scholarly journals Psychological Detachment in the Relationship between Job Stressors and Strain

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 418-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
My Safstrom ◽  
Terry Hartig
Keyword(s):  
Job Stressors ◽  
Psychological Detachment ◽  
The Relationship

The Relationship between Job Stressors and Organizational Change Among Academic Staff at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Cawangan Kelaantan.

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Nik Mohd Faris Nik Min ◽  
Intan Nurul ‘Ain Mohd Firdaus Kozako ◽  
Muhammad Ammar Haidar Ishak ◽  
Mohd Hafeez Al-Amin Abdul Wahab ◽  
Ayu Kamareenna Abdullah Thani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Role Ambiguity ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Product Diversification ◽  
Role Overload ◽  
Job Stressors ◽  
Peer Relation ◽  
Job Stressor ◽  
The Relationship

Change usually occurs when an organization replaces its management, technological change or product diversification, et cetera. However, organizational change can increase work stress levels, and employees need to cope with new and old stressors.  This research emphasizes the factors of job stressors, such as role overload, role ambiguity, unprofitability, poor peer-relation, and strenuous working conditions. The purpose of this research was to identify the relationship between job stressors and organizational change among academic staff at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Kelantan (Machang Campus) and to identify the most affected job stressor during the organizational change. The research was non-experimental which was categorized by correlation. Quantitative data was collected using a questionnaire contained three separate sections and was distributed to 155 academic staff at UiTM Cawangan Kelantan (Machang Campus). The reliability analysis was conducted and the Cronbach Alpha value ranged from 0.529 to 0.852. Pearson Correlation was used to examine the relationship between job stressors and organizational change, and it was found that all variables of job stressors had a significant relationship with organizational change except for unprofitability. It was also found that the most affected job stressor during organizational change was poor peer-relation. The researchers hope that this study would educate employees regarding factors affecting job stressors towards organizational change.  Keywords: Organizational change, role overload, role ambiguity, unprofitability, poor peer-relation, strenuous working conditions.

scholarly journals The relationship of work overload and unreasonable organizational climate to emotional exhaustion and mediating effects of psychological detachment

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 809-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jina Park ◽  
Shezeen Oah
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Work Overload ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Psychological Detachment ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Psychological Detachment From Work

The purpose of the present study was to examine whether work overload and unreasonable organizational climate have significant relationship with emotional exhaustion. The present study also attempted to find out whether psychological detachment has mediating effects on the relationship. Psychological detachment refers to an individual's experience of being mentally away from work, to make a pause in thinking about work-related issues, thus to “switch off”. Previous research has suggested that psychological detachment from work during off-job time is important in order to recover from stress encountered at the job. Data were collected from 234 workers employed in a variety of organizations. It was found that work overload and unreasonable organizational climate were significantly associated with low psychological detachment and high emotional exhaustion. In addition, psychological detachment had mediating effects on the relationship of work overload and unreasonable organizational climate to emotional exhaustion.

scholarly journals Relationships between role overload and work engagement among employees

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-279
Author(s):  
Yukyeong Kim ◽  
Hyejeen Lee ◽  
HyungIn Park
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Role Overload ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Psychological Detachment ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the mechanisms of the relationships between role overload and three dimensions of work engagement. It was hypothesized that psychological detachment would mediate the relationship between role overload and work engagement, and the indirect effect of role overload on work engagement through psychological detachment would be conditional on job crafting and marital status. Consistent with our hypothesis, the moderating effect of job crafting on the relationship between role overload and psychological detachment was significant in a sample of 446 workers. That is, job crafting alleviated the negative impact of role overload on psychological detachment. The interaction between marital status and psychological detachment was also significant for vigor; however, the direction was different from what was expected. For the married, vigor was relatively constant regardless of the level of psychological detachment, but for the unmarried, the more the psychological detachment the lower the vigor. In addition, this difference was observed more for women than men. In case of women, marital status also moderated the relationship between psychological detachment and dedication. Although the direction was unexpected, there was a conditional indirect effect of role overload on vigor and dedication through psychological detachment depending on the level of job crafting and marital status combined with sex differences. There was no conditional indirect effect for absorption. Implications and limitations of this study, and future research directions were discussed.

scholarly journals Boundarylessness and sleep quality among virtual team members – a cross-sectional study from Germany

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Rohwer ◽  
Ann-Christin Kordsmeyer ◽  
Volker Harth ◽  
Stefanie Mache
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Virtual Team ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Virtual Teamwork ◽  
Psychological Detachment ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background In the course of globalisation and digitalisation, new ways of work become increasingly prevalent. To remain competitive as an organisation, cooperation across time, place, and organisational boundaries becomes necessary. Virtual teamwork offers these advantages, but can also be both, an opportunity and a burden, for employees. The aim of this study is to gain first insights into job demands and resources in virtual teamwork to create a basis for deducing appropriate health promotion and prevention measures. Methods In this cross-sectional study, an online questionnaire was used to examine the relationship between boundarylessness as a job demand, psychological detachment as a personal resource, as well as perceived stress and sleep quality as health outcomes among 46 employees in virtual teamwork in Germany. Data collection lasted from October 2019 to January 2020. Validated scales were used for the questionnaire, except for virtuality. Due to insufficient operationalisation to date, a virtuality scale was developed based on the current state of research. The data were analysed with multiple regression analyses. Results The results show that virtuality and perceived stress impaired sleep quality of virtual team members in this sample. In contrast, successful psychological detachment from work was positively related to sleep quality. There were no significant results for boundarylessness. Virtual team members with managerial responsibility showed higher levels of psychological detachment. Conclusion The study provides first insights in the relationship between virtual teamwork and employee health in the German context. Further research, particularly on job demands in virtual teamwork, is needed to derive concrete health promotion and prevention measures.

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