... and employee challenge appraisal is expected to be strengthened as employees' optimistic cognitive interpretations align with the positive expectations cultivated by guanxi HRM practices. A strong guanxi HRM also means employees have a shared understanding of the kinds of behaviors that the organization...

.... The challenge appraisal associated with HPWS positively influences employees' thriving at work whereas hindrance appraisal of HPWS negatively influences thriving experience. The results also support the hypothesized relationships in which servant leadership moderates the indirect effect of HPWS on employee...

...Yasir Mansoor Kundi; Shakir Sardar; Kamal Badar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of threat and challenge appraisals in the relationship between performance pressure and employees' work engagement, as well as the buffering role of emotional stability...