Extending the Challenge-Hindrance Model of Occupational Stress: The Role of Appraisal

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

12 p.

Publication Date

10-2011

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Source ISSN

0001-8791

Original Item ID

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2011.02.001

Abstract

Interest regarding the challenge-hindrance occupational stress model has increased in recent years, however its theoretical foundation has not been tested. Drawing from the transactional theory of stress, this study tests the assumptions made in past research (1) that workload and responsibility are appraised as challenges and role ambiguity and role conflict are appraised as hindrances, and (2) that these appraisals mediate the relationship between these stressors and outcomes (i.e., strains, job dissatisfaction, and turnover intentions). For a sample of 479 employees, we found that although workload, role ambiguity, and role conflict could be appraised primarily as challenges or hindrances, they could also simultaneously be perceived as being both to varying degrees. Support was also found for a model in which primary appraisal partially mediated the stressor-outcome relationship.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 79, No. 2 (October 2011): 505-516. DOI. © 2011 Elsevier. Used with permission.

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