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Workplace loneliness and job performance: moderating role of person-environment fit

Sumi Jha (Department of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India)

Industrial and Commercial Training

ISSN: 0019-7858

Article publication date: 16 February 2023

Issue publication date: 22 March 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper was to study the effect of workplace loneliness on job performance. This paper also examined the mediating role of employee well-being and psychological safety and the moderating role of person–environment fit (PE fit).

Design/methodology/approach

A multi-rated research design was used to collect data. Data were collected from 382 employees and their 97 supervisors of various Indian organizations. The data of job performance was collected from the supervisor of every team. The questionnaire for data collection was distributed at two different time intervals to reduce common method bias.

Findings

The findings of this paper supported the role of PE fit in minimizing the negative effect of workplace loneliness–well-being relationship and workplace loneliness and psychological safety relationship. The model also tested the association between workplace loneliness and job performance when the relationship is moderated by PE fit and mediated by well-being and psychological safety.

Originality/value

This paper examines the workplace loneliness from the lens of PE fit theory.

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Citation

Jha, S. (2023), "Workplace loneliness and job performance: moderating role of person-environment fit", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. 55 No. 2, pp. 213-233. https://doi.org/10.1108/ICT-06-2022-0041

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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