Hui Chen, Zihan Xiao, Yingsi Yang, Xiao-Hua Frank Wang
{"title":"Angry leader with coercive power: Unpacking the effects on follower withdrawal through organizational dehumanization.","authors":"Hui Chen, Zihan Xiao, Yingsi Yang, Xiao-Hua Frank Wang","doi":"10.1037/ocp0000449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000449","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leaders often express anger as a way of social influence. While research on leader anger expression has predominantly focused on interpersonal inferences, little is known about whether leader anger expressions affect followers' inferences about the organization. Drawing on emotions as social information model, we investigate whether and when angry leaders induce followers' inferences about the organizations and the behavioral consequences of such inferences. Through an experiment (Study 1, <i>N</i> = 182) and 2 two-wave online surveys (Study 2, <i>N</i> = 179; Study 3, <i>N</i> = 288), we found that leader anger expression triggered followers' organizational dehumanization, which increased their withdrawal behavior. This mediated relationship was weakened when the leader's coercive power was low. Moreover, these effects were robust after controlling for abusive supervision and adding followers' affective reactions and inferences about leaders as alternative mediators. Theoretical contributions and practical implications of these findings are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48339,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149138768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hajin Lim, Gi-Eun Jang, Gippeum Park, Hayeon Lee, Sang Min Lee
{"title":"Moderating role of occupational context in the relationship between emotion regulation and burnout syndrome: A structural equation modeling (SEM) meta-analytic review.","authors":"Hajin Lim, Gi-Eun Jang, Gippeum Park, Hayeon Lee, Sang Min Lee","doi":"10.1037/ocp0000440","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ocp0000440","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emotion regulation (ER) is a central component of emotional labor and a key predictor of burnout. However, empirical findings on the relationship between ER strategies and burnout have been inconsistent, particularly across occupational contexts. To address these discrepancies, we conducted a meta-analysis synthesizing data from 57 studies (65 independent samples; <i>N</i> = 29,053; 351 effect sizes). Drawing on Grandey and Gabriel's (2015) integrated model of emotional labor, we examined whether occupational context moderates the associations between two ER strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression) and burnout. We also tested additional moderators, age and gender. Results indicated that the associations between ER and burnout were significantly moderated by occupation settings but not key demographic characteristics. Reappraisal generally exhibited a protective effect, particularly in teaching professions. In contrast, suppression was positively associated with burnout, with stronger links in public safety than in teaching and health care. These findings underscore the importance of occupational context in shaping how ER strategies relate to burnout. The study also offers practical implications for symptoms-based interventions and highlights limitations to guide future research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48339,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"509-524"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148521308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jensine Paoletti-Hatcher, Vincent D Lai, Christopher P Fagundes
{"title":"How we benefit from job satisfaction: The moderating effect of informal caregiving on the associations between job satisfaction and physiological and psychological stress.","authors":"Jensine Paoletti-Hatcher, Vincent D Lai, Christopher P Fagundes","doi":"10.1037/ocp0000447","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ocp0000447","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Job satisfaction and the resource-building processes it supports may have meaningful implications for health and well-being. These processes may work differently for employees who have informal (i.e., unpaid) caregiving duties outside of work. Guided by conservation of resources theory, we examined two indirect stress-buffering pathways in a sample of 799 nursing home workers, measured four times over 18 months. We tested how job satisfaction affects gain strengthening (via higher positive spillover) and loss weakening (via lower work-family conflict), how these processes impact indices of physiological (i.e., C-reactive protein) and psychological (i.e., perceived) stress, and how informal caregiving status may moderate these associations. We did not find strictly distinct pathways by caregiver status, but we did find differential within-person patterns among informal caregivers and noncaregivers. Most relevant for noncaregivers, times of higher job satisfaction were indirectly associated with (a) lower C-reactive protein through times of higher work-family positive spillover and with (b) lower perceived stress through times of lower work-family conflict. When employees (regardless of caregiver status) reported job satisfaction that was higher than their own average, they also reported lower perceived stress and showed lower chronic inflammation than at times when their job satisfaction was equal to or lower than their own average. We discuss theoretical and practical implications. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48339,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"492-508"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148708112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guodong Cui, Zhiyu Xie, Beatrice I J M Van der Heijden, Meng Song
{"title":"It is all in the family: Understanding how and when family-work facilitation affects successful aging at work.","authors":"Guodong Cui, Zhiyu Xie, Beatrice I J M Van der Heijden, Meng Song","doi":"10.1037/ocp0000444","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ocp0000444","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Successful aging at work is important for both older workers and organizations, but the mechanisms that explain the relationships between family-work interaction and successful aging at work remain unknown. In this scholarly work, we draw upon the work-home resources model to examine whether family-work facilitation can replenish personal resources, thereby ultimately contributing to older workers' successful aging at work. In Study 1, we collected three-wave data from a sample of 263 older workers (aged 45 years and above) working in 56 Chinese companies. The results indicated that family-work facilitation was indeed positively associated with psychological resilience at work, which, in turn, contributed to successful aging at work. To replicate the findings of Study 1 and to test the boundary conditions of the aforementioned relationships, Study 2 employed a three-wave online survey of 316 Chinese older workers. After controlling for alternative mechanisms of successful aging at work (i.e., person-job fit and occupational future time perspective), we found interesting moderation effects as well, indicating that the influence of family-work facilitation on psychological resilience at work was stronger for those individuals scoring higher in work centrality. Our research highlights the importance of a positive work-family interaction for older workers, which functions as a mechanism to capitalize on their resources to achieve successful aging at work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48339,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"478-491"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148799641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angela M Dionisi, Kathryne E Dupré, Audrey Hodgins
{"title":"\"Oh my gosh, you're too young to be sick!\": Unpacking the consequences of workplace mistreatment for young adults with disabilities.","authors":"Angela M Dionisi, Kathryne E Dupré, Audrey Hodgins","doi":"10.1037/ocp0000443","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ocp0000443","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite comprising a significant percentage of the workforce and being susceptible to mistreatment, young adults with disabilities have not been widely focused on in the workplace mistreatment literature. In this study, we take an intersectional approach as we examine the specific workplace mistreatment-related ramifications that this cohort of the workforce experiences. Twenty-five semistructured interviews were conducted to better understand the outcomes of workplace mistreatment among young adult employees who self-identify as having a disability. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data. Results suggest that workplace mistreatment may shape the identities, relationships, career-related attitudes and behaviors, and health outcomes of this group of employees. This study offers insights into how workplace mistreatment impacts an understudied and underemployed group of employees. By considering multiple axes of power and privilege, namely, disability and age, this study allows for the consideration of the potentially unique experiences encountered by employees who face multiple barriers to their flourishing at work. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48339,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"456-477"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148664796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effort-reward imbalance at work and home: Longitudinal research with continuous time modeling.","authors":"Eunae Cho, Laurenz L Meier, Yu-Chi Lin","doi":"10.1037/ocp0000448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ocp0000448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the adverse effects of failed reciprocity between efforts and reward (effort-reward imbalance [ERI]) are well-established, research has predominantly focused on ERI experienced in the work domain. The extant literature is also mute on the dynamic relationships between ERI and various outcomes. Addressing these shortcomings, we conducted two longitudinal studies-a six-wave monthly study (<i>N</i> = 311) and an eight-wave weekly study (<i>N</i> = 937)-to examine Work and Home ERI as dynamic constructs. Based on the ERI theory, we hypothesized significant within-person, within-domain relationships between ERI and well-being (exhaustion) and performance (job and family performance) outcomes. We also explored cross-domain relationships between Work/Home ERI and home/work outcomes. Data were analyzed using random-intercept cross-lagged panel models with continuous time structural equation modeling. Contrary to hypotheses, the lagged effects of Work and Home ERI on most outcomes were not significant, both within and across domains, which was largely consistent across the two studies. In light of the extant literature, our results suggest that ERI may function primarily as a chronic rather than acute stressor, with well-being and functional consequences emerging only after sustained exposure. In sum, our research calls for further investigation to better understand when and how ERI becomes detrimental. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48339,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148814517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk patterns of psychosocial job characteristics associated with exhaustion: Combining configurational and variable-centered approaches.","authors":"Ivon Ames, Jan Dettmers","doi":"10.1037/ocp0000446","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ocp0000446","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Theoretical models on psychosocial job characteristics have proposed the interaction of demands and resources in shaping employee health, yet empirical evidence for their interplay in the development of impaired well-being using statistical approaches modeling interaction effects remains inconsistent. We propose fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, a configurational approach, as an alternative to identify combinations of job characteristics that may be associated with impaired well-being outcomes such as exhaustion. Using a split-sample design, we analyzed data from 9,358 employees nested in 980 teams across 32 organizations. Eight job characteristics (five demands and three resources) were examined through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis in one subsample and validated in the second using three-level generalized linear mixed models. The fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis yielded five configurations that were sufficient for the presence of exhaustion, three of which remained robust in sensitivity tests, as well as two protective configurations characterized by a complex pattern of multiple high resources and low demands. Multilevel validation analyses confirmed the estimation validity of all three robust risk configurations, with graded associations across partial configuration membership. Two of the three configurations demonstrated additional explanatory value beyond the individual job characteristics. These findings provide evidence for synergistic associations of specific demand-resource combinations. Practically, results highlight the need for configuration-sensitive risk assessments and interventions that address unfavorable constellations of job characteristics rather than isolated conditions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48339,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148708162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sick of sexism? Ambivalent sexism, work-family conflicts, and physical health of working mothers.","authors":"Anna Katharina Bader, Vesa Peltokorpi","doi":"10.1037/ocp0000445","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ocp0000445","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Working mothers encounter persistent sexism in the workplace. This study draws on ambivalent sexism theory to examine the mediated relationships of supervisors' hostile and benevolent sexist behaviors and working mothers' physical health via conflicts in the work-family interface. Given the ambivalent nature of hostile and benevolent sexism, we hypothesize two distinct pathways: (a) a congruent pathway, in which hostile sexism, via work-to-family and family-to-work conflicts, is positively related to poor physical health and (b) an opposing pathway, in which benevolent sexism, via work-to-family and family-to-work conflicts, is respectively negatively and positively related to poor physical health. Because both hostile and ambivalent sexism are rooted in assumptions of traditional gender roles, we further hypothesize that working mothers' gender role orientation moderates the relationships between ambivalent sexism and conflicts in the work-family interface. Our findings from a three-wave, time-lagged study of 719 working mothers with young children under the age of 5 provide general support for these hypotheses. This study contributes to the literature by demonstrating how and why ambivalent sexism can simultaneously mitigate and exacerbate conflicts in the work-family interface, affecting mothers' physical health and the perpetuation of workplace gender inequality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48339,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148708165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When breastfeeding meets work: Impact of daily action regulation at the breastfeeding-work interface among breastfeeding working mothers.","authors":"Yanwei Shi, Julan Xie, Zhiqing E Zhou, Ya Luo","doi":"10.1037/ocp0000441","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ocp0000441","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Work and breastfeeding responsibilities can often interfere with each other for breastfeeding working mothers who pump breast milk at work. While prior research has explored how contextual social support and organizational policies help these mothers manage work-breastfeeding challenges, the active self-initiated strategies breastfeeding working mothers can use to navigate these roles have been largely overlooked. This study addresses a critical gap in how breastfeeding working mothers can proactively regulate their actions to achieve desirable outcomes. From an action regulation perspective, we proposed the concept of action regulation at the breastfeeding-work interface (AR-BW; a domain-specific form of proactivity defined as breastfeeding working mothers' proactive and goal-directed behaviors to balance responsibilities in breastfeeding and work domains) and examined the associations of AR-BW with breastfeeding-related and work-related outcomes specifically for mothers who pumped breast milk at work. We conducted a daily diary study with 156 breastfeeding working mothers over 10 workdays to examine whether and how their daily AR-BW is related to their work- and breastfeeding-related outcomes. Multilevel path analyses showed that breastfeeding working mothers' daily AR-BW was positively associated with their next-day job performance and breastfeeding-work balance self-efficacy through increased breastfeeding-work enrichment and decreased breastfeeding-work interference. Moreover, the negative relationship between AR-BW and breastfeeding-work interference was stronger for breastfeeding working mothers perceiving higher levels of breastfeeding stigma. Our findings highlight the active, agentic role of breastfeeding working mothers in managing breastfeeding-work demands through self-regulation, extending beyond prior research on external supports. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48339,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"383-399"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148521250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michelle N Smidt, Nerina L Jimmieson, Lisa M Bradley, Martin R Edwards
{"title":"Attributions about organizational motives behind wellness programs: An employee-centered approach.","authors":"Michelle N Smidt, Nerina L Jimmieson, Lisa M Bradley, Martin R Edwards","doi":"10.1037/ocp0000432","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ocp0000432","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using a human resource (HR) attributions lens, we uncover 16 attributions that employees make about the reasons why their organization provides wellness programs. We also examine the implications of such attributions for employee outcomes (i.e., psychological strain, job burnout, job satisfaction). Recognizing employees can hold multiple HR attributions at the same time, an employee-centered approach was used. Through latent profile analysis with a sample of 517 Australian employees, four wellness program attribution profiles emerged: indifferent, favorable, unfavorable and ambivalent. Overall, employees with a favorable profile of wellness program attributions experienced better health and well-being outcomes compared to those with an unfavorable profile. In addition, employees in the unfavorable profile were found to have higher psychological strain, higher job burnout, and lower job satisfaction compared with their indifferent counterparts. Furthermore, employees with a profile of unfavorable attributions had higher psychological strain and lower job satisfaction compared to those with more mixed views about their wellness program. Past participation was unrelated to employee outcomes, but past participation predicted profile membership, suggesting that it is the attributions employees hold about their wellness programs that matter more than actual usage. Overall, we advance our understanding of HR attributions within the specific context of wellness programs and offer novel insights into a far greater number of attributions than previously studied for any HR practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48339,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Occupational Health Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"302-324"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147965233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}