Rejuvenating psychological well-being through work staycation: a COR perspective

ABSTRACT

The study intends to understand the association between teleworking and its impact on the psychological well-being of the respondents. The mediating effect of perceived stress and moderating effects of staycation and destination image on the aforementioned association is also examined. The study utilized the conservation of resource theory to understand the hypothesized relationship. The data was collected through a survey using standardized measures. In the presented study, the responses from 245 private-sector employees were analysed using PLS-SEM to test the hypotheses. The results found that perceived stress acted as a significant mediator between teleworking and psychological well-being relationship. Staycation acted as a significant moderator between perceived stress and psychological well-being. However, destination image failed to depict its moderating effect on perceived stress and psychological well-being. Travelling can help deal with mental stress and an exhaustive climate resulting in better living standards. The results of the study help in better understanding the role of work staycation with its liberating and revitalizing capabilities to prevent a continuous spiral of depression or negative emotions and strengthen psychological well-being.

KEYWORDS:

• Staycation
• teleworking
• perceived stress
• psychological well-being
• PLS-SEM

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Richa Misra

Richa Misra is working as an Associate Professor in Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida. She has done her Doctorate in Management from Amity University. She has more than 18 years of teaching experience in the field of IT and Decision Science. Her research papers and cases has been published in ABDC A category, B category and Scopus indexed journal. She has also presented her Cases and Research in various international conferences and forums. She has imparted trainings in various organizations in the areas of IT Security, Qualitative and Quantitative research methods, Data analysis and decision making and Quantitative techniques for HR and Marketing perceptive.

Vranda Jain

Vranda Jain has a rich teaching and research experience spanning over 15 years. She has participated in various Conferences and has to her credit several publications in journals of repute, including Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and logistics, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, International Journal of Business and Economics, Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies and others. She has conducted corporate training programmes on sustainability. Her research interest includes International Trade, Sustainable development and Socio Economic Policy Analysis. At present, Dr. Jain is a faculty in the area of Economics at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida, India.

Shalini Srivastava

Shalini Srivastava is a Professor, PAN Area Chair and Ex-Dean (Research) at Jaipuria, Noida. She is on the Reviewer Board of International Journal of Information Management, which is an A* Journal and Associate Editor, Employee Relations, a B category Emerald publication. Dr Srivastava's research papers have been extensively published in ‘A', ‘B’ category of ABDC listed Journals. Her paper entitled; “Leader Effectiveness in Emerging Markets” has been awarded as a Highly Commendable Paper of year 2014 by Emerald Publishing Group. Her research interests are: sustainability, personality, CSR, managerial effectiveness, mobile banking, OCB, change management, employee engagement, and leadership.

Tavishi Tewary

Tavishi Tewary has over 13 years of experience in policy research and trade impact assessment. She has published various research papers in international journals of high repute. She has also conducted FDPs on Data Analysis using SPSS. She also has experience in providing scientific leadership to high-profile strategic sustainability and conservation initiatives with several years of research experience. Managed cross-sectoral and interdisciplinary teams of professionals to deliver on complex research projects. Currently, she is working as an Assistant Professor in Jaipuria Management Institute, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.