Uncovering the Indirect Impact of Work Ethic on Engineering Students’ Productivity through Positive and Negative Organizational Behaviors and Workaholism

Humayun Sattar, Tasweer Hussain Syed, Afshan Naseem, Yasir Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan Mirza and Masood Raza
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Humayun Sattar: Department of Engineering Management, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Tasweer Hussain Syed: Department of Engineering Management, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Afshan Naseem: Department of Engineering Management, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Yasir Ahmad: Department of Engineering Management, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Muhammad Zeeshan Mirza: Department of Engineering Management, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Masood Raza: Department of Engineering Management, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: The main objective of this study is to investigate the mediating effects of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), destructive deviant behaviors (DDB), constructive deviant behaviors (CDB), and workaholism (WA) in the relationship between work ethic (WE) and the productivity of engineering students. Another objective is to present a comprehensive holistic model of relationships of these organizational behaviors (OB), attitudes, and work ethic with the productivity. Structure equation modeling (SEM) and Hayes’ processes are used to analyze the hypothesized model. Data were randomly collected from 400 participants from the universities of Pakistan. The overall assessment of the model showed that WE indirectly effects productivity through mediating variables (OCB, DDB, CDB, WA). One of the implications of this finding is that education practitioners/planners should promote work ethic (considered essential for sustainable management practices by contemporary researchers also) among engineering students. This ethic will be reflected in students’ behaviors (enhanced positive behaviors/attitudes, i.e., OCB, CDB, and WA, and reduced negative behaviors i.e., DDB) which will in turn improve their productivity. The originality of this research lies in it being the first to explore the indirect effect of Islamic work ethic (IWE) on individuals’ productivity through OCB, DDB, CDB, and WA.

Keywords: organizational citizenship behavior (OCB); deviant behavior; destructive deviant behavior; constructive deviant behavior; work ethic; islamic work ethic; productivity; engineering students; developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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