ERIC Number: EJ872577
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Publication Date: 2010-Feb
Pages: 10
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Toward a Better Understanding of the Effects of Hindrance and Challenge Stressors on Work Behavior
Webster, Jennica R.; Beehr, Terry A.; Christiansen, Neil D.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v76 n1 p68-77 Feb 2010
This study investigated the processes whereby hindrance and challenge stressors may affect work behavior. Three mechanisms were examined to explain the differential effects these stressors have demonstrated: job satisfaction, strains, and work self-efficacy. A model is proposed in which both types of stressors will result in increases in strains, but that job satisfaction is primarily involved in the relationship between hindrance stressors and citizenship behavior, and efficacy is involved in the relationship between challenge stressors and job performance. Although the results generally supported the dual-stressor framework showing meaningful relationships to the work outcomes through the proposed processes, the link between work self-efficacy and job performance was not significant. This model was analyzed using multi-source data collected from 143 employees from a variety of organizational settings. Implications for the conceptualization of stressors and the development of interventions are discussed.
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Self Efficacy, Job Performance, Stress Variables, Job Skills, Models, Intervention, Data Collection, Employees, Organizational Climate
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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