Feel like quitting the job? A causal attribution approach to social and work overload consequences

Purpose In an effort to study the effects of stress factors i.e. work overload and social overload, the authors integrate causal attribution research to develop a stress outcome model. Drawing on Affective Events theory, this study aims to investigate how work and social overload lead to turnover intentions with the mediating role of emotional exhaustion. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative approach to examine the direct linkage of stress factors to turnover intention was tested for 409 respondents working at middle and senior manager level posts in the banking sector of Lahore, Pakistan. Partial least square structure equation modeling technique was applied through Smart_PLS3.0 for hypothesis testing. Findings Results revealed a strong relationship between stress factors (i.e. social overload and work overload) and turnover intentions in the presence of emotional exhaustion as a significant mediator. Originality/value The study adds value to the theory and practice by examining the understudied stress factors (social overload) along with work overload and their consequences on the employees.

CARGA LABORAL Y EFECTOS EN LA CALIDAD DE VIDA DE DOCENTES UNIVERSITARIOS Y DE ENSEÑANZA MEDIA.

Diversas condiciones de trabajo influyen directamente en la carga laboral, tanto en docentes de educación media como en los universitarios, lo que tiene un impacto negativo en su calidad de vida, es por ello relevante una mayor concientización respecto al contexto y condiciones de trabajo y la necesidad de implementar cambios en los ambientes laborales. Este artículo presenta los resultados obtenidos a partir de una revisión bibliográfica llevada a cabo entre junio de 2020 y septiembre de 2020. El objetivo fue analizar los efectos de la carga laboral sobre la calidad de vida de docentes universitarios y de enseñanza media, según estudios publicados en diferentes bases de datos, para lo cual se realizaron búsquedas a través de la utilización de las palabras clave: work overload and teacher y sobrecarga laboral en profesores. Los principales resultados arrojaron una alta carga laboral asociada a múltiples responsabilidades emanadas desde la dirección de las instituciones educativas, lo que genera falta de tiempo para la vida personal, riesgos psicosociales relacionados con estrés y afectaciones físicas; y no se encontraron diferencias significativas según el país de origen de los estudios analizados, los que incluyen artículos realizados en los continentes de Europa, Asia y América.

Implementation of solution-focused approach in teacher’s educational work

For many teachers working at school means solving problems of a various nature. These problems are often associated with teaching difficulties, and even more often with educational issues caused by students. When focussing on problems, teachers experience a sense of work overload, disappointment and stress, or a sense of helplessness and lack of empowerment. The paper presents an alternative, novel approach to teacher’s work. Instead of an in depth examination of problems, the solution-focussed approach redirects the teacher’s greater attention to searching for exceptions from existing problems and developing aspects which enable students to function effectively at school, to student’s achievements and resources. The article presents the theoretical assumptions of solution-based education and its possible use by the teacher in work with the student and the whole class.

The Impact of Work Life Balance, Role Conflict and Work Overload on Employee Turnover Intention through the mediating role of Job Stress

The current study is to find out the impact of Work Life balance, Role Conflict and Work Overload on Employees Turnover Intention with the mediating role of job stress of Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKUM) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Working in educational institutions is complex and dynamic in nature, therefore in these conditions employees faces many stresses. Referable to the most troubling of these fears the most affected relationship is the low performance of employees working in Abdul Wali Khan University (AWKUM) because of the stress. Different stressor in the management of universities like Work Life Balance, Role conflict and Work Overload are important determinants of stress. The workplace has some harsh realities, worldwide one of the basic challenges facing in an organization is their employee’s performance affected by stress. The employees who are working in different sectors of an organization have to deal with stress. Similarly, the university workers are among the same to deal with the stress. The performance of an organization is dependent on employee’s working ability and if the employees are in stress than their overall performance will be negatively affected, resulting in inefficiency and staff turnover. . To study stress in universities, the survey has conducted through a questionnaire designed by the Donald A Buckingham (2004) and KavithaVenugobal (2017). The questionnaire was sent to 300 respondents and 270 answered the questionnaire, which represents a response rate of 89.6%. Based on data collected, the correlation and regression of the variables were carried out in SPSS. The outcomes of the analysis show that Work Life Balance negatively affects the stress level of employees while Role Conflict and Work overload positively affect the job stress level of employees. As the job stress is the mediator in the study, its effect on employee turnover intention is positive. This study will help decision-makers to identify important stresses and see their impact on job stress.

Does Polychronicity Undermine Procrastination Behavior Through ICTs? Insights From Multi-Level Modeling

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are widely used in developing nations as a dynamic solution for socio-economic development. Pakistan has seen a rapid increase in the use of ICTs during the previous decade. The purpose of this study is to examine how polychronicity affects procrastination behavior when it is influenced by ICTs. According to this study, individuals are described as a dynamic and destructive kind of self-regulation failure in ICTs. Procrastination is a behavior that prevents emerging economies from growing from developing countries. We researched the group-level polychronicity influence of the individual behavior and the mechanism of procrastination from a team-level perspective of worker behavior. This study data collected 231 workers from 76 groups working in ICTs in Pakistan. The results revealed that the group polychronicity and the behavior of group members were positively linked by taking the work overload as a mediator. Moreover, group cohesiveness moderates the role between polychronicity and work overload diminishing the mediation procession between-group polychronicity and individual procrastination. The practical importance of this study is to understand the causes of procrastination, and how to decrease this obstacle to a fairer workplace. It also helps to decide the professional route that is most suited to personality characteristics.

Work Engagement as a Consequence of Work Overload and Intimidation: The Moderating role of Spiritual Leadership and Organizational Climate

Purpose The purpose of the study seeks to proposed and test a research model that investigates impact of work-overload on employee engagement and employee psychological wellbeing via mediating role of intimidation and moderating role of spiritual leadership and organizational climate by employing moderation-mediation- moderation model Design/Methodology/Approach: The data was collected from 351 pharmaceutical employees working as sales force. The study issuing convenient sampling technique. Smart PLS-SEM was used for data analysis. Findings: The result of SEM findings revealed that spiritual leadership fails to moderate the relationship in the perspective of existing framework whereas organization climate moderates the relationship between intimidation and employee engagement, which indicates that even the intimidated employees got engaged in their work in the presence of supportive organization climate. Implications/Originality/Value: The study framework and methodology contribute in the existing literature and creates future horizons for the scholars. Longitudinal data might be valuable in future studies for establishing causal extrapolations between study variables. Future studies could benefit from incorporating cross-cultural study. Our insights can even be extended to employees in plenty of other workplaces wherein everyday organizational interactions are necessary