A Conservation of Resources Perspective

The Overnight Stress Carryover in Leaders: A Conservation of Resources Perspective

The Overnight Stress Carryover in Leaders: A Conservation of Resources Perspective

The Effect of Cyberbullying on Stress and Productivity of Remote Employees During COVID-19

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to enhance our understanding of cyberbullying from a conservation of resources perspective with the goal of advancing theory and providing practitioners with information aimed at well-being interventions. We examined perceived stress as an explanatory mechanism of the relationship between cyberbullying and work productivity in remote workers. Information exchange frequency and quality were considered as potential resources that were hypothesized to mitigate this indirect effect. A sample of 269 adults in the United States who were working remotely as a result of COVID-19 were recruited through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. The results of this time-lagged study indicated that cyberbullying did indeed exhibit an indirect effect on productivity via stress. However, contrary to expectations, this indirect effect was stronger for those with higher information exchange quality rather than lower information exchange quality. The indirect effect was unaffected by information exchange frequency. We encourage future scholars to dig deeper into when resources may be detrimental to employee well-being. We also encourage practitioners to consider ways to reduce both cyberbullying and worker stress with interventions such as technology etiquette training and careful planning of information exchange.

The effect of occupational stigma on work engagement: A conservation of resources perspective

We explored the effect of occupational stigma on work engagement, basing our research on conservation of resources theory. Frontline hotel employees (N = 286) in China completed an online survey. Analysis of the results showed that occupational stigma was negatively related to work engagement, and occupational identity and emotional exhaustion both played mediating roles in this relationship. These findings enrich the research on the antecedents of work engagement and provide practical implications for related management practice.

How and when Proactive Vitality Management Promotes Undergraduates' Creativity? A Conservation of Resources Perspective.

Despite widely highlighting that creative individuals need to be full of vitality to function optimally, previous research neglects the very real possibility that human beings may also need to proactively manage their vitality to ignite creativity. Drawing on the conservation of resources theory, this study explores the impact of proactive vitality management on undergraduates' creativity through harmonious academic passion, as well as the moderating roles of university creative climate and prevention focus. Evidence from a scenario-based experiment (Study 1) and a multi-wave field survey (Study 2) demonstrated that proactive vitality management positively promoted individual creativity. This relationship was partially mediated by harmonious academic passion. In addition, proactive vitality management enhanced undergraduate students' creativity via harmonious academic passion in a high university creative climate, whereas the indirect effect was weak when prevention focus was high. Theoretical and practical implications are also discussed, along with study limitations and future research directions.

Coworker support in a sexual harassment climate: A conservation of resources perspective

Sexual harassment is still an issue in the hospitality industry, despite ample research on the topic. A sexual harassment climate – one that tolerates instances of unwanted sexual attention – produces negative impacts on employees’ well-being, job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion, and engagement, which may lead to increased turnover, absenteeism, and decreased productivity. The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of a sexual harassment climate in employees’ emotional exhaustion and employee engagement. Grounded in the conservation of resources theory, a moderated mediation analysis of a survey of 236 Turkish citizens who work in hotels confirmed that a sexual harassment climate led to more instances of unwanted sexual attention, which resulted in increased emotional exhaustion and decreased employee engagement due to the depletion of resources. Coworker support moderated this interaction, leading to a reduction in the negative impacts due to an increase in resources. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

How entrepreneurial team informational and social category faultlines affect new venture performance: A conservation of resources perspective

How entrepreneurial team informational and social category faultlines affect new venture performance: A conservation of resources perspective

How does workplace support promote postdoctoral career growth? A conservation of resources perspective

BackgroundPostdoctoral researchers are critical to scholarly advancements, and promoting postdoctoral career growth is an endogenous path to help postdocs break through the “encircled city of scientific research”. However, further research is needed to fully explore the mechanisms that connect workplace support to postdoctoral career growth.MethodsDrawing from the Conservation of Resources theory, this study proposes a chain mediation model that demonstrates how workplace support enhances career growth by connecting psychological capital with work-life balance. To understand the motivation and career growth of postdocs in China, we conducted two questionnaires in 2021 and 2023 with the support of relevant stations.ResultsAnalyzing 367 questionnaires from Chinese postdocs, our research indicates that workplace support has a positive impact on career growth. Additionally, both psychological capital and work-life balance are key factors that contribute to career growth, serving as separate mediators and as part of a chain of mediators.DiscussionThis study validates the appropriateness of the Conservation of Resources theory in the study of the influence mechanism of postdoctoral career growth and proposes targeted strategies for academic institutions to improve support systems, promoting more effective career development pathways.

Workplace Stressors and Their Consequences on Frontliners’ Performance: A Conservation of Resources Perspective

The present study aims to examine the effects of two workplace stressors (abusive supervision and co-worker incivility) on work performance among frontline employees (FLEs) based on the conservation of resources (COR) theory. The intervening effects of work stress and proactive personality are also investigated in the relationships. Self-administered structured questionnaires and structural equation models are utilized to analyse data collected from 330 FLEs. Both stressors are better suited to determine work-related stress, but stress is not a significant predictor of performance. Abusive supervision is significantly connected to a proactive personality, and that proactive personality is connected significantly to work performance. Abusive supervision predicts a significant negative relationship with work performance, however co-worker incivility with work performance reverses. This endeavour integrates the association among variables with COR theory. The research findings will guide the supervisors of FLEs to work for any emerging economy.

How does leaders’ narcissistic rivalry impact employees’ service outcomes in the hospitality industry? A conservation of resources perspective

PurposeThis study examines how leaders’ narcissistic rivalry (LNR) affects the in-role performance (IRP) and proactive customer service performance (PCSP) of employees in the hospitality industry. Specifically, this study investigates the mediating role of psychological distress and the moderating role of locus of control (LOC) in the aforementioned relationships.Design/methodology/approachThis study administered a multi-wave, multi-source questionnaire survey with 323 employees working in 11 full-service hotels in China. Statistical analyses were performed using the PROCESS macro in SPSS 26 software and structural equation modeling using Mplus 8.3 software.FindingsThe authors' results suggest that LNR can negatively affect hospitality employees’ IRP and PCSP and that these relationships are mediated by psychological distress. Additionally, the impact of LNR on psychological distress can be lessened by internal LOC.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on leader narcissism by investigating how LNR affects IRP and PCSP among hospitality employees. Drawing on conservation of resources theory, this study also identifies a novel mediating mechanism (psychological distress) connecting LNR to hospitality employees’ service outcomes. Furthermore, this study reveals the moderating role of LOC in the relationship between LNR and psychological distress.

Hotel leaders' benevolent leadership, career management and employees' work engagement during COVID-19: a conservation of resources perspective

PurposeDrawing upon conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study aims to examine whether benevolent leadership from top hotel leaders can foster employees' work engagement during COVID-19 via two valued career-related resources, namely organizational career management (OCM) and individual career management (ICM). This study also proposes that the importance of ICM as a resource diminishes when ICM plays a prominent role.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were collected from 600 employees in 20 hotels located in a major tourist destination in Thailand during COVID-19. The data were analyzed using latent moderated mediation structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsThis study found that the relationship between hotel leaders' benevolent leadership and employees' work engagement was mediated by both OCM and ICM. Furthermore, as expected, this study found that the indirect effect of benevolent leadership via OCM was weaker when ICM was high.Practical implicationsThis study sheds light on the importance of hotel leaders and career management activities in promoting employees' work engagement. Thus, despite concerns that investing in career management activities might lead employees to manage themselves out of the organization, the current findings indicate otherwise.Originality/valueBased on the resource-gain perspective, this study contributes to the leadership and hospitality literature by being among the first to show that the influence of benevolent leadership on work engagement occurs through the simultaneous mediating roles of OCM and ICM. Moreover, this study contributes to the current debate about the interactive effects of OCM and ICM.

Impact of Workplace Bullying on Employee Intentions to Leave and Mediating Role of Employee Engagement: Banking Sector of Pakistan

Employee intentions to leave may entail expensive consequences for the organization. This study examined the mediating impact of employee engagement on the relationship between workplace bullying and employee intentions to leave. This study adopts a quantitative approach to find the relationship between variables. The data was collected from the banking sector of Pakistan through a random sampling technique using a self-administered questionnaire where 350 was the sample. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis showed that employee engagement substantially mediates the relationship between workplace bullying and the intention to leave the organization. However, workplace bullying and the intention to leave the organization are positively associated. The results were integrated from a conservation of resources perspective and recommendations for practice were made.

The Effect of Workplace Incivility Toward Expatriates on Their Service Innovation: A Conservation of Resources Perspective

ABSTRACT Drawing from the conservation of resources theory, this study explores when and how workplace incivility toward expatriates affects their service innovation, which is critical for the success of multinational hotels. Additionally, we examine work engagement as a mediator and expatriate collectivism as a moderator in the above relationship. Data were collected in the hospitality industry in China, and we found that workplace incivility impaired expatriate service innovation through reduced work engagement. Furthermore, our findings revealed that expatriate collectivism could serve as a mitigating factor against the adverse consequences of workplace incivility toward expatriates. Finally, we discussed the theoretical and practical implications of multinational hotel management strategies.

The bright and dark side of humble leadership for project success: A conservation of resources perspective

The bright and dark side of humble leadership for project success: A conservation of resources perspective

A conservation of resources perspective on public sector employee work engagement

AbstractResearch on how and when leader–member exchange (LMX) impacts work engagement in different public sector contexts and categories of employees is scarce. Utilising conservation of resources theory, we advance research on LMX and work engagement in two studies. Study 1 investigates the mediating role of a contextual resource (psychological safety) and an energy resource (job crafting) in a resource‐rich context, and Study 2 investigates the moderating role of a personal resource (optimism) in a resource‐poor context. Study 1 uses a three‐wave research design with employees from the engineering and technical divisions of an Irish public utility operating in the energy market and found that both psychological safety and job crafting functioned as partial mediators. Study 2 uses a sample of teachers and tutors from three Irish local authority education and training organisations and found that subordinate optimism moderated the LMX work engagement relationship. Our study findings highlight that both psychological safety and job crafting operated as important linking mechanisms and shed light on how LMX is linked to work engagement in the case of public utility employees. We also found that employee optimism provided an explanation of when it will impact work engagement with employees working in an education context. We highlight theory and practice implications.

The influence of multitasking on creative work involvement: a conservation of resources perspective

PurposeBased on conservation of resources theory, this study explored the relationship between multitasking and creative work involvement through the mediation of emotional exhaustion, taking regulatory focus as a first-stage moderator.Design/methodology/approachBased on a three-wave and two-source survey among a sample of 418 employees and 116 leaders, this study conducted multilevel analyses to examine the conceptual model.FindingsThe results showed that multitasking was negatively associated with creative work involvement and that emotional exhaustion mediated the relationship between multitasking and creative work involvement. Furthermore, promotion focus and prevention focus moderated the relationship between multitasking and emotional exhaustion and the indirect relationship between multitasking and creative work involvement via emotional exhaustion.Practical implicationsOrganizations can promote creative work involvement through interventions that reduce employees' multitasking or emotional exhaustion. In addition, supervisors should be aware of the different responses to multitasking exhibited by employees with different regulatory focuses and could potentially assign multiple tasks to employees with either a high promotion focus or a low prevention focus.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on multitasking and creative work involvement by exploring whether and how multitasking is related to creative work involvement.

Chinese students entrepreneurial career anchors, self-cultivation and the role of in-group collectivist values and gender: a conservation of resources perspective

ABSTRACT Using Conservation of Resources theory (COR) as our conceptual framework we investigate the relationship between the entrepreneurial career anchor (ECA) and self-cultivation (SC) values of Chinese business students. We additionally examine the moderating role of in-group collectivist values (IGVs) and the interaction of IGVs and gender in this relationship. Based on survey data from 643 undergraduate students attending a university in northern coastal China we found a positive relationship between ECA and SC. We also found that IGVs, in combination with gender as a covariate, moderated this relationship. Our study contributes to the international HRD literature by emphasising prospective graduates as a source of entrepreneurship, and the salience of the ECA in promoting self-cultivation. This is accentuated through IGVs and gender. Our findings have significant implications for international HRD education and the development of prospective graduates.