Work-life balance practices and organizational cynicism: The mediating role of person-job fit

Abdul Samad Kakar; Niel Kruger; Dilawar Khan Durrani; Muhammad Asif Khan; Natanya Meyer

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.979666

Work-life balance practices and organizational cynicism: The mediating role of person-job fit

Front Psychol. 2022 Sep 14:13:979666. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.979666. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Abdul Samad Kakar¹, Niel Kruger², Dilawar Khan Durrani³, Muhammad Asif Khan^{4

5}, Natanya Meyer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Management Sciences, University of Loralai, Loralai, Pakistan.
² DHET-NRF SARChI Entrepreneurship Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Institiute of Management Sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Commerce, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Kotli, Pakistan.
⁵ Department of Business Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Abstract

This study aims to elaborate on how work-life balance (WLB) practices influence organizational cynicism (OC) through the mediation effects of person-job fit (PJF). We collected data from 331 nurses through a self-administered survey, and we tested our hypothesized model through partial least square structural equation modeling techniques using SmartPLS software. The findings revealed that WLB practices influenced OC negatively and PJF positively. We further found that PJF negatively influenced OC and mediated WLB practices' effect on OC. These findings imply that nurses should be provided WLB practices to meet their job and home responsibilities and thus have a less cynical attitude toward the organization.

Keywords: PLS-SEM; higher order construct; organizational cynicism; person-job fit; work-life balance (WLB) practices.