Understanding the role of meaningfulness of work: a moderated-mediation model of bullying during work from home
Abstract
Purpose
Drawing on conservation of resource (COR) theory, the authors investigated relationships between bullying during work from home, turnover intention and meaningfulness of work among home-based teleworkers.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors used three-wave data from 212 home-based teleworkers to investigate the authors' hypotheses.
Findings
Findings reveal that bullying during home-based teleworking exacerbates teleworkers' emotional exhaustion and intention to quit. Further, the authors also found that the interrelationship between bullying during work from home and the intention to leave was positively moderated by the meaningfulness of work.
Originality/value
The authors' research helps understand how bullying stimulates teleworkers' turnover intention. Further, the authors find a counterintuitive impact of the meaningfulness of work on the relationship between bullying during work and turnover intention. The findings will help managers better manage home-based teleworkers.
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Acknowledgements
Since submission of this article, the following author(s) have updated their affiliation(s): Sudhanshu Maheshwari and Ashneet Kaur are at the Department of Organisation and Leadership Studies, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, India.
Citation
Maheshwari, S., Kaur, A. and Varma, A. (2023), "Understanding the role of meaningfulness of work: a moderated-mediation model of bullying during work from home", Personnel Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2023-0121
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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