The Role of Filial Piety in the Relationships between Work Stress, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intention: A Moderated Mediation Model

Jianfeng Li, Hongping Liu, Beatrice van der Heijden and Zhiwen Guo
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Jianfeng Li: Business School, Hubei University, 368 Youyi Ave., Wuchang District, Wuhan 430062, China
Hongping Liu: School of Economic and Business Administration, Central China Normal University, 152 Luoyu Ave., Hongshan District, Wuhan 430079, China
Beatrice van der Heijden: Business School, Hubei University, 368 Youyi Ave., Wuchang District, Wuhan 430062, China
Zhiwen Guo: Business School, Hubei University, 368 Youyi Ave., Wuchang District, Wuhan 430062, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: In China, filial piety, which usually refers to showing respect and obedience to parents, has exerted an important effect in the relationship between work stress and turnover intention. However, the mechanism behind this effect is still unclear. To address this gap in the existing literature, we developed and tested a moderated mediation model of the relationship that work stress shares with job satisfaction and turnover intention. In accordance with the dual filial piety model and the stress-moderation model, our hypothesized model predicted that the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between work stress and turnover intention would be moderated by reciprocal filial piety (RFP) and authoritarian filial piety (AFP). The analytic results of data that were obtained from 506 employees of manufacturing industries in China supported this model. Specifically, RFP and AFP, as a contextualized personality construct, positively moderated the direct relationship between work stress and turnover intention as well as the corresponding indirect effect through job satisfaction. In particular, RFP and AFP strengthened the positive effect of work stress on turnover intention. Based on these findings, recommendations to help employees fulfill their filial duties and reduce the effect of work stress on turnover intention among employees of Chinese manufacturing industries are delineated.

Keywords: filial piety; reciprocal filial piety; authoritarian filial piety; work stress; job satisfaction; turnover intention (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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