Employee Friendliness (EF) of organizations: A cross-sectional study addressing the role of EF job content, EF work climate, EF leadership and EF policies in perceived organizational friendliness and its implications for employee well-being, work stress, and performance.

Aim: This study examines the predictors and outcomes of organizational employee friendliness. By doing this, this research helps in understanding the psychological relevance of organizational employee friendliness. Methods: The study used a cross-sectional survey design to collect data from 162 employees across various industries. Analysis included reliability analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis to explore associations, and regression analysis to test for direct effects and mediation regression analysis to test for indirect effects. Results: The findings reveal that perceived organizational friendliness significantly predicts employee performance and well-being and reduces work-stress. Significant predictors of organizational friendliness included employee friendly leadership and employee friendly work climate, not significant predictors were employee friendly job content and employee friendly policies. The study also identified significant indirect effects of employee...Show moreAim: This study examines the predictors and outcomes of organizational employee friendliness. By doing this, this research helps in understanding the psychological relevance of organizational employee friendliness. Methods: The study used a cross-sectional survey design to collect data from 162 employees across various industries. Analysis included reliability analysis, factor analysis, correlation analysis to explore associations, and regression analysis to test for direct effects and mediation regression analysis to test for indirect effects. Results: The findings reveal that perceived organizational friendliness significantly predicts employee performance and well-being and reduces work-stress. Significant predictors of organizational friendliness included employee friendly leadership and employee friendly work climate, not significant predictors were employee friendly job content and employee friendly policies. The study also identified significant indirect effects of employee friendly leadership and employee friendly work climate on performance, well-being and stress mediated by perceived organizational friendliness. Key conclusions: Organizational employee friendliness plays an important role in enhancing employee performance and well-being and reducing stress. These results suggest that organizations, for instilling perceptions of organizational employee friendliness in employees, should focus on enhancing employee friendly leadership qualities and improving employee friendly work climate.Show less

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Employee Friendliness (EF) of organizations: A cross-sectional study addressing the role of EF job content, EF work climate, EF leadership and EF policies in perceived organizational friendliness and its implications for employee well-being, work stress, and performance.