The Mediating Roles of Happiness and Cohesion in the Relationship between Employee Volunteerism and Job Performance

Seunghee Im, Yang Woon Chung and Ji Yeon Yang
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Seunghee Im: Department of Business Administration, University of Suwon, 17 Wauan-gil, Bongdam-eup, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do 445-743, Korea
Yang Woon Chung: Department of Business Administration, University of Suwon, 17 Wauan-gil, Bongdam-eup, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do 445-743, Korea
Ji Yeon Yang: Department of Global Business, University of Suwon, 17 Wauan-gil, Bongdam-eup, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do 445-743, Korea, jiyyang@suwon.ac.kr

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-13

Abstract: This study investigated the mediating effects of happiness and cohesion in the relationship between employee volunteerism, in-role behavior, and helping behavior. The study surveyed 312 full-time employees in South Korea, and regression analyses and the bootstrapping method were used to test the hypotheses. The study found happiness and cohesion to mediate the relationships between employee volunteerism and in-role and helping behavior. The findings suggest that employee volunteerism can promote a healthy working environment through increased feelings of happiness and cohesion as well as by improving performance behaviors.

Keywords: employee volunteerism; happiness; cohesion; in-role behavior; helping behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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