A meta-analytic examination of the potential correlates and consequences of workload

Bowling, Nathan A.; Alarcon, Gene M.; Bragg, Caleb B.; Hartman, Michael J.

doi:10.1080/02678373.2015.1033037

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“…Both variables significantly negatively correlated with detachment from work. Recent meta-analyses found that people with higher values on these variables report more severe experiences of negative emotions (DeNeve and Cooper, 1998; Clark et al, 2016) and work stressors (Bowling et al, 2015; Clark et al, 2016). Thus, our results underline the assumption of Sonnentag and Fritz (2015) that person characteristics related to appraisal processes of the work situation might further influence detachment.…”

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“…Neuroticism and negative affectivity have been both defined as individuals' stable tendency to be more sensitive to experience negative emotions across time and situations (Watson et al, 1988; Costa and McCrae, 1992). We expect persons high in neuroticism and negative affectivity to report lower detachment as they experience work demands more intensively (Bowling et al, 2015). Second, some scholars discuss effects of work-related personality constructs that are all related to a general tendency of heavy work investment (Snir and Harpaz, 2012; workaholism: Oates, 1971; overcommitment: Siegrist et al, 2004; obsessive work passion: Vallerand and Houlfort, 2003).…”

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A Meta-Analysis on Antecedents and Outcomes of Detachment from Work

2017

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Detachment from work has been proposed as an important non-work experience helping employees to recover from work demands. This meta-analysis (86 publications, k = 91 independent study samples, N = 38,124 employees) examined core antecedents and outcomes of detachment in employee samples. With regard to outcomes, results indicated average positive correlations between detachment and self-reported mental (i.e., less exhaustion, higher life satisfaction, more well-being, better sleep) and physical (i.e., lower physical discomfort) health, state well-being (i.e., less fatigue, higher positive affect, more intensive state of recovery), and task performance (small to medium sized effects). However, average relationships between detachment and physiological stress indicators and work motivation were not significant while associations with contextual performance and creativity were significant, but negative. Concerning work characteristics, as expected, job demands were negatively related and job resources were positively related to detachment (small sized effects). Further, analyses revealed that person characteristics such as negative affectivity/neuroticism (small sized effect) and heavy work investment (medium sized effect) were negatively related to detachment whereas detachment and demographic variables (i.e., age and gender) were not related. Moreover, we found a medium sized average negative relationship between engagement in work-related activities during non-work time and detachment. For most of the examined relationships heterogeneity of effect sizes was moderate to high. We identified study design, samples' gender distribution, and affective valence of work-related thoughts as moderators for some of these aforementioned relationships. The results of this meta-analysis point to detachment as a non-work (recovery) experience that is influenced by work-related and personal characteristics which in turn is relevant for a range of employee outcomes.

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A Meta-Analysis on Antecedents and Outcomes of Detachment from Work

2017

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“…Meta-analytic findings suggest associations between the experience of workload at work and negative outcomes (e.g., psychological and physical well-being; Bowlinga et al, 2015). In addition, recent diary studies found that workload negatively related to an employee's marital life (Story and Repetti, 2006; Lavee and Ben-Ari, 2007).…”

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Psychological Detachment Mediating the Daily Relationship between Workload and Marital Satisfaction

Germeys

Gieter

2017

Front. Psychol.

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Scholars already demonstrated that psychologically detaching from work after workhours can diminish or avoid the negative effects of job demands on employees' well-being. In this study, we examined a curvilinear relationship between workload and psychological detachment. Moreover, we investigated the moderating influence of an employee's work-home segmentation preference on the relation between detachment and marital satisfaction. In addition, we applied and extended the stressor-detachment model by examining detachment as a mediator of the relation between workload and marital satisfaction. A total of 136 employees participated in our daily diary survey study during 10 consecutive working days. The results of the Bayesian 2-level path analyses revealed a negative linear and curvilinear relationship between workload and psychological detachment on a daily basis. Daily detachment positively related to marital satisfaction, with one's preference to segment work from home reinforcing this relationship. Moreover, psychological detachment fully mediated the daily relationship between workload and marital satisfaction. Implications for practice and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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“…We measured two dimensions of workload: workers' perceived manageability of workload and their actual overtime work. This approach is made by the assumption that workload includes multiple dimensions that consist of both the subjective and objective aspects of workload (Bowling et al, ). We expect that the results of this study can contribute to existing knowledge by identifying significant case‐related factors at the individual and regional levels that affect caseworkers' workload in the child welfare system.…”

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Effective workload management in child welfare: Understanding the relationship between caseload and workload

Kim

Pierce

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Soc Policy Adm

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A common assumption in public social service organizations is that workload may be positively associated with caseload. However, few empirical studies have examined what specific characteristics of caseload affect caseworkers' workloads in the child welfare system. This study attempts to address this gap by identifying specific individual and regional factors that influence both subjective and objective dimensions of workloads. Survey data were collected from 1,244 caseworkers at one public child welfare agency in a Midwestern state in the United States. The data indicated that both perceptions of unmanageable workloads and self‐reported overtime work were significantly higher when caseworkers had a greater number of cases than the state caseload standard for the investigations units and worked with at least two different types of cases simultaneously (e.g., working with both investigation and ongoing service cases). Additionally, sufficient staffing numbers to meet caseload demands at the regional level significantly decreased the odds ratio of having to do overtime work. The major findings suggest that the objective and subjective dimensions of workload vary by individual‐ and regional‐level variables. Practice implications are discussed for effective and efficient workload management in the public child welfare system.

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A meta-analytic examination of the potential correlates and consequences of workload

Cited by 263 publications

References 55 publications

A Meta-Analysis on Antecedents and Outcomes of Detachment from Work

A Meta-Analysis on Antecedents and Outcomes of Detachment from Work

Psychological Detachment Mediating the Daily Relationship between Workload and Marital Satisfaction

Effective workload management in child welfare: Understanding the relationship between caseload and workload

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