Effort–reward imbalance in PhD students: Adaptation and validation of the Effort–Reward Imbalance Scale for doctoral students.

Vilser, Melanie; Mausz, Irmgard; Frey, Dieter; Siegrist, Johannes

doi:10.1037/str0000320

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“…To measure the experienced Effort-Reward Imbalance of PhD students, the ERI questionnaire for doctoral students was used (ERI-PhD, Vilser et al, 2024 ). The questionnaire includes 18 items, with six items capturing the subscale effort ( α = 0.78; ω = 0.78), eight items the subscale reward ( α = 0.77; ω = 0.75) and four items the subscale overcommitment ( α = 0.83; ω = 0.83).…”

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Putting PhD students front and center: an empirical analysis using the Effort-Reward Imbalance Model

Vilser,

Gentele,

Mausz

2024

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionA doctorate is associated with numerous challenges for many PhD students, including financial insecurities, little support from supervisors, and time pressure. The present study explores well-being of PhD students via the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) model as well as the potential protective factor resilience.MethodA web-based questionnaire survey was conducted among 1,275 PhD students from Germany. Data was collected at two measurement points over a six-week follow-up period.ResultsAs hypothesized, overcommitment was found to mediate the relationship between ERI and perceived stress while no mediation effect was found for work engagement. Resilience strengthened the relationship between ERI and overcommitment, especially for an increasing unfavorable ERI, and counterintuitively did not act as a protective factor.DiscussionTheoretical and practical implications are discussed, providing a deeper understanding on the ERI model and the negative coping pattern overcommitment in the context of PhD students.

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