Relations between Stress and Work Outcomes: The Role of Felt Challenge, Job Control, and Psychological Strain

Autor/inn/en	Boswell, Wendy R.; Olson-Buchanan, Julie B.; LePine, Marcie A.
Titel	Relations between Stress and Work Outcomes: The Role of Felt Challenge, Job Control, and Psychological Strain
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 64 (2004) 1, S.165-181 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/S0001-8791(03)00049-6
Schlagwörter	Anxiety; Administrators; Job Performance; Burnout; Stress Variables; Organizational Climate; Heterogeneous Grouping; School Personnel; Job Satisfaction; College Faculty + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Angst; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom; Organisationsklima; Schulpersonal; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Fakultät
Abstract	Recent research on reported work stress indicates stress may not always be deleterious for an individual or organization. Research in this area, however, has not yet examined a variety of work outcomes, the mechanism by which stress leads to such outcomes, and the moderators of this effect. The present study hypothesized that two types of reported stress (challenge- and hindrance-related) have a divergent relationship with work outcomes (relating to desirable and undesirable outcomes, respectively) and a similar (positive) relationship with psychological strain. We also hypothesize felt challenge as a mechanism through which challenge stress relates to desirable outcomes and job control as a moderator of the effect. Results from a heterogeneous sample of university staff employees (N=461) supported many of the hypotheses. The two types of stress differentially related to work outcomes yet both positively related to psychological strain. In addition, felt challenge mediated the relationship between challenge-related stress and work outcomes, yet the effect of challenge-related stress did not depend on job control. (Author).
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