Job-Occupation Misfit as an Occupational Stressor

Autor/in	Ford, Michael T.
Titel	Job-Occupation Misfit as an Occupational Stressor
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80 (2012) 2, S.412-421 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2011.10.004
Schlagwörter	Job Satisfaction; Job Development; Stress Variables; Depression (Psychology); Professional Autonomy; Expectation; Occupational Information; Employees; Sample Size; Role; Employment Level; Social Influences; Decision Making; Work Attitudes; Personality Theories; Social Cognition; Predictor Variables; Behavior Standards + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Berufsfreiheit; Expectancy; Erwartung; Berufsinformation; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Rollen; Beschäftigungsgrad; Sozialer Einfluss; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Personality theory; Persönlichkeitstheorie; Soziale Kognition; Prädiktor
Abstract	Drawing from theory on met expectations, person-environment fit, and social information processing, misfit between the pressure and autonomy experienced by workers and that which would be expected given their occupational roles was examined as a predictor of job satisfaction, perceived support, and depression. Results from a nationally (U.S.) representative sample using response surface methods indicate that job pressure had much stronger effects on job satisfaction, perceived support, and depression when it exceeded the pressure that would be expected given the occupational role's norms for time pressure and critical decision-making demands. When pressure fell short of occupational norms, effects were much weaker and in some cases reversed. Satisfaction was also highest and depression lowest when the autonomy was at or slightly above the norms for autonomy for one's occupational role. These results have implications for job design, realistic job previews, and the use of normative occupational information in developing work roles that fit worker abilities and interests. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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