Title: Relationship between job stress and employees' creativity: the mediating role of job satisfaction

Authors: Soni Rathi; Praveen Kumar; Minika Bawa; Nishu Rani Garg

Addresses: University School of Business, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Punjab, India ' University School of Business, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Punjab, India ' School of Management Studies Department, Punjabi University, Patiala, India ' Department of Commerce, University College, Miranpur, Patiala, Punjab, India

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to identify the role of job satisfaction as a mediating variable between job stress and employees' creativity. The present paper considered a sample of 250 teachers of colleges as respondents in the area of Chandigarh (India). The article followed an exploratory cum descriptive research design. The structural equation modelling through Smart PLS professional software v3.3.2 was applied to understand the structural relationships amid the constructs of the model, the data of which was collected through questionnaire. The findings have observed relations among job stress and employees' creativity, job stress and job satisfaction and job satisfaction and employees' creativity among college teachers in India. Also, job stress and employee creativity are significantly mediated by job satisfaction. Moreover, the organisations, practitioners, academicians and educational institutes would get the benefit of this research to practice and apply policy implications. The study limitations and future research are also mentioned.

Keywords: job stress; employee creativity; job satisfaction.

DOI: 10.1504/MEJM.2024.141911

Middle East Journal of Management, 2024 Vol.11 No.6, pp.639 - 662

Received: 14 Jan 2023
Accepted: 29 May 2023
Published online: 03 Oct 2024 *

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