Work stress, work-related thoughts, neuroticism, detachment and
their influence on well-being and performance: The diary study
(Poster)

k 2019

Work stress, work-related thoughts, neuroticism, detachment and their influence on well-being and performance: The diary study (Poster)

PROCHÁZKA, Jakub, Barbora HOUBOVÁ, Zuzana MÜHLBECKOVÁ, Stanislav JEŽEK, Martin VACULÍK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Work stress, work-related thoughts, neuroticism, detachment and their influence on well-being and performance: The diary study (Poster)

Authors

PROCHÁZKA, Jakub, Barbora HOUBOVÁ, Zuzana MÜHLBECKOVÁ, Stanislav JEŽEK and Martin VACULÍK

Edition

European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress 2019, 2019

Other information

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

diary study; detachment; work stress; neuroticism; well-being; work performance

Abstract

V originále

Purpose. The poster introduces the first Czech diary study in the field of I/O Psychology. It focuses on work stress, subsequent psychological detachment from work in the leisure time and their effect on well-being and perceived work performance. The study also considers the influence of personality characteristics and negative/positive work-related thoughts, and tests their role as moderators and mediators of the above-mentioned relationships. Design. 225 employees from various Czech companies filled out short on-line questionnaires twice a day for five consecutive workdays. Results. The preliminary results showed that neuroticism and agreeableness moderated the effect of occupational stress on well-being and perceived work performance. Detachment from work had positive effect on next morning well-being of people with medium to high degree of neuroticism. The effect of psychological detachment on work performance and the moderation effect of positive/negative work-related thoughts were not found as well as the direct effect of positive thoughts on well-being. However, the results indicated that negative thoughts mediate negative effect of neuroticism on well-being. Limitations. All variables were measured by self-reports. The diary study provides only limited evidence on causality of relationships between measured variables. Implications. Detachment is not universal mechanism how to cope with the work-related stress. It helps mostly the employees with high level of neuroticism. Originality/Value. This study is the first to analyze the effect of detachment in context of personality, work stress and performance. The design allowed thinking about causality through analyzing the influence of day-level variability of independent variables.

Links

MUNI/A/1376/2018, interní kód MU

Name: Faktory ovlivňující pracovní výkon

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

PROCHÁZKA, Jakub, Barbora HOUBOVÁ, Zuzana MÜHLBECKOVÁ, Stanislav JEŽEK and Martin VACULÍK. Work stress, work-related thoughts, neuroticism, detachment and their influence on well-being and performance: The diary study (Poster). In European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress 2019. 2019.

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PROCHÁZKA, Jakub, Barbora HOUBOVÁ, Zuzana MÜHLBECKOVÁ, Stanislav JEŽEK and Martin VACULÍK. Work stress, work-related thoughts, neuroticism, detachment and their influence on well-being and performance: The diary study (Poster). In \textit{European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology Congress 2019}. 2019.

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