Less detachment but more cognitive flexibility? A diary study on outcomes of cognitive demands of flexible work.

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Kubicek ◽  
Vera Baumgartner ◽  
Roman Prem ◽  
Sabine Sonnentag ◽  
Christian Korunka
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Cognitive Demands

scholarly journals Development and Initial Validation of a Scale to Measure Cognitive Demands of Flexible Work

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Prem ◽  
Bettina Kubicek ◽  
Lars Uhlig ◽  
Vera C. Baumgartner ◽  
Christian Korunka
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Cognitive Demands ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Code Scale

With globalization, digitalization, and the spread of information and communication technologies, rules regulating work have been softened or completely abolished. As a consequence, employees face additional cognitive demands to plan, structure, and coordinate their work. In order to capture these demands of contemporary work, we constructed and initially validated the Cognitive Demands of Flexible Work (CODE) scale. The scale comprises four subscales (i.e., structuring of work tasks, planning of working times, planning of working places, and coordinating with others). We validated the scale in three independent studies (overall N = 1129) in German and English. Confirmatory Factor Analyses supported the four-factor structure as well as the scalar invariance of the different language versions. Moreover, the subscales showed convergent validity with related constructs such as requirements for problem solving or autonomy. Criterion validity for emotional exhaustion, engagement, and positive work rumination, negative work rumination, and problem-solving pondering suggests that cognitive demands of flexible work can be construed as challenge stressors. However, relationships with emotional exhaustion were only significant for one of the four subscales. Overall, the CODE scale was shown to be a reliable and valid instrument to measure cognitive demands of flexible work.

Cognitive Demands of Flexible Work

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-37
Author(s):  
Bettina Kubicek ◽  
Roman Prem ◽  
Vera Baumgartner ◽  
Lars Uhlig ◽  
Christian Korunka
Keyword(s):  
Flexible Work ◽  
Cognitive Demands

Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Cognitive Demands of Flexible Work Organization

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 14226
Author(s):  
Roman Prem ◽  
Bettina Kubicek ◽  
Lars Uhlig ◽  
Vera Baumgartner ◽  
Christian Korunka
Keyword(s):  
Work Organization ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Cognitive Demands ◽  
Development And Validation

Effects of Acute Physical Exercise With Low and High Cognitive Demands on Executive Functions in Children: A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Paschen ◽  
Tim Lehmann ◽  
Miriam Kehne ◽  
Jochen Baumeister
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Working Memory ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Speed Of Processing ◽  
Cognitive Demands ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Acute Physical Exercise

Purpose: Whereas many studies addressed the relation between acute physical exercise and executive functions (EF) in children, the effects of various modalities of acute exercise on EF still remain unclear. This systematic review investigated the effects of exercise with low and high cognitive demands on speed of processing and accuracy of performance in tasks examining inhibition, working memory, and cognitive flexibility in children. Method: A systematic literature research in electronic databases was performed. Controlled trials assessing the effects of acute exercise on EF in a pre–post design were included. Results: Ten studies involving a total of 890 participants revealed positive effects in working memory performance in speed of processing after acute exercises with low cognitive demands compared with seated rest, mixed results for inhibition after exercises with low and high cognitive demands, and mixed results for cognitive flexibility with low cognitive demands. Concerning accuracy, only mixed results were found for inhibition after exercises with low and high cognitive demands. Conclusion: The differentiated effects of acute exercises with low and high cognitive demands led to more positive effects in speed of processing compared with accuracy of performance. Further investigations including assessment of neurophysiological parameters of EF are needed.

scholarly journals Development and Initial Validation of a Scale to Measure Cognitive Demands of Flexible Work

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Prem ◽  
Bettina Kubicek ◽  
Lars Uhlig ◽  
Vera Baumgartner ◽  
Christian Korunka
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Flexible Work ◽  
Cognitive Demands ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Convergent And Divergent Validity ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Code Scale

With globalization, digitalization, and the spread of information and communication technologies, rules regulating work have been softened or completely abolished. Consequently, employees face additional cognitive demands to plan, structure, and coordinate their work. To capture these demands of contemporary work, we constructed and initially validated the Cognitive Demands of Flexible Work (CODE) scale. The scale comprises four subscales (i.e., structuring of work tasks, planning of working times, planning of working places, and coordinating with others). We initially validated the scale in three independent studies (overall N = 1,129) in German and English. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the four-factor structure, as well as scalar invariance, of the different language versions. Moreover, the subscales showed convergent and divergent validity with related constructs such as requirements for problem solving or autonomy. The criterion validity for emotional exhaustion, engagement, positive work rumination, negative work rumination, and problem-solving pondering suggested that cognitive demands of flexible work can be construed as challenge demands. However, relationships with emotional exhaustion were not significant. Overall, the CODE scale was shown to be a reliable and valid instrument to measure cognitive demands of flexible work.

Cognitive gadgets and genetic accommodation

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Jablonka ◽  
Simona Ginsburg ◽  
Daniel Dor
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Genetic Evolution ◽  
Genetic Accommodation

Abstract Heyes argues that human metacognitive strategies (cognitive gadgets) evolved through cultural rather than genetic evolution. Although we agree that increased plasticity is the hallmark of human metacognition, we suggest cognitive malleability required the genetic accommodation of gadget-specific processes that enhanced the overall cognitive flexibility of humans.

When Hearing Does Not Mean Understanding: On the Neural Processing of Syntactically Complex Sentences by Listeners With Hearing Loss

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Margreet Vogelzang ◽  
Christiane M. Thiel ◽  
Stephanie Rosemann ◽  
Jochem W. Rieger ◽  
Esther Ruigendijk
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Sentence Processing ◽  
Secondary Task ◽  
Sentence Comprehension ◽  
Inferior Frontal Gyrus ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Cognitive Demands ◽  
Sentence Complexity ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
And Task

Purpose Adults with mild-to-moderate age-related hearing loss typically exhibit issues with speech understanding, but their processing of syntactically complex sentences is not well understood. We test the hypothesis that listeners with hearing loss' difficulties with comprehension and processing of syntactically complex sentences are due to the processing of degraded input interfering with the successful processing of complex sentences. Method We performed a neuroimaging study with a sentence comprehension task, varying sentence complexity (through subject–object order and verb–arguments order) and cognitive demands (presence or absence of a secondary task) within subjects. Groups of older subjects with hearing loss ( n = 20) and age-matched normal-hearing controls ( n = 20) were tested. Results The comprehension data show effects of syntactic complexity and hearing ability, with normal-hearing controls outperforming listeners with hearing loss, seemingly more so on syntactically complex sentences. The secondary task did not influence off-line comprehension. The imaging data show effects of group, sentence complexity, and task, with listeners with hearing loss showing decreased activation in typical speech processing areas, such as the inferior frontal gyrus and superior temporal gyrus. No interactions between group, sentence complexity, and task were found in the neuroimaging data. Conclusions The results suggest that listeners with hearing loss process speech differently from their normal-hearing peers, possibly due to the increased demands of processing degraded auditory input. Increased cognitive demands by means of a secondary visual shape processing task influence neural sentence processing, but no evidence was found that it does so in a different way for listeners with hearing loss and normal-hearing listeners.

Regulation of Experienced and Anticipated Regret for Daily Decisions in Younger and Older Adults in a Swedish One-Week Diary Study

GeroPsych ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pär Bjälkebring ◽  
Daniel Västfjäll ◽  
Boo Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Anticipated Regret ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Decision Regret ◽  
Diary Method ◽  
Regulation Strategies

Regret and regret regulation were studied using a weeklong web-based diary method. 108 participants aged 19 to 89 years reported regret for a decision made and a decision to be made. They also reported the extent to which they used strategies to prevent or regulate decision regret. Older adults reported both less experienced and anticipated regret compared to younger adults. The lower level of experienced regret in older adults was mediated by reappraisal of the decision. The lower level of anticipated regret was mediated by delaying the decision, and expecting regret in older adults. It is suggested that the lower level of regret observed in older adults is partly explained by regret prevention and regulation strategies.

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