Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2018
Keywords
culture, cross‐cultural management, individualism–collectivism, job resources, job satisfaction, multilevel modeling, turnover intentions, uncertainty avoidance
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2253
Abstract
The job demands–resources model is a dominant theoretical framework that describes the influence of job demands and job resources on employee strain. Recent research has highlighted that the effects of job demands on strain vary across cultures, but similar work has not explored whether this is true for job resources. Given that societal characteristics can influence individuals' cognitive structures and, to a lesser extent, values in a culture, we address this gap in the literature and argue that individuals' strain in reaction to job resources may differ across cultures. Specifically, we theorize that the societal cultural dimensions of individualism–collectivism and uncertainty avoidance shape individual‐level job resource–strain relationships, as they dictate which types of resources (i.e., individual vs. group preference‐oriented and uncertainty‐reducing vs. not) are more likely to be valued, used, or effective in combating strain within a culture. Results revealed that societal individualism–collectivism and uncertainty avoidance independently moderated the relationships between certain job resources (i.e., job control, participation in decision making, and clear goals and performance feedback) and strain (i.e., job satisfaction and turnover intentions). This study expands our understanding of the cross‐cultural specificity versus generalizability of the job demands–resources model.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Organizational Behavior, v. 39, issue 4, p. 507-524
Scholar Commons Citation
Jang, Seulki; Shen, Winny; Allen, Tammy D.; and Zhang, Haiyan, "Societal Individualism–Collectivism and Uncertainty Avoidance as Cultural Moderators of Relationships between Job Resources and Strain" (2018). Psychology Faculty Publications. 2408.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/2408
