All Outputs (9)

The impact of organizational dehumanization on creative performance through self-esteem threat: the moderating role of work locus of control (2024)
Journal Article
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

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 employee... Read More about The impact of organizational dehumanization on creative performance through self-esteem threat: the moderating role of work locus of control.

When and how is abusive supervision enacted toward competent subordinates? The role of supervisors' power loss concern and downward envy (2024)
Journal Article
Azeem, M. U., Haq, I. U., Murtaza, G., & Khan, R. (2025). When and how is abusive supervision enacted toward competent subordinates? The role of supervisors' power loss concern and downward envy. Applied Psychology, 74(1), Article e12559. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12559

In general, supervisor abuse is directed toward low-performing subordinates. Similarly, envy is typically felt by professionals in lower ranks toward those in higher positions. By contrast, this study investigates the counterintuitive relationship be... Read More about When and how is abusive supervision enacted toward competent subordinates? The role of supervisors' power loss concern and downward envy.

Investing in resources: An interaction model of personal resources, commitment, and work achievement (2023)
Journal Article
Neveu, J., Khan, R., & Murtaza, G. (2024). Investing in resources: An interaction model of personal resources, commitment, and work achievement. Journal of Personality, 92(2), 361-377. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12826

Objective
Management practice commonly assumes that the value of a work-goal dictates the nature of motivation processes. We investigate instead how individuals invest resources from the perspective of their own value system. Drawing from Conservati... Read More about Investing in resources: An interaction model of personal resources, commitment, and work achievement.

Gossip 2.0: The role of social media and moral attentiveness on counterproductive work behaviour (2022)
Journal Article
Murtaza, G., Neveu, J., Khan, R., & Talpur, Q. (2023). Gossip 2.0: The role of social media and moral attentiveness on counterproductive work behaviour. Applied Psychology, 72(4), 1478-1505. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12449

This study investigates how negative workplace gossip (NWG) affects counterproductive work behaviour (CWB) through emotional exhaustion. We seek to advance a more nuanced view of negative gossip regarding CWB by exploring the contingency roles of soc... Read More about Gossip 2.0: The role of social media and moral attentiveness on counterproductive work behaviour.

Effects of perceived organisational politics and effort–reward imbalance on work outcomes – the moderating role of mindfulness (2022)
Journal Article
Murtaza, G., Roques, O., Talpur, Q.-U.-A., Khan, R., & Haq, I. U. (2024). Effects of perceived organisational politics and effort–reward imbalance on work outcomes – the moderating role of mindfulness. Personnel Review, 53(1), 76-98. https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-09-2020-0706

Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating effects of mindfulness on the relationships between work stressors (perceived organisational politics [POP] and effort–reward imbalance [ERI]) and work outcomes (job burnout [J... Read More about Effects of perceived organisational politics and effort–reward imbalance on work outcomes – the moderating role of mindfulness.

Impact of Psychological Resources on Employee Engagement: The Mediating Role of Positive Affect and Ego-Resilience (2022)
Journal Article
Khan, R., Neveu, J.-P., Murtaza, G., & Khan, K. U. (2022). Impact of Psychological Resources on Employee Engagement: The Mediating Role of Positive Affect and Ego-Resilience. SAGE Open, 12(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221089971

The main purpose of this research is to examine the role of psychological resources in predicting the engagement of night shift employees. Specifically, it tests how resources like supportive organizational climate, family support, and self-efficacy... Read More about Impact of Psychological Resources on Employee Engagement: The Mediating Role of Positive Affect and Ego-Resilience.

Reciprocal relationship between workplace incivility and deviant silence—The moderating role of moral attentiveness (2021)
Journal Article
Khan, R., Murtaza, G., Neveu, J. P., & Newman, A. (2022). Reciprocal relationship between workplace incivility and deviant silence—The moderating role of moral attentiveness. Applied Psychology, 71(1), 174-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12316

In the present study, we examine the reciprocal relationship between employees' perceptions of workplace incivility and their deviant silence. We also explore the moderating role of moral attentiveness on the relationship between workplace incivility... Read More about Reciprocal relationship between workplace incivility and deviant silence—The moderating role of moral attentiveness.

Religious beliefs as a moderator of the relationships between workplace incivility and counterproductive work behaviours (2020)
Journal Article
Murtaza, G., Roques, O., Talpur, Q.-U.-A., & Khan, R. (2021). Religious beliefs as a moderator of the relationships between workplace incivility and counterproductive work behaviours. Human Systems Management, 40(6), 813-823. https://doi.org/10.3233/hsm-200993

BACKGROUND:
The current work describes the relationship between workplace incivility and counterproductive work behaviours as moderated by religious-inspired ethics. Drawing from conservation of resources theory, we consider workplace incivility a t... Read More about Religious beliefs as a moderator of the relationships between workplace incivility and counterproductive work behaviours.

Is Grit Hurting You? The Dark Side of Psychological Resources in Goal Pursuit (2020)
Journal Article
Khan, R., Neveu, J., & Murtaza, G. (2021). Is Grit Hurting You? The Dark Side of Psychological Resources in Goal Pursuit. Applied Psychology, 70(3), 1323-1344. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12279

This article presents a study of the curvilinear role of psychological resources during goal striving through an interactive model linking work goal progress to a valued resource. Specifically, we explore the nonlinear relationship of grit with work... Read More about Is Grit Hurting You? The Dark Side of Psychological Resources in Goal Pursuit.