Enhancing the employee experience: exploring a global positive climate to influence key employee outcomes

Sarah McCallum, Jarrod Haar and Barbara Myers

Evidence-based HRM, 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 387-406

Abstract: Purpose - Organizational climates reflect employee perceptions of the way organizational culture is actualized and most studies explore one or two climates only. The present study uses a positive organizational behavior approach and conservation of resources theory to explore a global positive climate (GPC) encompassing five climates: perceive organizational support, psychosocial safety climate, organizational mindfulness, worthy work and inclusion climate. The GPC is used to predict employee engagement and job satisfaction, with psychological capital as a mediator. Beyond this, high performance work systems (HPWS) are included as a moderator of GPC to test the potential way HR practices might interact with positive climates to achieve superior outcomes. Design/methodology/approach - A large sample (n = 1,007) of New Zealand workers across a wide range of occupations and industries. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the data was used and moderated mediation tests were conducted. Findings - GPC is significantly related to psychological capital, employee engagement and job satisfaction, and while psychological capital also predicts the outcomes, and has some mediation effects on GPC influence, GPC remains significant. HPWS is significantly related to psychological capital only and interacts with GPC leading to the highest psychological capital and employee engagement. Significant moderated mediation effects are found, with the indirect effect of GPC increasing as HPWS increase. Research limitations/implications - This research is important because it provides empirical evidence around a GPC and shows how organizations and HRM managers can enhance key employee attitudes through building a strong climate and providing important HR practices. Originality/value - Beyond unique effects from GPC, the findings provide useful theoretical insights toward conservation of resources theory.

Keywords: Global positive climate; Psychological capital; Job satisfaction; Employee engagement; High performance work systems; Moderated mediation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1108/EBHRM-03-2022-0070

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