How Job Insecurity Affects Innovative Work Behavior in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry? The Roles of Knowledge Hiding Behavior and Team Anti-Citizenship Behavior

Nadir Aliane, Bassam Samir Al-Romeedy, Mohamed Fathy Agina (), Perihan A. Mohsen Salah, Rabab Mahmoud Abdallah, Mohamed Abdel Hamed Abdel Fatah, Nourredine Khababa and Hazem Ahmed Khairy
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Nadir Aliane: Management Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Bassam Samir Al-Romeedy: Tourism Studies Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City, Sadat City 32897, Egypt
Mohamed Fathy Agina: Hotel Management Department, Higher Institute for Specific Studies, Heliopolis, Cairo 11771, Egypt
Perihan A. Mohsen Salah: Marketing Department, Faculty of Marketing and Mass Media, Midocean University, Fujairah P.O. Box 51124, United Arab Emirates
Rabab Mahmoud Abdallah: Finance Department, Misr University for Science and Technology, 6 October, Giza 12573, Egypt
Mohamed Abdel Hamed Abdel Fatah: Human Resources Department, Al-Alson Higher Institute for Tourism, Hotels and Computer, Cairo 11771, Egypt
Nourredine Khababa: Finance Department, College of Business Administration, King Faisal University, Al-Hassa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Hazem Ahmed Khairy: Hotel Management Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City, Sadat City 32897, Egypt

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-22

Abstract: This study examines how innovative work behavior (IWB) is affected by job insecurity (JI). The study also explores knowledge-hiding behavior (KHB) and team anti-citizenship behavior (TAB) as mediators. Data were collected from employees working in Egypt’s five-star hotels and category (A) travel agencies. There were 457 valid responses and they were analyzed using PLS-SEM. The findings demonstrated that there is a negative relationship between job insecurity and employee innovative work behavior. There were positive relationships between job insecurity with knowledge-hiding behavior and team anti-citizenship behavior. The findings also revealed a negative relationship between knowledge-hiding behavior and team anti-citizenship behavior with employee innovative work behavior. In addition, findings revealed that knowledge-hiding behavior mediates the relationship between JI and IWB. Contrary to the hypothesized model of the study, team anti-citizenship behavior did not mediate the relationship between JI and IWB. This research contributes to the studies on JI, KHB, and TAB in terms of IWB, specifically in the hospitality and tourism context. It also includes suggestions for coping with JI, KHB, and TAB in hotel and tourism enterprises, which may promote IWB and the overall workplace environment.

Keywords: job insecurity; innovative work behavior; knowledge hiding behavior; team anti-citizenship behavior; hospitality and tourism industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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