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Understanding the role of meaningfulness of work: a moderated-mediation model of bullying during work from home

Understanding the role of meaningfulness of work: a moderated-mediation model of bullying during... 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/approachThe authors used three-wave data from 212 home-based teleworkers to investigate the authors' hypotheses.FindingsFindings 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/valueThe 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. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Personnel Review Emerald Publishing

Understanding the role of meaningfulness of work: a moderated-mediation model of bullying during work from home

Personnel Review , Volume 53 (7): 19 – Oct 16, 2024

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
0048-3486
DOI
10.1108/pr-02-2023-0121
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Abstract

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/approachThe authors used three-wave data from 212 home-based teleworkers to investigate the authors' hypotheses.FindingsFindings 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/valueThe 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.

Journal

Personnel ReviewEmerald Publishing

Published: Oct 16, 2024

Keywords: Home-based telework; Workplace bullying; Turnover intention; Meaningfulness of work

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