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

Sudhanshu Maheshwari (Department of Human Resource Management, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India)
Ashneet Kaur (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India)
Arup Varma (Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Personnel Review

ISSN: 0048-3486

Article publication date: 6 December 2023

Issue publication date: 16 October 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

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/approach

The authors used three-wave data from 212 home-based teleworkers to investigate the authors' hypotheses.

Findings

Findings 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/value

The 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.

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Acknowledgements

Since submission of this article, the following author(s) have updated their affiliation(s): Sudhanshu Maheshwari and Ashneet Kaur are at the Department of Organisation and Leadership Studies, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, India.

Citation

Maheshwari, S., Kaur, A. and Varma, A. (2024), "Understanding the role of meaningfulness of work: a moderated-mediation model of bullying during work from home", Personnel Review, Vol. 53 No. 7, pp. 1710-1728. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2023-0121

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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