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Front. Organ. Psychol.
Sec. Performance and Development
Volume 2 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/forgp.2024.1451564

POSITIVE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN JOB DESIGN AND EMPLOYEE BEHAVIOR: FUTURE GENERATION PERSPECTIVE

Provisionally accepted
Nandini Melagiri Hanumanthappa Nandini Melagiri Hanumanthappa 1*Shakti Chaturvedi Shakti Chaturvedi 2
  • 1 REVA University, Bengaluru, India
  • 2 School of Business Studies, Vidyashilp University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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    This research examines mediating role of positive social psychology (PSP) between the job design (JBD) and the employee behavior (BEH), addressing the evolving needs of the future workforce. Traditional JBD models often emphasize operational efficiency at the expense of employee's psychological requirements. Integrating PSP boosts both individualistic and collective well-being in the workplace. Data from 484 IT professionals in Bengaluru, India, were analyzed to test a framework incorporating supervisor behavior (SUP), organizational socialization (ORS), advancement opportunities (ADV), innovation support (INN), and technology adaptation (TEC). Various analytical methods, including mean analysis, multiple regression, item correlations, one-way ANOVA, and independent sample t-tests, were used alongside Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to assess the proposed model.The findings indicate that JBD significantly influences both BEH and PSP, with a mean score of 3.95, suggesting JBD is viewed favorably by respondents. Strong correlations exist between JBD and both SUP and BEH, with statistical significance at 1%. Gender also significantly affects perceptions of job design, with a p-value below 0.05 impacting PSP. These results highlight the need for prioritizing PSP in the IT sector to enhance employee wellbeing and efficiency. The study advocates for companies to include psychological factors into job design to improve retention and address diverse employee needs, fostering a more inclusive and successful workforce.

    Keywords: positive social psychology, Job design, Employee behavior, future generation, Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM)

    Received: 05 Jul 2024; Accepted: 20 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Hanumanthappa and Chaturvedi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Nandini Melagiri Hanumanthappa, REVA University, Bengaluru, India

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