A Within-subject Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Positive Job Experiences and Generalized Workplace Harassment on Well-being

Overview

Journal J Occup Health Psychol

Publisher American Psychological Association

Date 2010 Nov 10

PMID 21058857

Citations 12

Authors

Jenny M Hoobler

Kathleen M Rospenda

Grace Lemmon

Jose A Rosa

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Abstract

Drawing on the mobilization-minimization hypothesis, this research examines the influence of positive job experiences and generalized workplace harassment (GWH) on employee job stress and well-being over time, postulating declines in the adverse influence of GWH between Time 1 and 2 and less pronounced declines in the influence of positive job experiences over this same timeframe of approximately one year. A national sample of 1,167 workers polled via telephone at two time periods illustrates that negative job experiences weigh more heavily on mental health than do positive job experiences in the short-term. In the long-term, GWH's association with mental health and job stress was diminished. But its effects on job stress, and mental health, and physical health persist over one year, and, in the case of long-term mental health, GWH overshadows the positive mental health effects of positive job experiences. The research also argues for a reconceptualization of GWH and positive job experiences as formative latent variables on theoretical grounds.

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