Off-the-job embeddedness moderates work intensity on employee stress
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Article Title | Off-the-job embeddedness moderates work intensity on employee stress |
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ERA Journal ID | 200478 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Treuren, Gerrit J. M. (Author) and Fein, Erich C. (Author) |
Journal Title | Evidence-Based HRM: a global forum for empirical scholarship |
Journal Citation | 10 (1), pp. 103-118 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 2049-3983 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1108/EBHRM-01-2021-0015 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/EBHRM-01-2021-0015/full/html |
Abstract | Purpose: Work intensity causes employee stress. This paper demonstrates that off-the-job embeddedness (OffJE), a potential source of social support resources, buffers the negative effect of work intensity on employee stress. Design/methodology/approach: Guided by conservation of resources (COR) and job embeddedness theory (JET), this paper reports on the moderated regression analysis of the survey responses of 385 adult employees from a variety of industries in Queensland, Australia, using a student-recruited sampling strategy. Findings: Higher levels of work intensity were found to be associated with higher levels of employee stress. However, this effect was weaker for employees who had higher OffJE. In this sample, work intensity has no relationship with stress for employees who report OffJE beyond the 70th percentile. Originality/value: This paper demonstrates the positive role of outside workplace relationships embodied in OffJE on workplace employee experience, justifies employer work-life balance initiatives and community involvement, demonstrates the potential positive return for employer involvement in helping employees manage the experience of work intensity and contributes to the social support, COR and job embeddedness literature studies. |
Keywords | Burnout and stress; Job embeddedness theory; Work intensity; Social support; Conservation of resources; Community |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520104. Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors) |
350507. Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of South Australia |
School of Psychology and Counselling | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6z8v/off-the-job-embeddedness-moderates-work-intensity-on-employee-stress
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