The Impact of Job Insecurity and Distributive Injustice Post COVID-19 on Social Loafing Behavior among Hotel Workers: Mediating Role of Turnover Intention

Mansour A. Alyahya, Ibrahim A. Elshaer and Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih
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Mansour A. Alyahya: Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim A. Elshaer: Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Abu Elnasr E. Sobaih: Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa 31982, Saudi Arabia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 19, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has severe psychological and psychosocial impacts on hotel workers. This study examines the causal direct impact of both job insecurity and distributive injustice, which were common in hotels post COVID-19, on social loafing behavior among hotel workers, and the indirect impact through turnover intention. Data were collected from 850 hotels workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Using results obtained through structural equation modeling (SEM), the spread of both job insecurity and distributive injustice positively and significantly influences turnover intention among hotel workers post the COVID-19 pandemic. The results also found that turnover intention fully mediates the influence of both distributive injustices on social loafing behavior. On the other side, it partially mediates job insecurity on social loafing behavior among hotel workers. Implications for scholars and practitioners as well as limitations of current research are discussed.

Keywords: social loafing; job insecurity; distributive injustice; turnover intention; COVID-19; Social Exchange Theory (SET); hotels (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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