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Journal article
First online publication 2025
Personnel Review, 54, 8, 1897 - 1916
Purpose
Professional turnover intention has emerged as a significant global concern in the nursing profession, which is characterized by high job demands and widespread burnout, necessitating targeted interventions through HRM systems. Drawing on the JD-R model and the COR theory, this study seeks to examine a caravan of organizational and personal resources that can mitigate the adverse effects of work intensification and burnout on nurses’ turnover intentions.
Design/methodology/approach
Two-wave dyadic matched data (N = 204) were collected from nurses in the United States. A moderated serial mediation model was developed and tested using SPSS and Amos 29.
Findings
The findings of this study demonstrate that leadership emotional support mitigates employee burnout, which subsequently reduces professional turnover intention through a serial mediation process involving perceived organizational support and enhanced adaptability to work stress among nurses. Additionally, the study examines the protective buffering role of professional identity in alleviating the impact of burnout on turnover intention. Furthermore, the research offers empirical support for the mediating role of burnout in the relationship between work intensification and professional turnover intention.
Originality/value
Theoretically, this study advances existing turnover literature by shifting the focus from organizational to professional turnover, providing a novel perspective on how professional identity and adaptability to work stress influence nurses’ decisions to remain in or leave the profession. By integrating the JD-R model and COR theory, the study highlights the synergistic interaction between personal and contextual resources in forming resource caravans that mitigate burnout and professional turnover.
Journal article
Exploring Creative Thinking among Higher Education Students: A behavioural perspective
Published 2025
Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 10, 33, 107 - 112
Creative thinking is an essential competency for students of higher education. This study explores the relationships between personal characteristics, interpersonal relationships, and innovativeness in creative thinking among students at the Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka, Malaysia. Based on purposive sampling, the final data were drawn from 140 diploma and degree students enrolled in the Faculty of Business and Management. All three independent variables significantly predicted approximately 63.2% of the variation in creative thinking. However, personal characteristics and interpersonal relationships contribute considerably to creative thinking. The study emphasizes the importance of personal traits and behaviour in developing creativity among Malaysian undergraduates.
Journal article
Published 2025
Personnel review, 54, 5, 1178 - 1201
Purpose-This paper used Zikic's (2015) integrated framework for managing diversity to review the skilled migrant literature and explore reasons non-English-speaking background (NESB) skilled migrants (SMs) are disadvantaged in the host country recruitment market. This research examines organisations' role in attracting and facilitating the entry of NESB SMs to their organisations and embracing diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach-The authors conducted a systematic literature review following the integrated framework combining the intelligent career theory and the resource-based view. This framework allows the exploration of the challenges NESB SMs face with their career capital in the host country concerning the people management systems and processes organisations often use in recruitment. Findings-This review revealed multiple challenges NESB SMs face when negotiating their workplace transition in the host country destinations. The study shows that the underutilisation and underemployment among NESB SMs are partly caused by these SMs' foreign experiences but mainly by the host countries' "NESB SM-unfriendly" recruitment practices. It also uncovers gaps between macro, meso and micro levels in SM recruitment. Research limitations/implications-A limitation inherent in a systematic literature review is that the effectiveness of the search is contingent upon the quality of the search strings used. Second, the core themes in the synthesis were identified following Zikic's (2015) integrated framework and focused only on individual/micro factors of SMs and meso/organisational factors. Many other structural and contextual factors were not included in the review. This review is also limited to NESB SMs' recruitment. Nonetheless, this process helps us achieve the core aim set for this review, to explore the reasons behind the hardships NESB SMs face when searching for ways to enter the host professional job market and the role of organisations in attracting and facilitating NESB SMs' labour market entry. Originality/value-This research connected NESB SMs' micro-level difficulties to the meso layer of organisations' HRM policies. This review clarified the role of organisational strategic HRM in attracting and welcoming NESB SMs into their organisation before leveraging their career diversity. The findings from the review also assisted in extending Zikic's (2015) integrated framework.
Journal article
Published 2025
Journal of organizational effectiveness : people and performance
Purpose
Drawing on job demands-resources theory, this paper aims to investigate the impact of workplace spirituality on mindfulness and the subsequent effects of mindfulness on open innovation mindset and job embeddedness. Additionally, it examines the mediating role of mindfulness between workplace spirituality and key outcomes, including open innovation mindset and job embeddedness. Lastly, the study investigates the moderating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between workplace spirituality and mindfulness.
Design/methodology/approach
The research utilized multiple sampling techniques to collect data from employees across numerous sectors. A total of 197 viable responses were collected. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the proposed hypotheses.
Findings
The results indicate that workplace spirituality has a positive impact on mindfulness, which in turn increases employees’ job embeddedness and an open innovation mindset. Additionally, it was found that mindfulness mediates the relationship between workplace spirituality and both job embeddedness and open innovation mindset. Surprisingly and unexpectedly, the results indicate a negative moderating impact of self-efficacy between workplace spirituality and mindfulness.
Practical implications
Cultivating a sense of purpose and meaningful work, alongside mindfulness programs and recruitment practices focused on cultural fit, can enhance both employee retention and innovation.
Originality/value
Little to no research exists that clarifies how workplace spirituality impacts employees’ job embeddedness and an open innovation mindset. Notably, the mediating role of mindfulness remains unexplored. This study is among the first to explore the mediating role of mindfulness between workplace spirituality and outcomes such as job embeddedness and an open innovation mindset. Additionally, the moderating role of self-efficacy between workplace spirituality and mindfulness is almost absent in the existing literature. Lastly, the unexpected findings on the role of self-efficacy in this study open fresh avenues for future research.
Journal article
Published 2025
International journal of manpower, 46, 4, 676 - 696
Purpose
Promoting a safe workplace for everyone is a key tenet of Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG-8), which focuses on promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all. Therefore, this study explores how responsible leadership ensures a psychologically safe workplace for everyone, leveraging employee-oriented human resource management. Specifically, drawing on signalling theory, this study aims to examine the impact of responsible leadership on employee-oriented HRM and the subsequent effect of employee-oriented HRM on employees' psychological safety. Furthermore, it investigates the mediating role of employee-oriented HRM in the relationship between responsible leadership and psychological safety.
Design/methodology/approach
Data was collected from banking professionals through a survey questionnaire. A total of 270 samples were collected using both online and face-to-face data collection strategies. The data was analysed using the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach.
Findings
The findings reveal that responsible leadership ensures employee-oriented HRM, which subsequently enhances employees' psychological safety. Further, the results suggest that employee-oriented HRM acts as a mediator between responsible leadership and psychological safety.
Originality/value
Past studies have often emphasized HRM practices as antecedents of various attitudes and behaviours. The present study offers a novel contribution by conceptualizing and empirically validating employee-oriented HRM as a mechanism that links responsible leadership and psychological safety. It stands as the first of its kind to establish this significant relationship, shedding new light on the dynamics between responsible leadership, HRM practices and employees' sense of psychological safety.
Journal article
Published 2025
Environment, development and sustainability, 27, 7, 15727 - 15754
This study examines the effects of organizational financial capacity on sustainable procurement and the extent to which socially responsible human resource capability and sustainability leadership mediate this relationship. Data obtained from 322 organizations through quantitative surveys were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results suggest the following: financial capacity has a significant positive effect on sustainable procurement; financial capacity has a significantly positive effect on socially responsible human resource capability; sustainability leadership and socially responsible human resource capability mediate the positive effect of financial capacity on sustainable procurement. The research contributes to the literature a perspective on the mechanisms through which organizational financial capacity influences sustainable procurement via socially responsible human resource capability and sustainability leadership. The insights provided will inform management decisions and actions regarding how organizational finance can be leveraged strategically to optimize sustainable corporate practices and outcomes.
Journal article
Construct Development for Resilient Leadership Model : A View from Malaysian SMEs
Published 2024
International Journal of Organizational Leadership, 13, 2, 251 - 274
Entrepreneurs need to be more resilient. As economic disruptions are inevitable, organizations need to have resilient leaders. Resilient organizations possess the capacity to sustain favorable transformations and successfully navigate numerous hurdles during periods of crisis or adversity. The purpose of this research is to develop a new measurement tool for resilient leadership within the context of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia. Despite vast empirical evidence on the topic of leadership toward sustainable performance, validated assessments of resilient leadership are still underexplored. Therefore, the researchers initiated a quantitative research approach by gathering data from 100 SME leaders across various industries. The newly developed resilient leadership questionnaires were electronically distributed to the respondents. The data was analyzed using SPSS 26.0. The data analysis comprised descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, and exploratory factor analysis. The results revealed and verified six-dimensions of resilient leadership, which include adaptability, emotional intelligence, visionary, spiritual intelligence, growth mindset, and internal ecosystem. The measurement scale developed, and the factor structure produced can be used to assess and develop more resilient leaders that could help to sustain business performance among SMEs. The inclusion of a spiritual element into the model adds value and provides a holistic view of a resilient leadership model that is not only applicable to the context of SMEs in Malaysia but also across borders.
Journal article
Spirit at work and its impact on employee outcomes in Australian higher education
Published 2024
Studies in higher education (Dorchester-on-Thames)
This study adopted a mixed methods approach, with the quantitative element forming the core component and the qualitative dimension assuming the supplementary component to assess Job Satisfaction (JS) and Organisational Commitment (OC) as mediators in the relationship between Spirit at Work (SAW) and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) within the Australian higher education sector. It is expected that by 2025, job satisfaction and burnout will cause large numbers of academic staff to leave Australian universities. Regression and structural equation modelling analysed the study's quantitative data. NVivo was used to analyse qualitative data. The findings illustrate that SAW significantly predicts OCB, JS and OC. Most notably, the results indicate no significant differences between the permanent and casual staff's level of SAW and none between their JS, OC and OCB levels. This finding contradicts previous research. The overall findings in this article further highlight necessary changes to Australian universities' current management and leadership approaches to create more satisfied and committed employees.
Journal article
Published 2024
International journal of intercultural relations, 100, 101977
This study investigates the employment transition among Vietnamese skilled migrants in Australia and examines the cultural factors that influence this transition. Employing a qualitative approach, we conducted fifty semi-structured interviews with Vietnamese skilled migrants who migrated to Australia within the last five years and twelve interviews with Australian recruiters to gain further insights into the barriers skilled migrants face. The findings highlighted the cultural challenges encountered by Vietnamese skilled migrants as they moved from Vietnam to Australia, two countries of great cultural distance. Without cultural adaptation support, most skilled migrants had to experience career setbacks before recognising and devising strategies to overcome these hurdles. This study emphasises the need for specialised human resource management (HRM) interventions and strategies that account for the cultural dimensions influencing employment outcomes for this international mobile workforce. Additionally, it calls for future research to expand beyond the examination of skilled migrants’ human and social capital and incorporate various contextual factors in investigating the employment journey of skilled migrants.
Journal article
Diversity climate: discrimination against skilled migrants in recruitment
Published 2024
Asia Pacific journal of human resources, 62, 1, e12393
Management literature suggests that diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds are crucial to innovation in modern organisations. However, in practice, distinctive backgrounds and experiences may be subject to discrimination, which can act as barriers to securing employment. This study involved 62 in-depth interviews, 50 with skilled migrants (SMs) and 12 with recruiters, exploring discrimination in recruitment practices experienced by Vietnamese SM job seekers. The findings indicate that while racial discrimination was not considered a significant barrier to employment for Vietnamese SMs, local recruiters did not consider their overseas-acquired work experience relevant. This excluded them from the recruitment pool. The study calls for more robust measures of inclusion considerations in recruitment and selection processes to be in place. Organisations need to develop a clear recruitment inclusion policy to balance the economic benefits candidates can bring to the organisation soon after joining and the long-term benefits a diverse workforce creates.