Self-Determination Theory and Accountant Employees’ Psychological Wellbeing: The Roles of Positive Affectivity and Psychological Safety

Lin, Philip T.; Vu, Thinh Truong; Nguyen, Van Phuong; Wu, Qi

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.870771

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“…Guest, 2002;Sturges and Guest, 2004). The SDT provides us with fitting conceptual lenses to shed light on the manifold implications of involvement on individual work conditions and well-being (Lin et al, 2022). More specifically, ".…”

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Involved at work and disinvolved out of work: unraveling the implications of involvement on accountants' work–life balance

Palumbo

2022

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PurposeBeing involved at work advances accountants' contribution to organizational success. However, scholars are not consistent in discussing involvement's implications on work–life balance (WLB). The article aims to address this issue, investigating involvement's effects on the accountants' ability to manage the work–life interplay.Design/methodology/approachSecondary data on a sample of 538 accountants were collected from the sixth European Working Condition Survey (EWCS). A serial mediation analysis was designed to obtain evidence of involvement's implications on WLB through the mediating role of work engagement and work satisfaction.FindingsInvolvement negatively affected the accountants' ability to deal with the work–life interplay. Engagement and satisfaction with work mediated this relationship. More specifically, involved accountants who were engaged and satisfied with their work conditions were less likely to report struggles between work and life.Research limitations/implicationsInvolvement implies an intensification of work, heralding an overlapping between work and life. Nonetheless, accountants who are engaged and satisfied with work are less touched by involvement's drawback on WLB. A precautionary approach should be taken to avoid that involvement results in workaholism, thus undermining individual well-being.Originality/valueThe article originally discusses involvement's implications on WLB across accountants. Being involved at work impairs the individual ability to achieve a balance between work and life, endangering well-being at work. Whilst the findings cannot be generalized beyond the accounting profession, they deliver some intriguing insights that highlight avenues for further developments.

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Involved at work and disinvolved out of work: unraveling the implications of involvement on accountants' work–life balance

Palumbo

2022

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“…This measure is the first Japanese scale that can evaluate the multidimensional PS of leaders, peers, and teams in the workplace. The associations with other important factors [ 2 ] (e.g., creativity, learning behavior) and the mediator role of PS, which recent studies examined [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ], were not investigated in this study. Such evidence should be replicated in the future, using this scale in Japan.…”

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“…Recent studies have investigated the mediating role of PS in the association of leadership with job performance and mental health [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]. Papers published in the 2020s have focused more on the mediating effect of PS in the relationship between, for example, supervisor–subordinate communication and employees’ commitment [ 9 ], employees’ positive affect and motivations [ 10 ], and cognitive stress and turnover intentions [ 11 ]. Thus, accumulating evidence suggests that PS (especially individual- and team-level PS) is important for workers’ health and well-being.…”

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The Survey Measure of Psychological Safety and Its Association with Mental Health and Job Performance: A Validation Study and Cross-Sectional Analysis

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Inoue

Asaoka

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IJERPH

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Objectives: This study validated the Japanese version of O’Donovan et al.’s (2020) composite measure of the psychological safety scale and examined the associations of psychological safety with mental health and job-related outcomes. Methods: Online surveys were administered twice to Japanese employees in teams of more than three members. Internal consistency and test–retest reliability were tested using Cronbach’s α and intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), respectively. Structural validity was examined using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Convergent validity was tested using Pearson’s correlation coefficients. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between psychological safety and psychological distress, work engagement, job performance, and job satisfaction. Results: Two hundred healthcare workers and 200 non-healthcare workers were analyzed. Internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and convergent validity were acceptable. CFA demonstrated poor fit, and EFA yielded a two-factor structure, with team leader as one factor and peers and team forming the second factor. The total score showed significant and expected associations with all outcomes in the adjusted model for all workers. Conclusions: The Japanese version of the measure of the psychological safety scale presented good reliability and validity. Psychological safety is important for employees’ mental health and performance.

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“…PWB is researched within many fields including psychology, health and safety, and organizational management studies. It is considered an important antecedent of employee and organizational performance and plays an important role in influencing employee motivations, emotions, and behaviors at work, as well as organization design [11,[23][24][25][26] .…”

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Psychological well-being is aligned to the ethical theory of flourishing

Coventry

2023

Environ Soc Psychol

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Flourishing, an ethical theory founded in Stoic philosophy, centers around emotional control and learning how to live well. It connects strongly with the modern construct of psychological well-being (PWB). PWB programs are increasingly included in workplaces and factors contributing to their success can include individual motivations, accountability and responsibility, organizational support systems and design, and an understanding of mental health conditions. Anxiety, the most commonly experienced mental health condition, is an emotional state that can directly affect PWB, yet it is often neglected in research, as is the concept of who is responsible for PWB. This paper outlines a study to test the hypotheses that: emotional states can affect PWB: emotion can be considered an ethical construct; improving PWB benefits both individuals and organizations and that shared responsibility can optimize organizational PWB program outcomes. Existing information was gathered from a systematic literature review and new information was gathered from a study conducted with the Australian Institute of Health and Safety (AIHS). Mixed method research incorporated quantitative and qualitative data collection, testing occupational health and safety (OHS) practitioners’ views on anxiety, and perceptions of factors affecting success or failure of PWB programs.Findings included strong indications that: anxiety can affect PWB and impact performance and productivity; shared responsibility between employees and organizations may improve the outcomes for PWB programs; information and education around self-care, and motivational principles connected to virtue ethics can all assist individuals and organizations to assume responsibility for their role with PWB initiatives.

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Self-Determination Theory and Accountant Employees’ Psychological Wellbeing: The Roles of Positive Affectivity and Psychological Safety

Cited by 4 publications

References 59 publications

Involved at work and disinvolved out of work: unraveling the implications of involvement on accountants' work–life balance

Involved at work and disinvolved out of work: unraveling the implications of involvement on accountants' work–life balance

The Survey Measure of Psychological Safety and Its Association with Mental Health and Job Performance: A Validation Study and Cross-Sectional Analysis

Psychological well-being is aligned to the ethical theory of flourishing

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