1. How does line-manager support enhance worker wellbeing? A study in China
- Author
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Peter Boxall, Gordon W. Cheung, Meng-Long Huo, Huo, ML, Boxall, P, and Cheung, GW
- Subjects
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Strategy and Management ,05 social sciences ,050401 social sciences methods ,job demands-resources model ,line-manager support ,Job demands-resources model ,0504 sociology ,effort-reward imbalance model ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,employee wellbeing ,0502 economics and business ,Industrial relations ,Intrinsic motivation ,distributive justice ,Business ,Business and International Management ,Marketing ,Distributive justice ,China ,intrinsic motivation ,050203 business & management ,Line management - Abstract
Drawing on the job demands-resources and effort-reward imbalance models, this study investigates the mediating roles of intrinsic motivation and distributive justice in the relationships between line-manager support and employee wellbeing (job satisfaction, work engagement and physical health). Responses to a survey of 357 front-line workers in a Chinese manufacturer were analysed through structural equation modelling. We find, in this context, that line managers are a strong determinant of employee wellbeing when they foster the intrinsic motivation of employees and their perceptions of organisational justice. Such findings are helpful for our understanding of attitudes in the Chinese workforce and underline the value of analysing multiple mediating mechanisms and multiple wellbeing outcomes in human resource management-wellbeing research. Refereed/Peer-reviewed
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- 2020