Research on the Impact of Idiosyncratic Deals on Employee Well-being:Explanation from the Cognitive-Affective Framework
In order to investigate the mechanism of idiosyncratic deals on employee well-being,the study constructs a chain mediation model of idiosyncratic deals acting on employee well-being through person/organization fit(cognitive unit)and work engagement(affective unit)based on the framework of the cognitive/affective processing system theory and the person/environment fit theory,and explores the moderating role of proactive personality in this model.Through a multi-temporal questionnaire and data analysis of 435 employees we find that:(1)Idiosyncratic deals had a significant positive impact on employee well-being.(2)Person/organization fit and work engagement played mediating roles between idiosyncratic deals and employee well-being,respectively.(3)Person/organization fit and work engagement mediated the chain between the idiosyncratic deals and employee well-being.(4)Proactive personality moderated the chain mediation by reinforcing the positive influence of idiosyncratic deals on person/organization fit,namely,the higher the level of employees'proactive personality,the stronger the positive influence of idiosyncratic deals on person/organization fit,and the stronger the chain mediation of person/organization fit and work engagement between idiosyncratic deals and employee well-being.