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van den Heuvel, Machteld; Demerouti, Evangelia; Bakker, Arnold B.; Schaufeli, Wilmar B. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2013
The purpose of this 3-wave study is to examine the micro process of how employees adapt to change over time. We combined Conservation of Resources theory with insights from the organizational change literature to study employees in a Dutch police district undergoing reorganization. A model was tested where employee adaptability, operationalized by…
Descriptors: Employees, Police, Adjustment (to Environment), Employee Attitudes
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Hunter, Emily M.; Perry, Sara Jansen; Carlson, Dawn S.; Smith, Steven A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
Work-family scholars now recognize the potential positive effects of participation in one life domain (i.e., work or family) on performance in other life domains. We examined how employees might benefit from team resources, which are highly relevant to the modern workplace, in both work and nonwork domains via work-family enrichment. Using the…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Job Enrichment, Family Environment, Job Satisfaction
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Xanthopoulou, Despoina; Bakker, Arnold B.; Demerouti, Evangelia; Schaufeli, Wilmar B. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
This study examined longitudinal relationships between job resources, personal resources, and work engagement. On the basis of Conservation of Resources theory, we hypothesized that job resources, personal resources, and work engagement are reciprocal over time. The study was conducted among 163 employees, who were followed-up over a period of 18…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Work Environment, Employee Attitudes, Correlation
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Rousseau, Denise M.; Hornung, Severin; Kim, Tai Gyu – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
This study tests propositions regarding idiosyncratic deals (i-deals) in a sample of N = 265 hospital employees using structural equation modeling. Timing and content of idiosyncratic employment arrangements are postulated to have differential consequences for the nature of the employment relationship. Results confirm that i-deals made after hire…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Structural Equation Models, Correlation, Industrial Psychology
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Steinmetz, Holger; Frese, Michael; Schmidt, Peter – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
Theoretical models of the antecedents and outcomes of work-home interference (WHI) suggest that work characteristics (e.g., job stressors, working hours) increase the probability that an individual experiences work-home interference. Since work-home interference is considered as a role stressor, these experiences should be detrimental for…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Structural Equation Models, Motivation, Depression (Psychology)
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Powell, Deborah M.; Meyer, John P. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
We tested Becker's (1960) side-bet conceptualization of commitment within the context of Meyer and Allen's (1991) three-component model of organizational commitment. Employees (N=202) from various organizations completed a survey including measures of (a) seven categories of side bets (b) affective, normative, and continuance commitment, and (c)…
Descriptors: Intention, Structural Equation Models, Employees, Organizations (Groups)