Time pressure and coworker support mediate the curvilinear relationship between age and occupational well-being.

PurposeDrawing from both the transactional theory of stress and the conservation of resources theory, this paper sets out to investigate the role of demand-specific challenge and hindrance appraisal of emotional demands, as well as time pressure and perceived goal progress within the challenge–hindrance framework.Design/methodology/approachFor this research, 91 employees provided daily diary data for one working week. Focusing on within-persons effects, multilevel moderated mediation models using multilevel path analyses were applied.FindingsBoth emotional demands and time pressure exert positive effects on work engagement when people expect resource gain (challenge appraisal), independent of actual resource gain (achievement). Furthermore, results show that goal progress buffers negative effects of perceived blocked resource gain (hindrance appraisal) on both emotional and motivational well-being.Originality/valueThis research proposes an extension and refinement of the challenge–hindrance stressor framework to explain health-impairing and motivational processes of emotional demands and time pressure, combining reasoning from both appraisal and resource theory perspectives. The study identifies demand-specific challenge and hindrance appraisals as mediators linking demands to emotional and motivational well-being, emphasizing the influence of goal progress as a resource on these relations.

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Psychological safety climate and professional drivers’ well-being: The mediating role of time pressure

Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour ◽

10.1016/j.trf.2017.12.002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

pp. 84-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Inmaculada Silla ◽

Nuria Gamero

Keyword(s):

Safety Climate ◽

Time Pressure ◽

Psychological Safety ◽

Well Being ◽

Professional Drivers ◽

Mediating Role

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Analyzing time pressure for software economics

Journal of Enterprise Information Management ◽

10.1108/jeim-10-2018-0239 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 758-777

Author(s):

Seher Razzaq ◽

Jianglin Huang ◽

Hongyi Sun ◽

Min Xie

Keyword(s):

Communication Complexity ◽

Time Pressure ◽

Research Work ◽

Well Being ◽

Data Set ◽

Content Type ◽

Team Members ◽

Software Economics ◽

Free Environment ◽

The Impact

Purpose The research on people and project factors is found extensively in general but not specific to software engineering. Secondly, the existing research has not concentrated on the communication and time complexity of the teams on software economics. The purpose this paper is to develop a model to investigate and quantify the impact of time pressure (TP) on software economics through the communication influence of software team sizes (TS). Design/methodology/approach A research model and five hypotheses are developed based on the gaps in the literature. The data set from International Software Benchmarking Standards Group repository is used for testing the hypotheses. Findings Important findings include: smaller TS tends to exert less TP on average; TP is directly proportional to software economics, however; and TP does not affect the productivity required for the software. Research limitations/implications The study has the following implications: Selection of an appropriate TS for project completion that ensures minimum pressure on team members; and maximize software outcomes in stress-free environment. Practical implications This work is useful for organizations carrying out software projects with teamwork. The project managers can benefit from the results while planning the team factors for achieving the project goals. Social implications The results uphold not to exert pressure on the team as it will not only affect the duly completion of the project but also the well-being of employees. Originality/value The paper is the first one where the proposition of TP estimation is done using TS and communication complexity, and empirically evaluating the impact of TP on four major software economics are the major key contributions of this research work.

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The Impact of Social Factors on Job Crafting: A Meta-Analysis and Review

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17218016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (21) ◽

pp. 8016

Author(s):

Huatian Wang ◽

Peikai Li ◽

Shi Chen

Keyword(s):

Social Factors ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Critical Role ◽

Well Being ◽

Job Crafting ◽

Work Outcomes ◽

Coworker Support ◽

Positive Leadership ◽

The Impact

Despite the considerable focus on job characteristics and individual differences in job crafting research, the influence of social factors on job crafting has not been well-acknowledged. Based on social interaction and job crafting literature, this meta-analysis estimates the associations between social factors (i.e., organizational insiders and outsiders) and job crafting, and how these social factors contribute to employee outcomes through their job crafting. Based on a sample of 51 empirical studies that included 54 independent samples (N = 17,863), we found that social factors of positive leadership styles (e.g., empowering and transformational) and coworker support were positively related to employee job crafting. Moreover, leadership showed a stronger correlation with employee job crafting than coworker support and Leader-Member-Exchange (LMX). Further, our study showed that employee job crafting positively mediates the relationships between social factors and work outcomes (e.g., job performance and well-being). Our study contributes to job crafting literature by integrating social factors into the job crafting model and demonstrating that the social context of work (in particular organizational insiders) plays a crucial role in shaping employees’ job crafting behavior. We also emphasize the critical role that job crafting plays in transmitting valuable social resources into improved work outcomes. Building on our results, we provide future direction for job crafting research and discuss how our results can imply practice in terms of job crafting training.

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