creator Burke, Margaret 31640189 2024 Spring 2024 Dissertation Illinois Institute of Technology PSYC / Psychology advisor Ayman, Roya Occupational psychology employee health employee retention job embeddedness workplace incivility en Job embeddedness has been widely studied to understand why people stay at their organization, yet recently, research has started to examine the so-called “dark side” of job embeddedness. Drawing from Conservation of Resource (COR) theory, this study extends research on the potential “dark side” of job embeddedness, particularly examining its relationship between workplace incivility and turnover intentions, emotional exhaustion, and physical health symptoms. Contrary to the initial hypotheses, results from the study (N = 395) indicated that on-the-job embeddedness moderated (strengthened) the positive relationship between workplace incivility and turnover intentions. As expected, on-the-job embeddedness moderated (strengthened) the positive relationship between workplace incivility and emotional exhaustion, but it did not moderate the relationship with physical health symptoms. This study contributes to the workplace mistreatment and job embeddedness literature as it explored when and how on-the-job embeddedness and its components (i.e., links, fit, sacrifice), as well as off-the-job embeddedness influence the relationships between workplace incivility and work- and health-related outcomes. The discussion explores the broader implications of on-the-job embeddedness and workplace incivility, highlighting important considerations for both researchers and practitioners in managing employee retention and well-being. born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access