Daily fluctuations in teachers' well-being: A diary study using the job demands–resources model
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The study tests the dynamic nature of the Job Demands-Resources model with regard to both motivational and health impairment processes. It does so by examining whether daily fluctuations in co-workers' support (i.e., a typical job resource) and daily fluctuations in work/family conflict (i.e., a typical job demand) predict day-levels of job satisfaction and mental health through work engagement and exhaustion, respectively. A total of 61 schoolteachers completed a general questionnaire and a daily survey over a period of five consecutive work days. Multilevel analyses provided evidence for both the above processes. Consistently with the hypotheses, our results showed that day-level work engagement mediated the impact of day-level co-workers' support on day-level job satisfaction and day-level mental health, after general levels of work engagement and outcome variables had been controlled for. Moreover, day-level exhaustion mediated the relationship between day-level work/family conflict and day-level job satisfaction and day-level mental health after general levels of exhaustion and outcome variables had been controlled for. These findings provide new insights into the dynamic psychological processes that determine daily fluctuations in employee well-being. Such insights may be transformed into job redesign strategies and other interventions designed to enhance work-related psychological well-being on a daily level.
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The great majority of studies measured TWB as a trait, while only four assessed it as a dynamic state using daily measures.
“It also worth noting that the great majority of studies measured TWB as a trait, while only four assessed it as a dynamic state using daily measures (Aldrup et al., 2018;Lavy & Eshet, 2018;Simbula, 2010;Tadić Vujčić, Oerlemans, & Bakker, 2017).”
From Teacher well-being: A systematic review of the research literature from the year 2000–2019 (2021) · cites this paper as Simbula, 2010
Daily fluctuations in subjective work engagement and exhaustion played a role in the relationship between colleague support or conflict and teacher well-being.
“daily fluctuations in subjective work engagement and exhaustion played a role concerning the relationship between colleague support or conflict and TWB (Simbula, 2010).”
From Teacher well-being: A systematic review of the research literature from the year 2000–2019 (2021) · cites this paper as Simbula, 2010
The four studies that applied daily diaries covered a minimum of five to a maximum of 10 working days.
“the four studies that applied daily diaries (Aldrup et al., 2017;Lavy & Eshet, 2018;Simbula, 2010;Tadić Vujčić et al., 2017) covered a minimum of five to a maximum of 10 working days.”
From Teacher well-being: A systematic review of the research literature from the year 2000–2019 (2021) · cites this paper as Simbula, 2010
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- Authors
- Simbula, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Bologna (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Simbula, Silvia
- ORCID
- Simbula, Silvia
- Venue
- Anxiety, Stress & Coping
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2010-10
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 563-584
- ISSN
- 1061-5806 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-2205
- OpenAlex
- W1980396227
- Cited by
- 201
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 12.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Anxiety Stress & Coping (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Keywords
- job demands-resources model, daily fluctuations, teacher well-being, work-family conflict, job satisfaction, mental health, work engagement, exhaustion, mediation, school teachers, diary study
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Burnout, Professional, Conflict, Psychological, Faculty, Fatigue, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Italy, Job Satisfaction, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Motivation, Surveys and Questionnaires, Social Support, Workload, Family Conflict
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