Health information seeking and sharing behavior of young adults on social media in Pakistan

Chaudhary

Ali

2023

EJTD

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Purpose This study aims to investigate how despotic leadership affects employee well-being through bullying behavior. The study further investigates emotional intelligence as a conditional variable on the association between bullying behavior and employee well-being. Design/methodology/approach The data from 257 nurses and their immediate supervisors (dyads) were collected on convenience basis using a cross-sectional design. Further, structural equation modeling was used to analyze the data. Findings The study noted that despotic leadership negatively affects employee well-being. Specifically, despotic leaders were noted to trigger employees’ bullying behavior that ultimately diminish their well-being. The study noted emotional intelligence as a conditional variable such that individuals with high emotional intelligence are more likely to buffer the negative association between bullying behavior and employee well-being. Research limitations/implications This study highlights the importance of employee well-being and suggests the management focus on their leadership style. Further, the study suggests to Human Resource practitioners the importance of personality traits (emotional intelligence) at the time of recruitment, as it serves as a coping strategy to diminish employee well-being. Originality/value Drawing upon the conservation of resources, this study shed light on the mediating role of bullying behavior between negative leadership (despotic) and well-being. In addition, emotional intelligence has not been examined as a conditional variable between bullying behavior and employee well-being.

Section: Preliminary Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

A bitter pill to swallow: the model of despotic leadership, bullying behavior, emotional intelligence and well-being

Chaudhary

Ali

2023

EJTD

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“…The study applied structural equation modeling (SEM) in two stages with maximum likelihood (Islam et al , 2022). The study examined data for the basic assumptions for SEM (see preliminary analysis) to examine confirmatory factor analysis, and hypotheses testing (Ahmad et al , 2021b; Malik et al , 2022; Islam et al , 2021b). The following section discusses the detail of these techniques.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How knowledge sharing encourages innovative work behavior through occupational self-efficacy? The moderating role of entrepreneurial leadership

Zahra

Rehman

et al. 2022

GKMC

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Purpose Innovation has become a necessity for the information technology (IT) sector, especially during COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study aims to investigate how knowledge sharing affects employees’ innovative work behavior (IWB). Specifically, the study examined occupational self-efficacy (as mediating mechanism) and entrepreneurial leadership (as boundary condition) to encourage IWB. Design/methodology/approach The study used social media platforms to collect data from 270 employees working in the IT sector through “google forms” on convenience basis between March and August, 2021. The study applied structural equation modeling in two stages to examine the measurement model (for uni-dimensionality) and the structural model (for hypotheses testing). Findings The study noted that knowledge sharing positively affects employees’ IWB and occupational self-efficacy positively explains this association. In addition, employees’ perception of entrepreneurial leadership strengthens the association between knowledge sharing and IWB. Research limitations/implications The study collected data from a developing country during COVID-19 by using a cross-sectional design that may restrict causality. However, the findings suggest the management not only encourages knowledge sharing environment but also engages employees in various training that motivate them to experiment with new ideas and techniques. Originality/value This study extends the existing literature on knowledge sharing and IWB by exploring occupational self-efficacy as mediating mechanism and entrepreneurial leadership as a boundary condition.

“…So, both the factors emerged as significant predictors for intentions to combat misinformation. This indicates that users who are habitual of contributing and sharing content to social media by posting information, sharing photos/videos and writing comments to micro-blogs have already attained the confidence and abilities to execute such activity patterns (Malik et al. , 2022).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ebola and Zika virus epidemics) and political movements (i.e. UK riots, Arab Spring and 2016 US election) (Lee et al, 2022;Islam et al, 2020a, b;Malik et al, 2022). However, it has also been reported and criticized for serving as a quick source of spreading misinformation at an unprecedented level during such crises (Clark, 2020;Paul and Das, 2022).…”

Section: Literature and Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors affecting misinformation combating intention in Pakistan during COVID-19

Malik

Mahmood

2022

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PurposeMisinformation on social media has become a great threat across the globe. Therefore, the authors aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of social media users' misinformation combating behavior, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the authors merged the uses and gratifications theory, social cognitive theory and theory of prosocial behavior into one theoretical framework (e.g. information seeking, status seeking, entertainment and norms of reciprocity) to understand their effect on users' prosocial media sharing experience and misinformation self-efficacy to combat misinformation.Design/methodology/approachThe authors collected data from 356 social media users through “Google Forms” during the third wave of coronavirus in Pakistan. Further, the authors applied structural equation modeling for hypotheses testing.FindingsThe authors noted that entertainment and perceived norms of reciprocity positively affect social media users' prior experience and misinformation self-efficacy to enhance their misinformation combating intention. However, information seeking positively affects social media users' prior experience and insignificantly affects their misinformation self-efficacy. Similarly, status seeking was noted to be insignificantly associated with social media users' prior experience and misinformation self-efficacy.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors tested this model of misinformation combating intention in a developing country during the COVID-19 pandemic and noted that entertainment and status seeking motives are context-specific. Therefore, this study may likely benefit researchers, academicians and policymakers to understand the causal relationship between motivations and the behavior of combating misinformation on social media within a developing country.Originality/valueIn this study the authors merged three theories (e.g. uses and gratifications theory, social cognitive theory and theory of prosocial behavior) to understand information seeking, status seeking, entertainment and norms of reciprocity as the main motives for social media users' misinformation combating intention.