Eldercare demand may inhibit workplace social courage through fear of negative evaluation: moderating role of family supportive supervisory behavior

Shahida Mariam (), Muhammad Nawaz Qaisar (), Farooq Ahmad (), Hafiz Ghufran Ali Khan () and Ayesha Shafique ()
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Shahida Mariam: International Islamic University
Muhammad Nawaz Qaisar: National Accountability Bureau
Farooq Ahmad: Fatima Jinnah Women University
Hafiz Ghufran Ali Khan: International Islamic University
Ayesha Shafique: International Islamic University

Review of Managerial Science, 2023, vol. 17, issue 8, No 8, 2869-2895

Abstract: Abstract A dearth of employees' social courage impedes positive work outcomes. Understanding the antecedents, mechanisms, and conditions that influence workplace social courage could promote better results at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Using the stressor-strain-outcome model, conservation of resource theory, and the social exchange theory, we investigated a conditional mechanism to explain how and when people with eldercare responsibilities are likely to practice lower social courage at work. The mediating mechanism of employees’ fear of negative evaluation by their supervisors explains this relationship under the moderating effect of family supportive supervisory behavior. The empirical analysis is based on data collected from 205 public, private, and corporate sector employees having eldercare demand, in a three-wave field survey across Pakistan. The results showed that eldercare demand is positively linked to fear of negative evaluation, which reduces workplace social courage. Family supportive supervisory behavior buffered the effect of eldercare demand on fear of negative evaluation, weakening its negative effect on workplace social courage. Compared with another sample of 214 employees without eldercare, the employees with eldercare demand reported significantly higher fear of negative evaluation and lower workplace social courage. Findings show that employers need to minimize the fear of negative evaluation among employees to realize positive work outcomes related to workplace social courage. Family supportive supervisory behavior may be an excellent strategy for employees with eldercare obligations to dilute the negative implications of fear of negative evaluation and improve workplace social courage.

Keywords: Eldercare demand; Family supportive supervisory behavior; Fear of negative evaluation; Workplace social courage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J81 J83 M10 M12 M14 M19 M54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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