The Nexus between Organisational Identification and Employees’ Behavioural Outcomes: Evidence from Ecotourism Businesses

Onijigin, Tayo; Özgit, Hale; Ilkhanizadeh, Shiva

doi:10.3390/su15118565

Sustainability

2023

DOI: 10.3390/su15118565

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The Nexus between Organisational Identification and Employees’ Behavioural Outcomes: Evidence from Ecotourism Businesses

Tayo Onijigin,

Hale Özgit,

Shiva Ilkhanizadeh

Abstract: This paper presents the mediating model, which covers the relationship between organisational identification and employees’ behavioural outcomes in ecotourism businesses. Drawing on social identity theory, this study theorises that perceived organisational support and perceived external prestige mediate the relationship between organisational identification, service quality, and creative performance in ecotourism businesses. This study employed a survey-based methodology and a 32-item questionnaire with a samp… Show more

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“…Social identity theory emphasizes an individual's sense of belonging to different social groups and suggests that social identity helps individuals define and establish their place in society [38]. According to [39], when employees identify with their organization, they are more likely to support it by participating in behaviors that benefit their organization. Corporate reputation is recognized as a significant managerial objective and can foster increased employee engagement [40].…”

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ESIB’s Antecedents: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Application in the Manufacturing Industry in Albania

Malaj,

Zaim,

Bayyurt

et al. 2023

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This study examined factors that might motivate employees to engage in social innovation. The objectives of this study were to identify the relative importance of factors that impact Employee Social Intrapreneurial Behavior (ESIB) in the manufacturing sector in Albania using an AHP approach and to select the best practice that can improve Employee Social Intrapreneurial Behavior (ESIB) on a company basis in the same sector by merging a linguistic method with the AHP approach. A questionnaire was designed to collect expert viewpoints. A standardized AHP scale ranging from 1 to 9 was used in the questionnaire. Fifteen managers and experts from four important manufacturing companies in Albania (Everest Shpk., Kamëz, Albania; Lufra Shpk., Lushnje, Albania; Ajka Shpk., Lushnje, Albania and F&M Shpk., Tirane, Albania) were contacted, and eleven of them expressed an interest in engaging in our study by ranking the importance of various criteria and sub-criteria. The findings suggest that the sub-components of the internal factor, such as superior relationship quality and expected image gains, have a combined importance of 50% in the local weights in the Albanian context. The two sub-components mentioned above remain significant in the analysis of global weights, accounting for 41% of global influence. These findings confirm Hofstede’s evaluation of the Albanian culture, where the power distance dimension ranks first, accounting for 90% of the variance and thus classifying the society as very hierarchical. In such a cultural context, people accept and try to please their leaders. Furthermore, high uncertainty avoidance determines individual motivation for financial gains in an unsecure economic environment. We proposed and examined two programs that businesses could implement to boost employee participation in innovative behaviors, and the results suggest that organizations should implement a program called the Workshop. The core idea of this program is to provide monthly workshops focusing on improving humorous situations that may have positive effects on ESIB. Due to the small number of participants in this study, a future study might want to examine the viewpoints of employees as well as other stakeholders, such as NGOs or legal institutions.

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ESIB’s Antecedents: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Application in the Manufacturing Industry in Albania

Malaj,

Zaim,

Bayyurt

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What does the past mean for the future? A meta-analysis of perceived organizational support in hospitality and tourism

Yan,

Zhang,

Choo

2024

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An empirical investigation into how employee integrity shapes work performance in the public sector

Konadu,

Opoku Mensah,

Koomson

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to test the hypotheses proposed by Konadu et al. (2023) for the first time and provide empirical insight on the subject. Corruption concerns affect all economies, but those attempting to avoid foreign grants are especially vulnerable. Stakeholders in these economies have pushed for more honest public sector (PS) workers and better oversight of public funds in an effort to build a more trustworthy and efficient government to improve PS performance. Just as the mechanisms through which employee integrity (EI) influences work performance (WP) have not been proven empirically, neither has the effect of EI on WP in African economies. Also, how purposeful leadership (PL) interacts with EI to boost WP is yet to be empirically examined in the integrity literature. Design/methodology/approach This paper surveyed and analysed the responses of 875 workers across the three most corrupt large PS organisations in Ghana using Smart PLS 4. Perceived organisational support and contract fulfilment functioned as control factors influencing job satisfaction (JS, a mediator). Psychological need satisfaction and perceived procedural justice serve as control factors for organisational identification (OI, an additional mediator). Education, tenure, job position, sex and age were used as control variables in WP. Product indicator and variance accounted for (VAF) methods were used to estimate the impacts of moderation and mediation, respectively. A 5% level of significance was determined. Findings As hypothesised, this study found that EI and WP had a significantly positive connection (ß = 0.119, p = 0.026), and both JS (VAF = 25.16%) and OI (VAF = 39.59%) partially mediated this connection. Moreover, PL positively moderated the EI–JS (ß = 0.155, p = 0.000) and EI–OI (ß = 0.095, p = 0.000) connections. Research limitations/implications This paper affords empirical insight on the EI–WP relationship, how this relationship is mediated and how the EI–JS and EI–OI relationships are amplified. In this context, it sheds light on new ways in which EI and WP in the PS are improved. In addition, this paper provides a roadmap for forthcoming academics to test the hypotheses in diverse PS contexts globally to triangulate the results. Practical implications Leadership in PS organisations must maintain a “values-grounded approach” to all parts of human resource (HR) practices, including hiring, performance reviews, leadership enhancement programmes, training and promotions, if they are to attract, develop and retain employees who stand for the sector’s ethics and beliefs. Social implications This research gives African nations proof that enhancing EI in the PS is important, and it lays out the many ways in which EI transforms into WP. It also draws attention to the challenges that purposeful leaders may help alleviate and the opportunities that they may present. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the hypotheses put forward in the conceptual research by Konadu et al. (2023) are tested empirically for the first time in this study. It also adds to the empirical literature that already exists on EI, JS, OI, WP and PL in the PS. This contributes to the disciplines of integrity, performance and leadership by enhancing theoretical frameworks and expanding upon existing knowledge.

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The Nexus between Organisational Identification and Employees’ Behavioural Outcomes: Evidence from Ecotourism Businesses

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References 71 publications

ESIB’s Antecedents: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Application in the Manufacturing Industry in Albania

ESIB’s Antecedents: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Application in the Manufacturing Industry in Albania

What does the past mean for the future? A meta-analysis of perceived organizational support in hospitality and tourism

An empirical investigation into how employee integrity shapes work performance in the public sector

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