Social Undermining, Stress and Well-Being: A Mediation Mechanism

Farooq Anwar and Julian Paul Sidin
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Farooq Anwar: Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia, Sabah, Malaysia
Julian Paul Sidin: Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia, Sabah, Malaysia

International Journal of Business and Economic Affairs (IJBEA), 2016, vol. 1, issue 1, 86-92

Abstract: Social undermining of employees has drawn an unprecedented attention of academicians as well as practi-tioners especially over last couple of decades. The purpose of the study is to explore the e ects of social undermining ofemployee/s thus leading to augmenting the stress level and ultimately a ecting negatively the well being of employeesworking in Banking Sector of Pakistan. Data was drawn from a sample size of 376 respondents selected on the basisof strati ed sampling technique. The results proved that social undermining increased stress and caused to reduce thewell-being of employees which was in line with the a ective event theory. The study was helpful in providing a guidelinefor researchers working on the role of various mistreatments including social undermining and to better comprehend themediating nature of stress among said relationship. It also paved the way for new researchers and practioners in workingon the multifaceted nature of mistreatments among employees.

Keywords: Mistreatment; Social undermining; Stress; Employee well bein (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.24088/IJBEA-2016-11011

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