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Modelling the interaction between serious leisure, self-perceived employability, stress, and workplace well-being: empirical insights from graduates in India

Modelling the interaction between serious leisure, self-perceived employability, stress, and workplace well-being: empirical insights from graduates in India
Modelling the interaction between serious leisure, self-perceived employability, stress, and workplace well-being: empirical insights from graduates in India

Purpose: drawing on a framework of Job Demands-Resources (JD-R), the purpose of this paper is to conceptually develop and empirically validate a moderated mediation model of serious leisure and workplace well-being.

 Design/methodology/approach: the data were collected between December 2020 and March 2021 using an online questionnaire. A total of 225 completed questionnaires were received from employees in India who graduated between 2018 and 2020. 

Findings: the authors’ findings indicate that serious leisure is positively associated with workplace well-being and that the relationship is mediated by self-perceived employability. Stress moderates the relationship between serious leisure and self-perceived employability in such a way that the association is stronger when levels of stress are higher. Stress also moderates the mediating effect of self-perceived employability on the relationship between serious leisure and workplace well-being such that the indirect effect of serious leisure on workplace well-being is stronger when levels of stress are higher.

 Originality/value: theoretical implications come from drawing on leisure studies literature to differentiate casual leisure and serious leisure. The concept of serious leisure is subsequently integrated into the human resource management literature to explore the relationship between serious leisure, self-perceived employability, stress, and workplace well-being. Practical and policy implications suggest how universities and organisations can support their students and early careers talent by encouraging them to participate in serious leisure activities.

Self-perceived employability, Serious leisure, Stress, Workplace well-being
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272-287
Nimmi, P.M.
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Donald, William Edward
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Nimmi, P.M.
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Donald, William Edward
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Nimmi, P.M. and Donald, William Edward (2023) Modelling the interaction between serious leisure, self-perceived employability, stress, and workplace well-being: empirical insights from graduates in India. Personnel Review, 52 (1), 272-287. (doi:10.1108/PR-04-2021-0305).

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Purpose: drawing on a framework of Job Demands-Resources (JD-R), the purpose of this paper is to conceptually develop and empirically validate a moderated mediation model of serious leisure and workplace well-being.

 Design/methodology/approach: the data were collected between December 2020 and March 2021 using an online questionnaire. A total of 225 completed questionnaires were received from employees in India who graduated between 2018 and 2020. 

Findings: the authors’ findings indicate that serious leisure is positively associated with workplace well-being and that the relationship is mediated by self-perceived employability. Stress moderates the relationship between serious leisure and self-perceived employability in such a way that the association is stronger when levels of stress are higher. Stress also moderates the mediating effect of self-perceived employability on the relationship between serious leisure and workplace well-being such that the indirect effect of serious leisure on workplace well-being is stronger when levels of stress are higher.

 Originality/value: theoretical implications come from drawing on leisure studies literature to differentiate casual leisure and serious leisure. The concept of serious leisure is subsequently integrated into the human resource management literature to explore the relationship between serious leisure, self-perceived employability, stress, and workplace well-being. Practical and policy implications suggest how universities and organisations can support their students and early careers talent by encouraging them to participate in serious leisure activities.

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Accepted/In Press date: 13 January 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 10 February 2022
Published date: 20 February 2023
Keywords: Self-perceived employability, Serious leisure, Stress, Workplace well-being

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Local EPrints ID: 469522
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/469522
ISSN: 0048-3486
PURE UUID: 59378621-e49d-47ed-9471-0ac6d06f5c4c
ORCID for William Edward Donald: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3670-5374

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Date deposited: 16 Sep 2022 16:46
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 04:22

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Author: P.M. Nimmi
Author: William Edward Donald ORCID iD

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