The Interplay Between Workplace Incivility, Religiosity and Well-Being: Insights from Jordan and the United Arab Emirates

Drawing on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory, this study examines the relationship between workplace incivility and workers’ psychological well-being. A related aim is to examine the link between workers’ religiosity and their well-being, with workplace incivility moderating this nexus. Data w...

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Authors: Koburtay, Tamer (Author) ; Abualigah, Ahmad (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2024
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 2024, Volume: 63, Issue: 3, Pages: 2220-2242
Further subjects:B Workplace incivility
B Well-being
B Employees
B Religiosity
B JD-R theory
B Middle east
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Summary:Drawing on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory, this study examines the relationship between workplace incivility and workers’ psychological well-being. A related aim is to examine the link between workers’ religiosity and their well-being, with workplace incivility moderating this nexus. Data were collected from 247 employees identified from private sectors (in Jordan and the UAE) via online-survey questionnaire. Factor analysis and hierarchical moderated multiple regression models were used to test the hypotheses. Study results show that workers' religiosity is positively and significantly associated with their psychological well-being, while workplace incivility is negatively (but insignificantly) associated with workers' psychological well-being. In addition, and contrary to our expectations and prior studies, our results suggest that workplace incivility strengthens the direct relationship between religiosity and well-being. The mechanism of this intersection may propose that rude and uncivil treatments positively predict self-blame, something that may lead the targets to become more religious to get recovery from different types of incivility and stressful life events. This study highlights the contextual applicability and possible extension of the JD-R theory through extending its model to religiosity and well-being of employees in a diverse cultural context in the Middle East.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-023-01862-z