The ambivalence of challenge stressors: Time pressure associated with both negative and positive well-being

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 422-433

  Widmer, Pascale S ^a   Semmer, Norbert K ^a   Kälin, Wolfgang ^a   Jacobshagen, Nicola ^a   Meier, Laurenz L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Challenge hindrance; Mediation; Organization based self esteem; Strain; Stressors; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857782925     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Amstad F.T., Semmer N.K. Recovery and the work-family interface. Research in occupational stress and well-being: Current perspectives on job-stress recovery 2009, 125-166. Emerald, Bingley, UK. P. Perrewé, D.C. Ganster, S. Sonnentag (Eds.).
2. Arbuckle J.L. Amos 16.0 user's guide 2007, SPSS, Chicago.
3. Beehr T.A., Jex S.M., Stacy B.A., Murray M.A. Work stressors and coworker support as predictors of individual strain and job performance. Journal of Organizational Behavior 2000, 21:391-405.
4. Birdi K., Warr P., Oswald A. Age differences in three components of employee well-being. Applied Psychology: An International Review 1995, 44:345-373.
5. Boswell W.R., Olson-Buchanan J.B., LePine M.A. Relations between stress and work outcomes: The role of felt challenge, job control, and psychological strain. Journal of Vocational Behavior 2004, 64:165-181.
6. Britt T.W., Adler A.B., Bartone P.T. Deriving benefits from stressful events: The role of engagement in meaningful work and hardiness. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2001, 6:53-63.
7. Brown J.D., Marshall M.A. Self-esteem and emotion: Some thoughts about feelings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2001, 27:575-584.
8. Cavanaugh M.A., Boswell W.R., Roehling M.V., Boudreau J.W. An empirical examination of self-reported work stress among U.S. managers. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2000, 85:65-74.
9. Cheung G.W., Lau R.S. Testing mediation and suppression effects with structural equation models. Organizational Research Methods 2008, 11:296-325.
10. Conger A.J. A revised definition for suppressor variables: A guide to their identification and interpretation. Educational Psychological Measurement 1974, 34:35-46.
11. Demerouti E., Geurts S. Towards a typology of work-home interaction. Community, Work & Family 2004, 7:285-309.
12. Diener E., Oishi S., Lucas R.E. Personality, culture, and subjective well-being: Emotional and cognitive evaluations of life. Annual Review of Psychology 2003, 54:403-425.
13. Doty D.H., Glick W.H. Common methods bias: Does common methods variance really bias results?. Organizational Research Methods 1998, 1:374-406.
14. Ellsworth P.C., Scherer K.R. Appraisal process in emotion. Handbook of affective sciences 2003, 572-595. Oxford University Press, New York. R.J. Davidson, K.R. Scherer, H.H. Goldsmith (Eds.).
15. Epstein S. Cognitive-experiential self-theory. Advanced personality 1998, 211-238. Plenum, New York. D. Barone, F.M. Hersen, B.V. Van Hasselt (Eds.).
16. Grebner S., Elfering A., Semmer N.K. The success resource model of job stress. New developments in theoretical and conceptual approaches to job stress 2010, 61-108. Emerald, Bingley, UK. P.L. Perrewé, D.C. Ganster (Eds.).
17. Grebner S., Semmer N.K., Elfering A. Working conditions and three types of well-being: A longitudinal study with self-report and rating data. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2005, 10:31-43.
18. Grob A. Subjective well-being and significant life-events across the life span. Swiss Journal of Psychology 1995, 54:3-18.
19. Grob A., Lüthi R., Kaiser F.G., Flammer A. Berner Fragebogen zum Wohlbefinden Jugendlicher (BFW)/The Bern Subjective Well-Being Questionnaire for Adolescents (BFW). Diagnostica 1991, 37:66-75.
20. Hau K.T., Marsh H.W. The use of item parcels in structural equation modelling: Non-normal data and small sample sizes. The British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology 2004, 57:327-351.
21. Hu L., Bentler P.M. Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling 1999, 6:1-55.
22. Kanning P., Schnitker R. Übersetzung und Validierung einer Skala zur Messung des organisationsbezogenen Selbstwerts. Zeitschrift für Personalpsychologie 2004, 3:112-121.
23. Landis R.S., Beal D.J., Tesluk P.E. A comparison of approaches to forming composite measures in structural equation models. Organizational Research Methods 2000, 3:186-207.
24. Landsbergis P.A., Schnall P.L., Dobson M. The workplace and cardiovascular disease. Unhealthy work: Causes, consequences, cures 2009, 89-111. Baywood Publishing Co; US, Amityville, NY.
25. Lazarus R.S. Emotion and adaptation: New York 1991, Oxford University Press, NY, US.
26. Lazarus R.S., Folkman S. Stress, appraisal, and coping 1984, Springer, New York.
27. LePine J.A., LePine M.A., Jackson C.L. Challenge and hindrance stress: Relationships with exhaustion, motivation to learn, and learning performance. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2004, 89:883-891.
28. LePine J.A., LePine M.A., Saul J.R. Relationships among work and non-work challenge and hindrance stressors and non-work and work criteria: A model of cross-domain stressor effects. Exploring the work and non-work interface 2007, 35-72. Elsevier, Oxford. P.L. Perrewé, D.C. Ganster (Eds.).
29. LePine J.A., Podsakoff N.P., LePine M.A. A meta-analytic test of the challenge stressor-hindrance stressor framework: An explanation for inconsistent relationships among stressors and performance. The Academy of Management Journal 2005, 48:764-775.
30. Little T.D., Cunningham W.A., Shahar G., Widaman K.F. To parcel or not to parcel: Exploring the question, weighing the merits. Structural Equation Modeling 2002, 9:151-173.
31. Lucas R.E., Diener E., Suh E. Discriminant validity of well-being measures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1996, 71:616-628.
32. Maassen G.H., Bakker A.B. Suppressor variables in path models. Sociological Methods & Research 2001, 30:241-270.
33. MacKinnon D.P., Fairchild A.J., Fritz M.S. Mediation analysis. Annual Review of Psychology 2007, 58:593-614.
34. MacKinnon C.P., Krull J.L., Lockwood C.M. Equivalence of the mediation, confounding and suppression effect. Prevention Science 2000, 4:173-181.
35. Mohr G., Müller A., Rigotti T., Aycan Z., Tschan F. The assessment of psychological strain in work contexts: Concerning the structural equivalency of nine language adaptations of the irritation scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment 2006, 22:198-206.
36. Olinsky A., Chen S., Harlow L. The comparative efficacy of imputation methods for missing data in structural equation modeling. European Journal of Operational Research 2003, 151:53-79.
37. Pierce J.L., Gardner D.G. Self-esteem within the work and organizational context: A review of the organization-based self-esteem literature. Journal of Management 2004, 30:591-622.
38. Pierce J.L., Gardner D.G., Cummings L.L., Dunham R.B. Organization-based self-esteem: Construct definition, measurement, and validation. The Academy of Management Journal 1989, 32:622-648.
39. Podsakoff N.P., LePine J.A., LePine M.A. Differential challenge stressor-hindrance stressor relationships with job attitudes, turnover intentions, turnover, and withdrawal behavior: A meta-analysis. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2007, 92:438-454.
40. Rodell J.B., Judge T.A. Can "good" stressors spark "bad" behaviors? The mediating role of emotions in links of challenge and hindrance stressors with citizenship and counterproductive behaviors. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2009, 94:1438.
41. Rucker D.D., Preacher K.J., Tormala Z.L., Petty R.E. Mediation analysis in social psychology: Current practices and new recommondations. Social and Personality Compass 2011, 5:359-371.
42. Schermelleh-Engel K., Moosbrugger H., Müller H. Evaluating the fit of structural equation models: Tests of significance and descriptive goodness-of-fit measures. Methods of Psychological Research 2003, 8:23-74.
43. Selye H. The stress of life 1978, McGraw-Hill, New York.
44. Semmer N.K., Jacobshagen N., Meier L.L., Elfering A. Occupational stress research: The "stress-as-offence-to-self" perspective. Occupational health psychology: European perspectives on research, education, and practice 2007, 43-60. University Press, Nottingham. J. Houdmont, McIntyre (Eds.).
45. Semmer N.K., McGrath J.E., Beehr T.A. Conceptual issues in research on stress and health. Handbook of stress medicine and health 2005, 1-43. CRC Press, Boca Raton. C.L. Cooper (Ed.).
46. Semmer N.K., Zapf D., Dunckel H. Assessing stress at work: A framework and an instrument. Work and health: Scientific basis of progress in the working environment 1995, 105-113. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg. O. Svane, C. Johansen (Eds.).
47. Shrout P.E., Bolger N. Mediation in experimental and nonexperimental studies: New procedures and recommendations. Psychological Methods 2002, 7:422-445.
48. Siegrist J. Effort-reward imbalance at work and health. Research in occupational stress and well-being: Historical and current perspectives on stress and health 2002, 261-291. Emerald, Bingley, UK. P.L. Perrewé, D.C. Ganster (Eds.).
49. Simmons B.L., Nelson D.L. Eustress at work: The relationship between hope and health in hospital nurses. Health Care Management Review 2001, 26:7-18.
50. Sonnentag S., Binnewies C., Mojza E.J. Staying well and engaged when demands are high: The role of psychological detachment. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2010, 95:965-976.
51. Sonnentag S., Frese M. Stress in organizations. Handbook of psychology 2003, 453-491. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. W.C. Borman, D.R. Ilgen, R.J. Klimoski (Eds.).
52. Theorell T., Karasek R.A. Current issues relating to psychosocial job strain and cardiovascular disease research. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 1996, 1:9-26.
53. Van den Broeck A., De Cuyper N., De Witte H., Vansteenkiste M. Not all job demands are equal: Differentiating job hindrances and job challenges in the job demands-resources model. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 2010, 19:735-759.
54. Vroom V.H. Work and motivation 1964, Wiley, New York.
55. Warr P. Work, well-being, and mental health. Handbook of work stress 2005, 547-574. Sage, Thousand Oaks. J. Barling, E.K. Kelloway, M.R. Frone (Eds.).
56. Warr P. Work, happiness, and unhappiness 2007, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, New Jersey.
57. Webster J.R., Beehr T.A., Christiansen N.D. Toward a better understanding of the effects of hindrance and challenge stressors on work behavior. Journal of Vocational Behavior 2010, 76:68-77.
58. Webster J.R., Beehr T.A., Love K. Extending the challenge-hindrance model of occupational stress: The role of appraisal. Journal of Vocational Behavior 2011, 79:505-516.
59. Weiss H.M. Deconstructing job satisfaction: Separating evaluations, beliefs and affective experiences. Human Resource Management Review 2002, 12:173-194.
60. Zhao Y., Lynch J.G., Chen Q. Reconsidering Baron and Kenny: Myths and truths about mediation analysis. The Journal of Consumer Research 2010, 37:197-206.