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A meta-analytic examination of the potential correlates and consequences of workload
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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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“Such indicators of workload have been linked to higher mental and physical strain (Bowling et al. 2015).”
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- Bowling, N. A., Alarcon, G. M., Bragg, C. B., & Hartman, M. J.
- Venue
- Work & Stress
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2015-04-03
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 95-113
- ISSN
- 0267-8373 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-5335
- OpenAlex
- W2023961200
- Cited by
- 354
- References
- 72
- FWCI
- 26.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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