Empirical Findings

Question 0

Reduce hindrance stressors helps in?

Answer 0

Increases intrinsic motivation and work performance - Lepine (2004)

Question 1

Reduce stress increase productivity? POS

Answer 1

Perceived Organisational Support - Wallace, 2009
Challenge-performance +
Hinderance-performance -
BUT POS no effect on hinderance stressors

Question 2

Reduce perception of stress by…?

Answer 2

Job flexibility.
Increases Job satisfaction and performance!
- Sorokti, 2012

Question 3

Low self-efficacy relation with demand-control theory?

Answer 3

Low self-efficacy with high demands and high control still provides strain! - Schaubroeck, 2011

Question 4

COR Theory findings - Hobfoll 2011

Answer 4

More worried about loss than gain.
Rather invest more resources to protect, recover or gain resources.
Lack of resources becomes more defensive

Question 5

Challenge-hinderance on learning

Answer 5

Lepine, 2004
Challenge stressors: +ve learning perf and motivation to learn
Opposite for hinderance
Both stressors leads to exhaustion (not good)

Question 6

Work-life integrators and work-life segmentators are not happy when…?

Answer 6

Made to go against their desire, Rothbath, 2005

Question 7

Findings pertaining to work stress and performance?

Answer 7

1. Yerkes-Dodson Law

2. Challenge-hinderance by Lepine, 2005; Wallace, 2009

Question 8

Effects of perceived organisational support? (Gao & Yuan, 2012)

Answer 8

Mediate effects of positive and negative stress reactions.

Question 9

Perceived organisational support, Rhoades & Eisenberger (2002)

Answer 9

Mitigate work performance and absenteeism

Question 10

Butt, et al. (2009) Perceived organisational support findings.

Answer 10

POS served as a buffer for detrimental effects of work stress. Also informal POS are equally important.

Question 11

Effect on the combination of physical work environment and job design?

Answer 11

High noise level and highly complex jobs increased BLOOD PRESSURE - Melamad, 2001