A resource management perspective on work design

Chronic, negative, uninterrupted stress, specifically in the workplace, can lead to a variety of health issues as well as decreased job satisfaction and increased intentions to turnover within an organization. An important part of managing this negative stress is identifying the specific factors that contribute to it. The present study focuses on the negative consequences of occupational stress by identifying the work design characteristics that influence an individual’s perception of resource drain or gain and, ultimately, occupational stress. It is hypothesized that positive task characteristics, knowledge characteristics, social characteristics, and work context associated with the work environment will negatively correlate with an individual’s perception of occupational stress and that this relationship will be mediated by resource drain or gain. A mediation analysis was conducted and partial support was found for all indirect effects between work design characteristics and occupational stress through an employee’s perception of resource drain or gain.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Huskey, Whitney Lane

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cunningham, Christopher J. L.
• O'Leary, Brian J.; Weathington, Bart L.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Stress (Psychology)
• Job stress

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/296

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1436