Organizational embeddedness and life satisfaction among star-rated hotel employees in Accra: The role of perceptions of organizational politics and job satisfaction

Work engagement, organizational embeddedness, and life satisfaction among frontline employees of star-rated hotels in Ghana

“…The present study adds to the literature by extending knowledge on hotel employees’ organizational embeddedness and life satisfaction. In a recent empirical study, Ampofo et al (2021) sampled employees from the hotel industry in Ghana and reported that job satisfaction mediated, while and perceptions of organizational politics moderated the nexus between organizational embeddedness and life satisfaction. However, Ampofo et al’s (2021) study failed to extend knowledge on organizational embeddedness and its dimensions and life satisfaction to the hotel industry.…”

“…In a recent empirical study, Ampofo et al (2021) sampled employees from the hotel industry in Ghana and reported that job satisfaction mediated, while and perceptions of organizational politics moderated the nexus between organizational embeddedness and life satisfaction. However, Ampofo et al’s (2021) study failed to extend knowledge on organizational embeddedness and its dimensions and life satisfaction to the hotel industry. The present study strengthens the argument that job embeddedness and its sub-dimensions are unique to a specific cultural context (Ramesh and Gelfand, 2010).…”

“…Past research has also shown that job embeddedness has the ability to explicate significant variance in nonwork outcomes, including life satisfaction (Ampofo et al, 2017). Although the job embeddedness literature abounds in the hotel industry (Ampofo 2020;Ferreira et al, 2017;Robinson et al, 2014), little is known about how job embeddedness relates to life satisfaction in the industry (Ampofo et al, 2021). Moreover, just innovative work behavior and job satisfaction have been identified as mediators in the association between job embeddedness and life satisfaction (Ampofo et al, 2018(Ampofo et al, , 2021.…”

“…Although the job embeddedness literature abounds in the hotel industry (Ampofo 2020;Ferreira et al, 2017;Robinson et al, 2014), little is known about how job embeddedness relates to life satisfaction in the industry (Ampofo et al, 2021). Moreover, just innovative work behavior and job satisfaction have been identified as mediators in the association between job embeddedness and life satisfaction (Ampofo et al, 2018(Ampofo et al, , 2021. The motivation of this research is to explore additional mediators in the job embeddedness-life satisfaction relationship.…”

“…The motivation of this research is to explore additional mediators in the job embeddedness-life satisfaction relationship. In this regard, the present study heeds to the call to examine work engagement as a potential mediator in the relationship (Ampofo et al, 2021). This is worth examining because embeddedness may spillover into life satisfaction through important work attitudes, such as work engagement.…”