scholarly journals EXAMINING THE ROLE OF SUPPORT FOR CREATIVITY IN DETERMINING CREATIVITY; MEDIATING ROLE OF EPISTEMIC CURIOSITY AND MODERATING ROLE OF TRUST IN LEADERSHIP

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Sarah Zafar

The current study examined the role of support for creativity in determining creativity with the mediating role of epistemic curiosity and moderating role of trust in leadership. Data were collected from 321 employees working in telecom sector of Pakistan situated in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Sialkot and Lahore. Regression analysis suggested that support for creativity is positively associated with creativity and epistemic curiosity, whereas, there is a positive relationship between epistemic curiosity and creativity. Epistemic curiosity further mediates the relationship between support for creativity and creativity of employees, while trust in leadership moderates the relationship between Support for creativity and creativity of employees. Results are discussed in the light of existing environment in the private sector organizations of Pakistan. The paper concludes by discussing study limitations and future research directions.

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110555
Author(s):  
Bülent Dilmaç ◽  
Ali Karababa ◽  
Tolga Seki ◽  
Zeynep Şimşir ◽  
M. Furkan Kurnaz

The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of state anxiety in the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and relationship happiness among married individuals. An additional aim of the study also tested the moderating role of joint family activities between state anxiety and relationship happiness. The study sample consisted of 1713 married individuals (1031 women and 682 men). The study findings showed both the significant direct associations among the studied variables and the mediating role of state anxiety in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and relationship happiness. It also found that the path of state anxiety to relationship happiness among married individuals having family activities was significantly lower than those who did not. Directions for future research and application were discussed.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Sijal Mehmood ◽  

The current study evaluated the impact of ethical leadership on employee creativity, with the mediating role of trust in leadership, while taking creative self efficacy as the moderator between trust and creativity. The data were collected from the 126 employees working in private sector organizations from Rawalpindi Islamabad region. The findings of the study indicated that ethical leadership is positively and significantly associated with the employee creativity as well as trust; whereas, trust in leadership partially mediates the relationship between the two. Similarly, the results confirmed that creative self-efficacy positively moderates the relationship between trust in leadership and employee creativity. Study implications and recommendations are also discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-248
Author(s):  
Alvaro Sicilia ◽  
Manuel Alcaraz-Ibáñez ◽  
Delia C. Dumitru ◽  
Adrian Paterna ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths

Fitness-related self-conscious emotions (SCEs) have been proposed as antecedents of exercise addiction (EA). However, the potential mechanisms underlying such a relationship remain unexplored. The present study examined the relationship between fitness-related SCEs and risk of EA, as well as the mediating role of passion for exercise. A total of 296 male runners (M = 40.35 years, SD = 10.69) completed a survey assessing weekly exercise frequency/hours, fitness-related SCEs, passion for exercise, and the risk of EA. The relationships between the study variables were examined using structural equation modeling. After controlling for age and weekly exercise frequency/hours, fitness-related SCEs of shame, guilt, and hubristic pride were positively associated with risk of EA. However, while guilt had direct effects on risk of EA, shame and hubristic pride showed indirect effects via obsessive passion. The results of the study are discussed, and some practical implications and future research directions are presented.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-22
Author(s):  
Maimoona Tariq ◽  

The Purpose of this study is to enhance the understanding of relationship between co-worker support, and project efficiency in the presence of mediating role of team cohesiveness and moderating role of Project culture. The context of this study is projects that are taking place in Pakistan. Data were collected from 100 participants, who participated in project as a team member, using structured questionnaire. Findings suggested that project efficiency is affected by co-coworker support in a positive manner, in the presence of team cohesiveness. Regression analysis for moderating and mediating variables was performed using Model 4 and 1 of the Process Macros for SPSS presented by Preacher and Hayes. It has been found that team cohesiveness mediates the relationship of co-worker support and project efficiency. Moreover, the project culture plays a moderating role on the relation of co-worker support and team cohesiveness. In the end the implications for project managers and future research are discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Craig

Prior research has established that having a low future orientation is associated with offending. Additionally, it has been found that being exposed to adverse childhood events such as physical abuse may lower one’s future orientation and increase one’s offending likelihood. One gap in this line of research concerns the potential mediating role of future orientation on the relationship between trauma and offending. The current study fills this gap in the literature using a sample of adjudicated delinquents from a large southern state. The results from the study partially support the hypotheses; while future orientation lowers the likelihood of offending and trauma exposure increases offending likelihood, future orientation does not appear to mediate the relationship between trauma exposure and crime. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.


Author(s):  
Yi Li ◽  
Mengqiu Ma

From the perspective of individual resource and social capital, this paper aims to explain how employees’ political skill affect their job satisfaction and turnover intention, through the mediating role of popularity. Using a sample of 237 dyad surveys from supervisors and employees in the Yangtze River Delta of China, we found that: 1) political skill is positively correlated with job satisfaction and negatively correlated with turnover intention, and that these correlations are partially mediated by individual popularity; 2) positive affect (PA) moderates the relationship between political skill and job satisfaction, and negative affect (NA) moderates the relationship between political skill and turnover intention. The implications of our findings and future research directions are discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Muhammad Arif Khattak ◽  
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Muzammal Ilyas Sindhu ◽  
Aftab Haider ◽  
Syeda Faiza Urooj ◽  
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The current study explored the relationship between procedural justice and organizational commitment with the moderating role of pay satisfaction. Furthermore, it also aimed to identify the impact of pay satisfaction on organizational commitment. The study was conducted based on the data collected from 400 employees from the telecom sector. The results of study revealed positive and significant impact of procedural justice and pay satisfaction on organizational commitment. It was also found that procedural justice plays a positive and significant role in enhancing organizational commitment behavior. Finally, the findings further suggested that pay satisfaction positively moderates the relationship between procedural justice and organizational commitment. Implications and suggestions are discussed for future research.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peizhen Sun ◽  
Jennifer J. Chen ◽  
Hongyan Jiang

Abstract. This study investigated the mediating role of coping humor in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and job satisfaction. Participants were 398 primary school teachers in China, who completed the Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, Coping Humor Scale, and Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. Results showed that coping humor was a significant mediator between EI and job satisfaction. A further examination revealed, however, that coping humor only mediated two sub-dimensions of EI (use of emotion and regulation of emotion) and job satisfaction. Implications for future research and limitations of the study are discussed.


2020 ◽  
pp. 251512742097966
Author(s):  
Birgitte Wraae ◽  
Candida Brush ◽  
Shahrokh Nikou

Significant research explores effectiveness of entrepreneurial curriculum, teaching innovations and programs, but less often studied is the role of entrepreneurship educators. The way that the educator sees his or her role relative to the students is of critical importance because this directly influences pedagogy choices, expectations for students and learning outcomes, as well as job satisfaction. While recent studies propose typologies characterizing pedagogical approaches of educators, few of these are based on the data from entrepreneurship educators. Framed within role identity theory, we conducted 13 in–depth interviews to examine how entrepreneurship educators perceive their role. Using the qualitative data analysis tool (NVivo), we analyzed how the relationship between their perceptions of their role and core value orientation is connected to teaching approaches. Results show that these educators view their roles as teacher-focused, network-focused, or student-focused and that these perspectives are associated with different perceptions of students’ role and learning objectives. Further, we find different levels of emphasis on roles and that personal core values are differentially linked to these roles. Implications and future research directions are discussed.


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