Impact of Generosity on Employee Well-Being, Organizational Commitment and In-Role Performance : Moderating Role of Collectivism

Generosity is prevalent in the field of social science but has remained unstudied in the business literature therefore, a study aims to explore the impact and importance of practicing interpersonal generosity at the workplace, in terms of influencing employee well-being, organizational commitment, and in-role performance positively. We also proposed that collectivist culture further augment the generosity effect on all of the above-mentioned outcomes. The data was collected online from a sample of 300 respondents including both males and females, having different age groups, academic backgrounds, work experience with their organization, and working in different industrial sectors. The results were evaluated by using Measurement Model Analysis and Structure Equation Modeling. The findings of the study revealed a significant positive relationship of interpersonal generosity with employee wellbeing, organizational commitment, and in-role performance, however, collectivism significantly moderates the positive relationship of interpersonal generosity with employee well-being whereas, it doesn’t moderate the positive relationship of interpersonal generosity with organizational commitment and in-role performance. Therefore, the study suggests promoting and practicing generosity at the workplace as it will help in creating a friendly and comfortable work environment that can be beneficial for the employees and the workplace as well