Changes in work intensification and intensified learning

Autor(en)

Christian Korunka, Bettina Kubicek, Matea Paskvan, Heike Ulferts

Abstrakt

Purpose - Increasing speed in many life domains is currently being discussed under the term “social acceleration” as a societal phenomenon which not only affects western societies, but may also lead to job demands arising from accelerated change. Demands such as work intensification and intensified learning and their changes over time may increase emotional exhaustion, but may also induce positive effects. The purpose of this paper is to examine how increases in demands arising from accelerated change affect employee well-being. Design/methodology/approach - A total of 587 eldercare workers provided data on work intensification and intensified learning as well as on exhaustion and job satisfaction at two points in time. Findings - Work intensification was negatively related to future job satisfaction and positively related to future emotional exhaustion, whereas intensified learning was positively associated with future job satisfaction and negatively with future emotional exhaustion. Social implications - Intensified demands represents a growing social as well as work-specific challenge which needs to be addressed by practitioners. Originality/value - Using a longitudinal perspective this study is the first to examine the relationship of increases in work intensification and intensified learning with job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion at work.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Arbeits-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie

Journal

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Band

30

Seiten

786-800

Anzahl der Seiten

15

ISSN

0268-3946

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-02-2013-0065

Publikationsdatum

2015

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501003 Arbeitspsychologie, 501015 Organisationspsychologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Management Science and Operations Research

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/changes-in-work-intensification-and-intensified-learning(1c955ebf-a2fe-4476-b528-c6025b52bf18).html