Psychosocial Safety Climate, Job Resources, Work Engagement and Organizational Commitment: A study in Malaysian Research Universities

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Kia Hui Gan
Daisy Mui Hung Kee

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Work from home is the current trend, especially happen the COVID–19. Malaysian government to slow down the spread of the Covid-19. Hence, they took an immediate change. When the Malaysian government announced and applied the nationwide Restriction of Movement Order (MCO), all lecturers force to conduct their teaching online. When preparing an online class, lecturers face a bundle of challenges. This challenge will be affected by the lecturers’ work engagement and commitment. Therefore, this paper will show the importance of applying Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC) in the Malaysian RUs. Besides, job resources will act as a mediator in the present study as well. Moreover, this current study determined that job resources have a notable indirect relationship between PSC, work engagement and organizational commitment, through the mediator – job resources. The study outcomes will be beneficial for the policymaker and enhance the lecturers’ engagement and commitment.

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