Belal Albashiti, Zeeshan Hamid and Mohammed Aboramadan
Building on conservation of resources theory and unfolding theory of turnover, this paper aims to propose a model of the effects of despotic leadership on employees’ job…
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Purpose
Building on conservation of resources theory and unfolding theory of turnover, this paper aims to propose a model of the effects of despotic leadership on employees’ job satisfaction and turnover intention in the hospitality industry. In this model, the authors theorize psychological distress to play an intervening role among the aforesaid linkages.
Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected in three-waves from 212 employees working in Palestinian restaurants. A covariance-based matrix in structural equation modeling was used to verify the proposed linkages in the study. A marker variable was used to control the common method bias.
Findings
The results showed that despotic leadership has a direct negative effect on job satisfaction and a positive indirect effect on turnover intentions. Besides, psychological distress showed to play significant mediating effects among the aforementioned relationships.
Practical implications
This study gives insights to the hospitality industry on how despotic leadership can be destructive and lead to negative consequences.
Originality/value
This study is unique, as it is the first study conducted on despotic leadership in a hospitality setting. The study responded to scholarly calls made to enrich the literature pertaining to despotic leadership and its outcomes.
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Mohammed Aboramadan, Yasir Mansoor Kundi, Eissa Elhamalawy and Belal Albashiti
Building on the social exchange theory and the norm of reciprocity, this study examines the effect of high-performance work systems (HPWS) during the COVID-19 pandemic on…
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Purpose
Building on the social exchange theory and the norm of reciprocity, this study examines the effect of high-performance work systems (HPWS) during the COVID-19 pandemic on employee's risk-taking behavior and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Among the aforementioned links, perceived safety climate was theorized as a mediating mechanism.
Design/methodology/approach
Multisource and time-lagged data were gathered from a sample of employees and their supervisors working in Palestinian nonprofit organizations.
Findings
HPWS were shown to boost risk-taking behavior during COVID-19 pandemic. The direct effect between HPWS and OCB was not significant. Furthermore, safety climate mediated the effect of HPWS on both risk-taking behavior and OCB.
Practical implications
The study's findings can be used by managers with regard to the utility of HPWS during times of crises and their impact on important behavioral outcomes.
Originality/value
HRM scholars have started to look at how HR practices can be useful in helping to overcome a pandemic. However, limited empirical knowledge is available on the effects of HPWS on employees' work outcomes during crises. The study is aimed at addressing the aforementioned gap.
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Mohammed Aboramadan, Belal Albashiti, Hatem Alharazin and Souhaila Zaidoune
The purpose of this paper is to examine the links between organizational culture, innovation and banks’ performance in Palestine.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the links between organizational culture, innovation and banks’ performance in Palestine.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were gathered from 186 employees working in the Palestinian banking sector. The data gathered were analyzed using the PLS-SEM approach.
Findings
The findings of the study show that organizational culture and marketing innovation have a positive impact on banks’ performance. Moreover, it was found that marketing performance partially mediates the relationship between organizational culture and banks’ performance.
Practical implications
The paper may be of use for banks managers to create an organizational culture, which fosters both innovation and performance.
Originality/value
The paper is unique as it examines organizational culture, innovation and performance links in a non-western context.
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Mohammed Aboramadan, Belal Albashiti, Hatem Alharazin and Khalid Abed Dahleez
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of human resource management (HRM) practices on organizational commitment in Palestinian universities, and to examine the…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of human resource management (HRM) practices on organizational commitment in Palestinian universities, and to examine the mediating effect of work engagement as a black-box mechanism that defines HRM practices–organizational commitment relationship.
Design/methodology/approach
The source of the data is from 237 employees (academics and administrative staff) from Palestinian universities. The authors used structural equation modeling to verify the hypotheses.
Findings
The results reveal that HRM practices have a significant impact on employee organizational commitment in higher education. In addition, work engagement showed a significant mediating effect between performance appraisal and organizational commitment on the one hand, and between rewards and compensation and organizational commitment on the other hand.
Practical implications
The study suggests university managers to capitalize on HRM practices as vehicle to trigger positive work-related attitudes.
Originality/value
The study contributes to the literature by examining the impact of HRM practices on organizational commitment through the mediation role of work engagement in higher education of a non-western context. The study is one of the few studies that is conducted in the middle east.
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Mohammed Aboramadan, Abderrahman Hassi, Hatem Jamil Alharazin, Khalid Abed Dahleez and Belal Albashiti
As volunteering research in nonprofit organizations is growing significantly, the purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of volunteering drivers and work engagement on…
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Purpose
As volunteering research in nonprofit organizations is growing significantly, the purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of volunteering drivers and work engagement on volunteer continuation will.
Design/methodology/approach
Building on empirical and theoretical perspectives, the authors hypothesized that work engagement mediates the relationship between volunteering drivers and volunteer continuation will. To verify our hypotheses, we examined data collected from 372 active volunteers from Palestinian nonprofit organizations. The authors conducted structural equations modeling (SEM) analyses using the AMOS 24 platform to investigate direct and indirect effects.
Findings
The results of the study show that work engagement is a significant predictor of volunteer continuation will; mediates the relationship between career driver of volunteering and volunteer continuation will; and mediates the relationship between the protective driver of volunteering and volunteer continuation will.
Research limitations/implications
The research design limits establishing cause and effect relationships among the examined variables.
Practical implications
The results of the current study may be of use for nonprofit organizations managers formulating effective recruitment and training policies to retain their volunteers.
Originality/value
The paper contributes to the limited empirical body of the volunteering research. The study is novel as it is one of the few studies conducted using data coming from a non-western context.