Dealing with daily boredom at work: does self-control explain who engages in distractive behaviour or job crafting as a coping mechanism?

IF 5.6 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Work and Stress Pub Date : 2022-10-11 DOI:10.1080/02678373.2022.2129515

Madelon L. M. van Hooff, Edwin A. J. van Hooft

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study aimed to advance insight into how employees cope with work-related boredom by developing and testing a control-process model of coping with boredom. We examined (1) the role of trait self-control in explaining whether employees cope with daily work-related boredom by engaging in distractive behaviour or job crafting, and (2) how these two coping behaviours link to changes in work-related boredom and subsequent depressed mood and job satisfaction. Data were collected among 94 participants with a general questionnaire and a 5-day diary study (with measures during the lunchbreak, n = 341, and at the end of the workday, n = 314). Multilevel path-analysis showed that trait self-control moderated the relationships of daily work-related boredom with coping, such that employees high on self-control engaged less in distractive behaviour and more in job crafting than those low on self-control. Distractive behaviour related to increased levels of subsequent work-related boredom, and – through these elevated levels – to higher depressed mood and lower job satisfaction. Job crafting was not significantly related to subsequent work-related boredom and its outcomes. Our study illustrates the importance of self-control in the boredom coping process, and underscores the ineffectiveness of distractive behaviour as a coping strategy.

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处理日常工作中的无聊:自我控制是否能解释哪些人会采取分散注意力的行为或将工作制作作为一种应对机制?

摘要本研究旨在通过开发和测试一个应对无聊的控制过程模型，深入了解员工如何应对与工作相关的无聊。我们研究了（1）特质自我控制在解释员工是否通过分心行为或工作塑造来应对日常工作无聊中的作用，以及（2）这两种应对行为如何与工作无聊的变化以及随后的抑郁情绪和工作满意度相联系。数据是在94名参与者中收集的，他们使用了一份通用问卷和一项为期5天的日记研究（包括午休期间的测量 = 341，并且在工作日结束时，n = 314）。多层次路径分析表明，特质自我控制调节了日常工作无聊与应对的关系，因此自我控制能力强的员工比自我控制能力低的员工更少参与分心行为，更多地参与工作塑造。分心行为与随后与工作相关的无聊程度增加有关，并且通过这些程度的提高，导致更高的抑郁情绪和更低的工作满意度。工作塑造与随后的工作无聊及其结果没有显著关系。我们的研究说明了自我控制在无聊应对过程中的重要性，并强调了分心行为作为一种应对策略的无效性。

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Work and Stress PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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11.70

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： Work & Stress is an international, multidisciplinary quarterly presenting high-quality papers concerned with the psychological, social and organizational aspects of occupational health and well-being, and stress and safety management. It is published in association with the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. The journal publishes empirical reports, scholarly reviews and theoretical papers. It is directed at occupational health psychologists, work and organizational psychologists, those involved with organizational development, and all concerned with the interplay of work, health and organisations. Research published in Work & Stress relates psychologically salient features of the work environment to their psychological, behavioural and health consequences, focusing on the underlying psychological processes. The journal has become a natural home for research on the work-family interface, social relations at work (including topics such as bullying and conflict at work, leadership and organizational support), workplace interventions and reorganizations, and dimensions and outcomes of worker stress and well-being. Such dimensions and outcomes, both positive and negative, include stress, burnout, sickness absence, work motivation, work engagement and work performance. Of course, submissions addressing other topics in occupational health psychology are also welcomed.