Role of Leader Secure Base Support on Employee’s Proactive Workplace Behavior with the Mediation of Autonomous Motivation at work and Moderation of Islamic Work Ethics: A Study of Banking Sector of Pakistan

Abstract

The Leader Secure Base Support in the terms of (leader availability, encouragement and non-interference) positively supports employee’s workplace behavior. The current study examines the impact of Leader Secure Base Support (availability of leader, encouragement to growth and non-interference) on proactive workplace behavior of employees with the mediation of autonomous motivation and moderation of Islamic Work Ethics. Data from 286 employees were collected from the banking sector of Pakistan through convenience sampling technique. Later the data was tested through SPSS and one-way ANOVA and different tests were performed. The results show that the leader secure base support has positive significant effect on the proactive workplace behavior of employees. Autonomous motivation also proves a significant underlying mediation between leader secure base support and proactive workplace behavior. Furthermore, the Islamic Work Ethics does not moderate the relationship of leader secure base support with autonomous motivation. It is concluded that leader secure base support is very helpful to enhance the proactive workplace behavior of employees in banking sector which leads to banking growth. This study greatly aids the banking sector to improve the effectiveness of employee's productivity. It serves as the guideline that how important the beliefs and leader support are. The other outcomes of the leader secure base support can be discussed in the future study in IT industry.