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Rethinking the effects of stressors: A longitudinal study on personal initiative.

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: This study examined the relationship between stressors at work and personal initiative (PI), one proactive concept of extra-role performance. Using a control theory framework to describe the stress process, the authors hypothesized that stressors should be positively related to PI. This departs from findings of negative relationships between stressors and other types of performance. Furthermore, curvilinear relationships were tested. The analyses, based on 4 measurement waves of a longitudinal field study with 172 to 193 participants, showed that stressors were positively related to subsequent changes in PI; there was no support for a curvilinear relationship.

Source: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

DOI: 10.1037//1076-8998.7.3.221

Authors: Doris Fay, Sabine Sonnentag

Institutions: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, University of Amsterdam, Technische Universität Braunschweig

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Akershus Universitetssykehus