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Title Empirical Investigation of Resource Mechanisms that enable Psychological Safety as Potential Determinant of Dual Pathway Consequences: Evidence from Software Houses in Pakista

Author(s) Mehwish Batool

Abstract The dynamic and highly growing work demands in Software Houses of Pakistan requires the employees to devote lots of their personal resources to cope with challenging realities, which further, necessitates conducive work settings where psychological safety of employees should be prioritized. Therefore, this research aims at empirically investigates the resources that can develop the most potential determinant of work outcomes i.e. psychological safety, which further prevents employees’ resources to deplete associated with negative work outcomes or enhances employees’ ability to invest their resources associated with positive work outcomes. Moreover, the study aims at fulfilling the theoretical gap in the literature of psychological safety processes by utilization the theoretical viewpoints of Conservation of Resource theory. Through purposive sampling, data from 350 software engineers working in the selected Software Houses, has been collected with the help of structured questionnaire. Regression Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis validates the hypothesized model as best fit. The results indicated that job resources are likely to engender resource investment or resource depletion to influence dual outcomes through the development of psychological safety. Psychological safety and resource investment mediated the impact of job resources on positive work outcomes, whereas, psychological safety and resource depletion mediated the impact of job resources on negative work outcomes. The research reported here extends the theoretical and empirical body of evidence regarding the holistic view how psychological safety develops and influence positive or negative work outcomes through underlying resource constructs. The findings cater the human resource managers of software houses with policies and procedures to create conducive work settings that can reduce unwanted work outcomes and promote beneficial ones. The research based on the limited sample size and research area (Rawalpindi and Islamabad), therefore, future research can be conducted with larger sample size and broader area for further validation.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Management Sciences

Department Management Sciences

Language English

Publication Date 2019-03-26

Subject HRM

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