Hindrances are not threats: advancing the multidimensionality of work stress

The challenge-hindrance framework has proved useful for explaining inconsistencies in relationships between work stressors and important outcomes. By introducing the distinction between threat and hindrance to this framework, we capture the potential for personal harm or loss (threat) associated with stressors, as distinct from the potential to block goal attainment (hindrance) or promote gain (challenge). In Study 1, survey data were collected from 609 retail workers, 220 of whom responded 6 months later. The results supported a 3-factor threat-hindrance-challenge stressor structure and showed that threat stressors are associated with increased psychological distress and emotional exhaustion, and reduced dedication, whereas hindrance stressors undermine dedication but may not be related to distress or exhaustion with threats included in the model. Study 2 utilized a diary study design, with data collected from 207 workers over 3 workdays. Findings revealed that the threat, hindrance, and challenge appraisals of individual workers are statistically distinct, and associated with stressors and well-being as anticipated: threats with role conflict and anxiety, hindrances with organizational constraints and fatigue, and challenges with skill demands and enthusiasm. Overall, moving to a 3-dimensional challenge-hindrance-threat framework for stressors and stress appraisals will support a more accurate picture regarding the nature, processes, and effects of stressors on individuals and organizations, and ensure prevention efforts are not misguided..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Journal of occupational health psychology - 20(2015), 2, Seite 131-147

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tuckey, Michelle R [VerfasserIn]
Searle, Ben J [Sonstige Person]
Boyd, Carolyn M [Sonstige Person]
Winefield, Anthony H [Sonstige Person]
Winefield, Helen R [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Aged (65 yrs & older)
Anxiety - etiology
Anxiety - psychology
Appraisal
Article
Australia
Burnout, Professional - etiology
Burnout, Professional - psychology
Demand Induced Strain Questionnaire
Empirical Study
Employment - psychology
Fatigue - etiology
Fatigue - psychology
Female
Human
Job Content Questionnaire
Job demands
Male
Maslach Burnout Inventory
Middle Age (40-64 yrs)
Occupational stress
Quantitative Study
Stress, Psychological - complications
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Stressors
Thirties (30-39 yrs)
Young Adulthood (18-29 yrs)

doi:

10.1037/a0038280

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1960318268