It is defined as a set of energetic forces that originates both within as well as beyond an individual’s being, to initiate work-related behavior, and to determine its form, direction, intensity, and duration.
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Idiosyncratic Deals and Organizational Performance: A Study of the Indian Travel Intermediaries Industry
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8434-6.ch005
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating mechanism of idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) content (e.g., task, career, flexibility) in the relationship between core self-evaluations - CSE (e.g., efficacy, esteem, stability, locus of control), employee outcomes (e.g., motivation, commitment, work engagement and organizational citizenship behavior), and the mediating mechanism of employee outcomes in the relationship between i-deals and organizational performance (e.g., productivity, growth, creativity). The hypotheses of the study were tested with the application of structural equation modelling on data collected from 141 employees working in 17 companies operating in the Indian travel intermediaries industry. The findings show that i-deals content positively and partially mediate the relationship between CSE and employee outcomes, and employee outcomes positively and fully mediate the relationship between i-deals content and organizational performance. Implications of the findings for both research and practice are discussed.