Role of job and personal resources in the appraisal of job demands as challenges and hindrances.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has shown that challenge and hindrance job demands show different effects on employees' wellbeing and performance. Moreover, it has been demonstrated that employees' subjective appraisal of job demands as challenges and hindrances may vary: they can be appraised as challenges or hindrances or both. Subjective appraisal of job demands was found to be also related to employees' wellbeing and productivity. However, little is known about predictors of the appraisals of job demands made by employees. The aim of the study was to identify predictors of such appraisals among job and individual resources. Cross-sectional research was carried out among 426 IT, healthcare and public transport employees. COPSOQ II scales were used to measure job demands (emotional, quantitative, cogn

SUBMITTER: Mockallo Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8007006 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature