A Meta-Analytic Test of the Challenge Stressor–Hindrance Stressor Framework: An Explanation for Inconsistent Relationships Among Stressors and Performance
2005/10/01 by Jeffery A. Lepine, Jeffery A. LePine, Nathan P. Podsakoff +2 · 2,358 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #Clinical psychology #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior #Medicine #Meta-analysis #Psychology #Resilience and Mental Health #Social psychology #Stressor #Test (biology) #Workplace Health and Well-being
paper · doi:10.5465/amj.2005.18803921
published in Academy of Management Journal 48(5), 764-775 (Academy of Management)
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Abstract
This article reports a meta-analytic test of a two-dimensional work stressor framework with respect to stressors' relationships with strains, motivation, and performance. Hindrance stressors had a negative direct effect on performance, as well as negative indirect effects on performance through strains and motivation. Challenge stressors had a positive direct effect on performance, as well as offsetting indirect effects on performance through strains (negative) and motivation (positive). Results suggest research and practice could benefit by distinguishing among challenge and hindrance stressors.
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