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International journal of health care quality assurance
Oct 17, 2024;ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print): 1-23.

Linking organizational cronyism, time theft and nurse's proactive behavior: an evidence from public sector hospitals of Pakistan.

Muhammad Awais Khan
Author Information
  1. Muhammad Awais Khan: Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan.
PMID: 39404099 DOI: 10.1108/IJHCQA-06-2023-0044

Abstract

PURPOSE: The main objective of this study was to understand employees engage in time theft behavior and is the behavioral consequence of this deviant behavior. To do this, the conservation of resources theory helps to examine the role of organizational cronyism behind employee time theft behavior and decreased proactive behavior.
DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: A three-wave self-administered employee survey was used for data collection. The data were collected through an adopted questionnaire from nurses working in the public sector hospitals of Pakistan. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze data collected from 256 respondents.
FINDINGS: The results of this three-wave study supported the hypotheses which are: (1) Organizational cronyism positively predicts employee involvement in time theft behavior. (2) Employee time theft behavior negatively impacts their proactive behavior. (3) Organizational cronyism is detrimental to employee proactive behavior. (4) The relationship between organizational cronyism and proactive behavior is mediated by time theft.
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: In the presence of organizational cronyism, employees use time theft as a dysfunctional coping strategy to conserve their valued resources rather than allowing the organization to consume them. Organizational leaders of public sector hospitals must promote merit-based HRM practices to discourage time theft behavior as well as to improve the proactive performances of the nurses.
ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This study is one of the initial attempts to extend the scant literature on the antecedents and consequences of time theft behavior and its dimensions in the South Asian context.

Keywords

COR theory Nurses Organizational cronyism Pakistan Proactive behavior Public sector hospitals Time theft

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MeSH Term

Humans
Pakistan
Hospitals, Public
Nursing Staff, Hospital
Female
Adult
Male
Organizational Culture
Surveys and Questionnaires
Attitude of Health Personnel
Journal Article

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