Qurat-ul-ain Talpur
The impact of organizational dehumanization on creative performance through self-esteem threat: the moderating role of work locus of control
Talpur, Qurat-ul-ain; Khan, Rahman; Malik, M. Abdur Rahman; Murtaza, Ghulam
Authors
Rahman Khan
M. Abdur Rahman Malik
Ghulam Murtaza
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to enhance our understanding of how organizational dehumanization affects employees’ creative performance. We propose the self-esteem threat as a mediator in the relationship between organizational dehumanization and employees’ creative performance. We also examine how work locus of control moderates the relationship between organizational dehumanization and creative performance.
Design/methodology/approach
Through convenience sampling, online and face-to-face surveys, multisource time-lagged data (N = 257) were collected from full-time employees and their supervisors in Pakistani organizations in the information technology, media industry and oil and gas sectors.
Findings
Organizational dehumanization negatively affects employees’ creative performance, and threats to self-esteem mediate this relationship. Work locus of control moderates the effect of organizational dehumanization on creative performance, and this negative relationship is attenuated when individuals have an external work locus of control.
Originality/value
This study provides novel insights into the process underlying the relationship between organizational dehumanization and creative performance by revealing the mediating role of threat to self-esteem and the buffering role of work locus of control.
Citation
Talpur, Q.-U.-A., Khan, R., Malik, M. A. R., & Murtaza, G. (2025). The impact of organizational dehumanization on creative performance through self-esteem threat: the moderating role of work locus of control. Personnel Review, 54(1), 130-149. https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-02-2023-0071
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | Oct 10, 2024 |
| Online Publication Date | Nov 19, 2024 |
| Publication Date | Jan 13, 2025 |
| Deposit Date | Jan 23, 2025 |
| Publicly Available Date | Jan 23, 2025 |
| Journal | Personnel Review |
| Print ISSN | 0048-3486 |
| Publisher | Emerald |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 130-149 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-02-2023-0071 |
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