A META‐ANALYSIS OF WORK DEMAND STRESSORS AND JOB PERFORMANCE: EXAMINING MAIN AND MODERATING EFFECTS
verifiedmedium profile · Personnel Psychology · 2008
GILBOA, SIMONA; SHIROM, ARIE; FRIED, YITZHAK; COOPER, CARY
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We quantitatively integrated 169 samples ( N = 35,265 employees) that have been used to investigate the relationships of the following 7 work‐related stressors with job performance: role ambiguity, role conflict, role overload, job insecurity, work–family conflict, environmental uncertainty, and situational constraints. Overall, we obtained a negative mean correlation between each job performance measure and each stressor included in our analyses. As hypothesized, role ambiguity and situational constraints were most strongly negatively related to performance, relative to the other work‐related stressors. Analysis of moderators revealed that (a) the negative correlation of role overload and performance was higher among managers relative to nonmanagers; (b) publication year moderated the relation of role ambiguity and role overload with performance, although in opposite directions; (c) the correlations obtained for published versus unpublished studies were not significantly different; and (d) using the Rizzo et al. scale of role ambiguity and role conflict decreased the magnitude of the correlations of these stressors with performance, relative to other scales. Theoretical contributions, future research directions, and practical implications are discussed.
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supports “…mentioning that the relationship between occupational stress and productivity has been the subject of investigations, as shown by Lepine et al. 51 , Gilboa et al. 52 , Maffia and Pereira 53 , and Kamardeen and Sunindijo 47 , who found reduced performance and the impact of stress on productivity,…”
supports “Industrial-organizational psychology research finds that hindrance-based occupational stressors have a negative relationship with job performance (Beehr et al., 2000; Gilboa et al., 2008; Motowidlo et al., 1986).”
supports “…work has consistently demonstrated the negative relation of job stressors such as situational constraints, illegitimate tasks or psychological contract breach to employee’s performance, work attitudes, and behaviors (Gilboa et al., 2008; Nixon et al., 2011; Sem-mer et al., 2015; Zhao et al., 2022).”
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- 10.1590/2358-289820251449213i
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- 10.3102/00028312241278597
- 10.1007/s10551-024-05821-w
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