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. 2023 Mar 2:14:889913.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.889913. eCollection 2023.

Family or otherwise: Exploring the impact of family motivation on job outcomes in collectivistic society

Samina Yaqoob  1 , Muhammad Ishtiaq Ishaq  2 , Mamoona Mushtaq  1 , Ali Raza  2
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Family or otherwise: Exploring the impact of family motivation on job outcomes in collectivistic society

Samina Yaqoob et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

The motive of the current research is to determine the influence of family motivation on intent to leave and job performance using self-determination theory. Moreover, this study also explores the moderating role of collectivistic culture and the mediating role of psychological meaningfulness on the relationship between family motivation and work outcomes. The data (N = 175) were collected from paramedical staff working in Pakistani public hospitals, and data was analyzed using PROCESS method. The findings revealed that family motivation enhanced employee job performance and lessened employees' intent to leave. At the same time, family motivation and psychological meaningfulness are stronger in highly collectivistic cultures compared to less collectivist cultures. This study extends the investigation of the newly developed construct of family motivation by focusing on psychological meaningfulness and collectivistic culture. Moreover, this study is the first to introduce psychological meaningfulness as a mediator and collectivistic culture as a moderator for the relationship between family motivation and employee job outcomes. This study provides several critical insights for the hospitals by exploring the importance of family motivation as a potential motivational resource for maintaining high employee job-performance levels and lessening the intent of employees to leave.

Keywords: collectivism; family motivation; intent to leave; job performance; psychological meaningfulness.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Moderating effect of collectivist culture on the relationship between family motivation and psychological meaningfulness.
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Conceptual model.
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