Employee Social Sustainability and Intention to Join
Description
The study aims to explore how specific employee-related social sustainability dimensions impact job seekers' intentions to join an organisation, with generational membership as a moderator and person-organisation fit as a mediator. Utilising a quantitative cross-sectional design with 900 Czech respondents across Generations X, Y, and Z, the study identifies Employee Participation and Employee Development as the primary drivers of attraction, mediated by person-organisation fit. Conversely, it was found that dimensions Health and Safety and Equal Opportunities act only as baseline hygiene factors with no significant impact on the final intention to join. Furthermore, contrary to theoretical expectation, the results reveal that generational membership does not moderate the relationship between perceived social sustainability and the intention to join an organisation.
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Data was collected through a research agency to ensure stratification of respondents across regions and the sample had an appropriate distribution of respondents according to population demographic characteristics such as gender and age. Specifically, we used Talk Online Panel (Talk Data Collection, 2024) for online data collection. Statistical analysis was based on covariance-based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM). Statistical analysis was performed using the R package lavaan. Reliability and convergent validity of the questionnaire as well as its discriminant validity were checked after data collection. Considering possible common method bias, Harman’s single-factor technique was performed. For better clarity, three models were constructed.
Institutions
- University of West Bohemia in PilsenPlzeň Region, Pilsen