Work characteristics, challenge appraisal, creativity, and proactive behavior: a multi-level study

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• Personal Author:
  Fritz C ; Ohly S
• Description:
  Work characteristics such as time pressure and job control can be experienced as a challenge that is positively associated with performance-related behaviors. Using experience-sampling data from 149 employees, we examined the relationships between these work characteristics and creativity and proactive behavior on a daily level. Results from multilevel analyses indicate that time pressure and job control are perceived as challenging, and that challenge appraisal in turn is related to daily creativity and proactive behavior. Furthermore, cross-level mediation analyses revealed that daily work characteristics act as the mechanism underlying the relationships between chronic work characteristics and challenge appraisal. This study supports the view of time pressure as a challenge-related stressor that leads to favorable outcomes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Emotional Stress Employee Health Health Surveys Hierarchy Of Controls Job Analysis Job Stress Longitudinal Study Mental Health Mental Processes Physical Reactions Regression Analysis Stress Analysis Task Performance Work Performance

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• ISSN:
  0894-3796
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20048392
• Citation:
  J Organ Behav 2010 May; 31(4):543-565
• Contact Point Address:
  Sandra Ohly, Institute of Psychology, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Merton Street 17, 60054 Frankfurt, Germany
• Email:
  ohly@psych.uni-frankfurt.de
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Organizational Behavior
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203152/cdc_203152_DS1.pdf
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