TY - JOUR T1 - Affective commitment foci as parallel mediators of the relationship between workplace romance and employee job performance: a cross-cultural comparison of the People's Republic of China and Pakistan. AU - Khan,Muhammad Aamir Shafique, AU - Jianguo,Du, AU - Hameed,Ahmed Abdul, AU - Mushtaq,Tehseen Ul, AU - Usman,Muhammad, Y1 - 2018/07/25/ PY - 2018/8/14/entrez PY - 2018/8/14/pubmed PY - 2018/8/14/medline KW - Pakistan KW - People’s Republic of China KW - affective commitment KW - cross-cultural comparison KW - health sector KW - job performance KW - paramedical staff KW - workplace romance SP - 267 EP - 278 JF - Psychology research and behavior management JO - Psychol Res Behav Manag VL - 11 N2 - PURPOSE: The purpose of the present study is twofold. First, we examined the relationship between workplace romance and employee job performance and tested the role of affective commitment foci - namely, affective coworker commitment, affective supervisor commitment, and affective organizational commitment - as parallel mediators in the relationship between workplace romance and employee job performance. Second, we tested the moderating role of culture on the interrelationships between workplace romance, affective commitment foci, and employee job performance. METHODS: A two-wave (3-month interval) survey data were collected from 312 paramedics - 162 and 150 from Pakistani and Chinese public-sector hospitals, respectively. The first and second waves of data collection took place in January and May 2017, respectively. Structural equation modeling (SEM), bootstrapping technique, and multigroup analysis were used to test the interrelationships between workplace romance, affective commitment foci, and employee job performance and to examine the cross-cultural differences in these interrelations. RESULTS: Results obtained using SEM show that workplace romance positively influences employee performance. Importantly, the study revealed that the three foci of affective commitment - namely, coworker affective commitment, supervisor affective commitment, and organizational affective commitment - as parallel mediators fully mediate the relationship between workplace romance and employee performance. Moreover, national culture moderates the indirect relationship between workplace romance and employee job performance, where workplace romance is stronger for the Chinese data sample. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that workplace romance is positively related to employee job performance and that affective commitment foci fully mediate the positive relationship between workplace romance and employee job performance. Moreover, culture moderates the indirect relationship between workplace romance and employee job performance. The study contributes to theory and practice by studying an essential but largely ignored aspect of the workplace and portraying it as a constructive influence on employee job performance and their affective commitment to coworkers, supervisor, and organization. SN - 1179-1578 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/30100771/Affective_commitment_foci_as_parallel_mediators_of_the_relationship_between_workplace_romance_and_employee_job_performance:_a_cross_cultural_comparison_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China_and_Pakistan_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -