Portraying the multifaceted interplay between sexual harassment, job stress, social support and employee’s turnover intension amid COVID-19: A Multilevel Moderating Mode

Abstract

The education industry plays a vital role in social development. However, employees’ job turnover is challenging as it involves massive human and institutional financial costs. This research paper innovates by exploring the linkage between social support, sexual harassment, job stress, and job turnover intention amid COVID-19 crisis. The study examines how social support moderates the relationship between job stress, sexual harassment, and job turnover intention among educators teaching faculty members. The investigators applied the technique based on convenient sampling with a cross-sectional design for desired data collection. The study received 200 respondents' feedback from 10 January 2021 to 31 August 2021. (Male teachers, n= 100; female teachers, n=100) and their ages range from 25 to 59 years. The score was M=25.25, and the standard deviation score was SD=10.24. The data reports on the teachers' responses received from various public and private universities in Rawalpindi and the Federal city of Islamabad, Pakistan. The study's results indicate that sexual harassment statistically correlates positively with employees' work stress and job intention turnover. However, it correlates negatively among teachers with social support. The results exhibit that employees' job stress predicts job turnover intention positively and significantly. The study shows that social support moderates the association between sexual harassment, job stress, and teachers' job turnover intention. This research will help raise awareness of severe problems in the workplace. The educational environment would also help address this severe problem in Pakistan's academic and other industries