SEARCH ARTICLE

26 Pages : 447-459

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).26      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).26      Published : Mar 2018

Exploring the Role of Fun in Organizational Commitment, Creative Performance, and Job Stress: A Case of Higher Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

    Any organization desires to have an environment of less job stress, committed employees, and impressive performance in every dimension of their organization. The study at hand is designed to find how fun is related to organizational commitment, creative performance, and job stress. The study is qualitative in nature and used a single case-study design as a research strategy. The target population is an institution of higher studies. Sixteen faculty members from the institute participated. The faculty members were interviewed to find out the relationship of fun with the aforementioned constructs. Findings indicated that people had felt more commitment towards the organization due to fun at the workplace. Fun also proved to be instrumental in enhancing creative performance and reducing job stress. The study provides incentivize directions to institutions and make employees productive cum creative performers. Along with the implementers the policymakers can take benefit from the study.

    Fun at Workplace, Organizational Commitment, Creative Performance, Job Stress, Humor
    (1) Muhammad Tufail
    Lecturer in Management Sciences, University of Buner, KP, Pakistan
    (2) Nazim Ali
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies,University of Malakand, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Sardar Alam Khan
    PhD Scholar,Department of Management Studies,University of Malakand, KP, Pakistan.

18 Pages : 180 - 187

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).18      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).18      Published : Mar 2022

The Impact of Psychological Safety on Creative Performance: Mediating Role of Job Involvement

    The study was conducted with the aim of identifying the impact of psychological safety on creative performance, not in isolation, but by taking job involvement as a mediator. A plethora of research is available that is considered psychological safety and creativity. However, psychological safety has the potential to evoke and motivate employees to involve themselves in work-related activities. Positivism research philosophy was adopted, followed by a deductive approach. 132 sample size was finalized from the employees working in public sector related organizations. The results suggested that psychological safety significantly contributes to the creative performance of employees and job involvement is partially mediating the said relationship.

    Psychological Safety, Job Involvement, Creative Performance
    (1) Shazia Akhtar
    Department of Management Sciences, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Faisal Malik
    Department of Management Sciences, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Zeshan Naeem
    Department of Management Sciences, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.