High-commitment HRM, organizational engagement, and deviant workplace behaviors: The moderating role of person-organization fit

Mostafa, Ahmed Mohammed Sayed; Boon, Corine; Abouarghoub, Wessam; Cai, Ziming

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between perceptions of high-commitment HRM, person-organization (P-O) fit, organizational engagement, and deviant workplace behaviors. Drawing on social exchange theory (SET) and P-O fit theory, a mediated moderation model is proposed in which P-O fit moderates the relationship between high-commitment HRM and organizational engagement, which, in turn, relates to deviant behaviors. Using two multilevel multisource datasets, from a shipping management company (Study 1) and an international seaport (Study 2), the results of generalized multilevel structural equation modeling (GSEM) revealed that the relationship between high-commitment HRM and deviant behaviors was mediated by organizational engagement. Furthermore, a significant indirect relationship was found from high-commitment HRM perceptions to deviant behaviors through organizational engagement for low, but not for high, P-O fit. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Citation

Mostafa, A. M. S., Boon, C., Abouarghoub, W., & Cai, Z. (2022). High-commitment HRM, organizational engagement, and deviant workplace behaviors: The moderating role of person-organization fit. European Management Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12542

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 6, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Aug 30, 2022
• Publication Date: Aug 30, 2022
• Deposit Date: Sep 1, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 2, 2022
• Journal: European Management Review
• Print ISSN: 1740-4754
• Electronic ISSN: 1740-4762
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12542
• Keywords: RESEARCH ARTICLE, RESEARCH ARTICLES, deviant workplace behaviors, high?commitment HRM, organizational engagement, person?organization fit, social exchange theory, value congruence
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/10635787
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/emre.12542