Impact of Supervisor’s Support on Job Performance: Mediating Role of Idiosyncratic Deals and Prosocial Motivation

Abstract

Purpose : The study aimed to explore the mediating role of task and work responsibility idiosyncratic deal (I-deal) and prosocial motivation toward the shared relationship between perceived supervisor’s support and in-role job performance of female academicians in higher education institutions (HEIs).

Design/Methodology/Approach : The study was conducted among female academicians of private higher education institutes of Chhattisgarh, with a sample size of 476, comprising 397 female academicians and 79 Dean/Associate Dean/Registrar/HoDs (for prosocial motivation). A structural equation modelling (SEM) method was used to develop and examine the sequential mediation model through SPSS and Hayes PROCESS Model 6.