A meta-analytic examination of the potential correlates and consequences of workload |
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Authors: | Nathan A. Bowling Gene M. Alarcon Caleb B. Bragg Michael J. Hartman |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USAnathan.bowling@wright.edu;3. SRA International, Dayton, OH, USA;4. Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA |
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Abstract: | Over the last four decades, occupational stress researchers have given considerable attention to the potential correlates and consequences of workload. In the current study, we use meta-analysis (overall k = 336) to quantitatively review the workload literature. In analyses of hypothesized correlates, we found that social support was negatively associated (ρ = ?.20 for supervisor support; ρ = –.11 for co-worker support) and that trait negative affectivity (ρ = .22), role ambiguity (ρ = .28), role conflict (ρ = .44) and work-family conflict (ρ = .44 for work-to-family conflict; ρ = .20 for family-to-work conflict) were each positively associated with workload. Analyses examining hypothesized outcome variables suggest that workload is negatively associated with several indices of psychological and physical well-being (ρs were generally in the –.20s and –.30s), and affective organizational commitment (ρ = –.11), and is positively associated with turnover intention (ρ = .16) and absenteeism (ρ = .07). |
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Keywords: | workload role overload job demands occupational stress employee well-being job performance meta-analysis |
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