Purpose

The spread of technology usage and the increasing popularity of network technology have formed a basis for alternative working systems as virtual teams and teleworking in the working environment. However, social relations have weakened in these working systems and loneliness has become a common emotion in the workplace. Hence, the concept of loneliness has attracted significant interest in recent years. Yet, despite this interest, research examining loneliness in the workplace is limited in the literature. This study aims to investigate the role of workplace loneliness on intrinsic motivation and the effect of intrinsic motivation on employee well-being through the moderating role of organizational nostalgia.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected from 380 respondents working in different sectors. The hypotheses were tested by using structural equation modeling and PROCESS macro for SPSS.

Findings

Results empirically showed that workplace loneliness negatively relates to intrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation positively relates to employee well-being, intrinsic motivation mediates the link between workplace loneliness and employee well-being and organizational nostalgia moderates the link between workplace loneliness and intrinsic motivation. Furthermore, organizational nostalgia also moderates the indirect effect of workplace loneliness on employee well-being through intrinsic motivation.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study contributes to the existing literature on workplace loneliness by investigating underlying mechanisms and boundary conditions for loneliness in the workplace.

中文翻译：

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员工如何在孤独时保持幸福感？组织怀旧的力量

目的

技术使用的普及和网络技术的日益普及，为工作环境中的虚拟团队和远程办公等替代工作系统奠定了基础。然而，这些工作体系中的社会关系已经弱化，孤独感已经成为职场中的普遍情绪。因此，近年来，孤独这个概念引起了人们的极大兴趣。然而，尽管存在这种兴趣，但有关工作场所孤独感的研究文献却很有限。本研究旨在探讨职场孤独感对内在动机的作用，以及内在动机通过组织怀旧的调节作用对员工幸福感的影响。

设计/方法论/途径

数据收集自 380 名不同行业的受访者。使用 SPSS 的结构方程模型和 PROCESS 宏对假设进行了检验。

发现

实证结果表明，工作场所孤独感与内在动机负相关，内在动机与员工幸福感正相关，内在动机调节工作场所孤独感与员工幸福感之间的联系，组织怀旧调节工作场所孤独感与内在动机之间的联系。此外，组织怀旧还通过内在动机调节工作场所孤独感对员工幸福感的间接影响。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，这项研究通过调查工作场所孤独感的潜在机制和边界条件，为现有有关工作场所孤独感的文献做出了贡献。