The Effects of Workplace Loneliness on Work Engagement and Organizational Commitment: Moderating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker Exchange

This study aims to examine the effect of workplace loneliness on work engagement and organizational commitment and the moderating role of social relationships between an employee and his or her superior and coworkers in such mechanisms. Workplace loneliness decreased employees’ engagement with their...

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Main Authors:	Hyo Sun Jung, Min Kyung Song, Hye Hyun Yoon
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:	Sustainability
Subjects:	workplace loneliness work engagement organizational commitment leader-member exchange coworker exchange deluxe hotel
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/2/948

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spelling	doaj-ebebe94442044c80b8be7ec6b9336f1d2021-01-19T00:05:32ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502021-01-011394894810.3390/su13020948The Effects of Workplace Loneliness on Work Engagement and Organizational Commitment: Moderating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker ExchangeHyo Sun Jung0Min Kyung Song1Hye Hyun Yoon2Center for Converging Humanities Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, KoreaDepartment of Culinary Arts and Food Service Management, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, KoreaDepartment of Culinary Arts and Food Service Management, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, KoreaThis study aims to examine the effect of workplace loneliness on work engagement and organizational commitment and the moderating role of social relationships between an employee and his or her superior and coworkers in such mechanisms. Workplace loneliness decreased employees’ engagement with their jobs and, as such, decreased engagement had a positive relationship with organizational commitment. Also, the negative influence of workplace loneliness on work engagement was found to be moderated by coworker exchange, and employees’ maintenance of positive social exchange relationships with their coworkers was verified to be a major factor for relieving the negative influence of workplace loneliness.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/2/948workplace lonelinesswork engagementorganizational commitmentleader-member exchangecoworker exchangedeluxe hotel
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title	The Effects of Workplace Loneliness on Work Engagement and Organizational Commitment: Moderating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker Exchange
title_short	The Effects of Workplace Loneliness on Work Engagement and Organizational Commitment: Moderating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker Exchange
title_full	The Effects of Workplace Loneliness on Work Engagement and Organizational Commitment: Moderating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker Exchange
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publisher	MDPI AG
series	Sustainability
issn	2071-1050
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description	This study aims to examine the effect of workplace loneliness on work engagement and organizational commitment and the moderating role of social relationships between an employee and his or her superior and coworkers in such mechanisms. Workplace loneliness decreased employees’ engagement with their jobs and, as such, decreased engagement had a positive relationship with organizational commitment. Also, the negative influence of workplace loneliness on work engagement was found to be moderated by coworker exchange, and employees’ maintenance of positive social exchange relationships with their coworkers was verified to be a major factor for relieving the negative influence of workplace loneliness.
topic	workplace loneliness work engagement organizational commitment leader-member exchange coworker exchange deluxe hotel
url	https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/2/948
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The Effects of Workplace Loneliness on Work Engagement and Organizational Commitment: Moderating Roles of Leader-Member Exchange and Coworker Exchange

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