Can Work Engagement Be a Resource for Reducing Workaholism’s Undesirable Outcomes? A Multiple Mediating Model Including Moderated Mediation Analysis

Kovalchuk, Liliya Scafuri; Buono, Carmela; Ingusci, Emanuela; Maiorano, Francesco; Carlo, Elisa De; Madaro, Andreina; Spagnoli, Paola

doi:10.3390/ijerph16081402

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“…The first hypothesis of our study (H 1 ) was confirmed: the latent construct called work overload, reflectively measured by workload and techno overload, positively influenced behavioral stress during the COVID-19 health emergency. Results confirmed that both constructs, enclosed in a more general dimension, showed a positive and significant relationship with stress, which is in line with previous studies (La Torre et al, 2019;Scafuri Kovalchuk et al, 2019;Thulin et al, 2019); according to the JD-R model's perspective, these types of job demands have a direct and evident impact on the health impairment process, such as behavioral stress.…”

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Workload, Techno Overload, and Behavioral Stress During COVID-19 Emergency: The Role of Job Crafting in Remote Workers

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The radical changes deriving from the COVID-19 emergency have heavily upset some of the most familiar routines of daily work life. Abruptly, many workers have been forced to face the difficulties that come with switching to remote working. Basing on the theoretical framework proposed by the Job Demands-Resources model, the purpose of this paper was to explore the effect of work overload (workload and techno overload), on behavioral stress, meant as an outcome linked to the health impairment process. Furthermore, the aim of the study was to explore the mediating role of job crafting, considered as a second-order construct consisting of two dimensions (increasing structural resources and increasing challenging demands) in the abovementioned relation. Participants were 530 workers experiencing remote working or work-from-home during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Italy (March–May 2020). Hypotheses were explored by using three different latent variables, measured reflexively through indicators on a 5-point scale, extracted from validated questionnaires. Data analysis was performed through Structural Equation Modeling; to test the mediation, bootstrap validation was computed (n = 2,000). Results showed that the mediation of job crafting was partial. More specifically, the direct effect between work overload and behavioral stress was positive; moreover, the indirect, negative effect through the mediation of job crafting was also significant. Therefore, results showed that job crafting can play a crucial role as a protective factor supporting the activation and adjustment of suitable resources; these resources can be useful to deal with the negative effects of work overload, particularly under the condition of heavy remote working and use of technologies, on individual outcomes. Starting from the current global scenario of the pandemic that has not yet ceased its effects, the study suggested decisive theoretical and practical implications. Accordingly, findings extended the current trends in occupational health psychology research, with special reference to the mainstream topic “work and COVID-19” in the Italian context. Finally, results can give suggestions to companies engaged in managing change, recommending that they build a collaborative workplace at the individual and collective level to implement job crafting interventions and enrich the personal and organizational resources of workers, which is useful cope with the current demands.

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“…Studies consistently show that WA is associated with low sleep quality and sleep problems (see Griffiths et al, 2018). Recently, there has been a rapidly increasing number of studies aiming to explain the mechanisms by which WA affects sleep disturbance (Gillet, Morin, Sandrin, & Houle, 2018;Hancock et al, 2019;Reiner et al, 2019;Scafuri et al, 2019;Spagnoli, Balducci, Fabbri, Molinaro, & Barbato, 2019;Spagnoli, Balducci, Scafuri, Maiorano, & Buono, 2018). This is an especially appreciated effort since sleep is closely related to health and mortality (Gallicchio & Kalesan, 2009).…”

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The majority of professionally active women diagnosed with eating disorders may be at risk of work addiction: an overlooked comorbidity

Atroszko¹,

Mytlewska²,

Atroszko³

2020

Health Psychology Report

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health psychology report •  original article background Work addiction (WA) has been previously linked to several diseases and disorders, but there is scarce literature on its association with eating disorders (EDs). Both WA and EDs share similar etiological factors (notably rigid perfectionism) and clinical features. The aim of this study was to provide an initial overview of the literature on this potential comorbidity, and investigate the co-occurrence of EDs and WA, and their relationship with sociodemographic and work-related variables, health, and personality.

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“…Work engagement is defined as an active, positive, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption [31]. Engaged employees are full of energy and have abundant resources [32][33][34].…”

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Do Work Engagement and Transformational Leadership Facilitate Knowledge Sharing? A Perspective of Conservation of Resources Theory

Lee

2020

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Based on the perspective of conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study adopts a multilevel approach to examine the influences of employees’ personal resources (i.e., work engagement and intrinsic motivation) and external resources (i.e., transformational leadership) on knowledge sharing. This study conducts a survey to explore the interrelationships among transformational leadership, work engagement, intrinsic motivation, and knowledge sharing. The sample includes 33 healthcare work groups consisting of 214 group members. The results show that an individual’s personal and external resources are positive and benefit the promotion of knowledge sharing. As for personal resources, work engagement has a positive impact on knowledge sharing by increasing intrinsic motivation. Regarding external resources, transformational leadership acts as a facilitator for knowledge sharing. Specifically, the conditional indirect effects of work engagement on knowledge sharing through intrinsic motivation are more positive under high levels of transformational leadership, rather than low levels of transformational leadership. Based on the COR theory, this is the first study to argue that knowledge sharing could be considered as an active activity and that individuals could be eager to perform knowledge sharing when they possess significant personal and external resources. The results of this study provide new insights into knowledge sharing.

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Can Work Engagement Be a Resource for Reducing Workaholism’s Undesirable Outcomes? A Multiple Mediating Model Including Moderated Mediation Analysis

Cited by 21 publications

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Workload, Techno Overload, and Behavioral Stress During COVID-19 Emergency: The Role of Job Crafting in Remote Workers

Workload, Techno Overload, and Behavioral Stress During COVID-19 Emergency: The Role of Job Crafting in Remote Workers

The majority of professionally active women diagnosed with eating disorders may be at risk of work addiction: an overlooked comorbidity

Do Work Engagement and Transformational Leadership Facilitate Knowledge Sharing? A Perspective of Conservation of Resources Theory

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