Toward a Better Understanding of the Effects of Hindrance and Challenge Stressors on Work Behavior

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

10 p.

Publication Date

2-2010

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Source ISSN

0001-8791

Original Item ID

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2009.06.012

Abstract

This study investigated the processes whereby hindrance and challenge stressors may affect work behavior. Three mechanisms were examined to explain the differential effects these stressors have demonstrated: job satisfaction, strains, and work self-efficacy. A model is proposed in which both types of stressors will result in increases in strains, but that job satisfaction is primarily involved in the relationship between hindrance stressors and citizenship behavior, and efficacy is involved in the relationship between challenge stressors and job performance. Although the results generally supported the dual-stressor framework showing meaningful relationships to the work outcomes through the proposed processes, the link between work self-efficacy and job performance was not significant. This model was analyzed using multi-source data collected from 143 employees from a variety of organizational settings. Implications for the conceptualization of stressors and the development of interventions are discussed.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 76, No. 1 (February 2010): 68-77. DOI. © 2010 Elsevier. Used with permission.

Jennica R. Webster was affiliated with Central Michigan University at the time of publication.

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