Moonlighting Intentions of I.T. Professionals: Impact of Organizational Commitment and Entrepreneurial Motivation

Abstract

Moonlighting or double-jobbing is significantly on a rise in the current scenario of exclusive platform working specifically in Information Technology (I.T.) sector due to the widely prevailing flexible and alternative work-arrangements in this domain. There may be many purposes of moonlighting by the employees but financial strain is the most discussed and studied motive in the accessed literature. Nonpecuniary reasons are either meagrely discussed or theoritically studied. This paper aims to empirically study the association of 2 nonpecuniary drivers of 'Moonlighting Intentions' of IT professionals. In order to test the statistical and substantive significance, primary data from 162 IT professionals has been collected through reliability tested scales and analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and Smartpls 3.0 software for structural equation modelling. Purposive sampling is used to draw the sample from the target population. The findings show that Organizational Commitment and Entrepreneurial Motivation play a very pivotal role in triggering the moonlighting intentions of the workforce. Two hypothesis have been tested in the present study and PLS-SEM supported both of them.

To moonlight or not to moonlight: The role of organisational commitment dimensions in secondary employment decisions among higher education teachers

“…They found a significant negative relationship, suggesting that higher levels of organisational commitment can reduce the likelihood of employees engaging in moonlighting activities. Seema and Sachdeva (2020) study focused on the relationship between job satisfaction, organisational commitment, and moonlighting intentions among IT professionals. The findings revealed that organisational commitment mediated the relationship between job satisfaction and moonlighting intentions, emphasising the importance of job satisfaction and organisational commitment in reducing moonlighting intentions in the IT industry.…”

“…Moonlighting intentions were measured using a 7-item scale (e.g., "How often have you considered having a second job apart from your regular occupation?") which was developed by (Seema & Sachdeva, 2020). The Cronbach's alpha value for this scale is 0.938.…”

“…Organisational commitment, conceptualised as an employee's psychological attachment to an organisation, has been identified as a critical factor associated with positive outcomes for both employees and employers, such as improved job satisfaction (Hedayat et al, 2018;Patrick & Sonia, 2012;Shore & Martin, 1989;Soomro & Shah, 2019), lower employee moonlighting intentions (Khatri & Khushboo, 2014;Seema et al, 2021;Seema & Sachdeva, 2020), lower turnover rates (Chan & Ao, 2019;Guzeller & Celiker, 2020;Lakshman et al, 2022;Rawashdeh & Tamimi, 2020), and higher levels of job performance (Eliyana et al, 2019;Soomro & Shah, 2019).…”

“…Evaluating teachers' commitment levels can also help mitigate moonlighting intentions, as commitment is an antecedent to moonlighting (Mumbere Kisumano & Safary, 2017) and employee moonlighting intentions (Seema & Sachdeva, 2020).…”

The Sustainability of Employee Efficiency through Moonlighting Style

“…There is hard-hitting competition around the globe to survive the fittest. Human Resources's task is to build a win-win situation between employees and management to pursue personal development together with organizational development (Seema & Sachdeva, 2020).…”