THE LATENT ROLE OF LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE IN SIGHTING THE IMPACT OF WORKPLACE LONELINESS ON JOB SATISFACTION

Shabnam Siddiqui; Ankur Sangwan

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v4.i2.2023.4878

Authors

Dr. Shabnam Siddiqui Associate Professor, FMS – WISDOM, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, INDIA
Ankur Sangwan Research Scholar, FMS – WISDOM, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, INDIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v4.i2.2023.4878

Keywords:

Workplace Loneliness, Job Satisfaction, Leader-Member Exchange

Abstract [English]

The aim of this study was to determine the impact of feeling of loneliness in the workplace on job satisfaction of employees in the mediating effect of leader-member exchange. To conduct the study data was collected through a survey questionnaire from a sample of 150 nurses working in Delhi and NCR of India. It was found that workplace loneliness negatively effects both job satisfaction and leader member exchange, while leader-member exchange is found to play a mediating role in the relationship between workplace loneliness and job satisfaction. To identify the mediating role of LMX the hierarchical regression analysis was carried out on SPSS 21 software.

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