Investigating effort-reward imbalance and work-family conflict in relation to morningness-eveningness and shift work

The effort-reward imbalance model (ERI; Siegrist, 1996 ) has been found to be a strong predictor of both psychological and physiological outcomes. Morningness-eveningness (M-E) is believed to relate to shift workers' ease of adjustment to irregular working patterns. However, it has not been inv...

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Published in:Work and stress Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 125 - 137
Main Authors: Willis, Thomas A., O'Connor, Daryl B., Smith, Lawrence
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.2008
Taylor & Francis
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
burnout
effort-reward imbalance
Family life
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Mental stress
morningness-eveningness
Occupational health
Occupational psychology
Psychological factors
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Shift work
Work condition. Job performance. Stress
work-family conflict
Work-life balance
work-related stress
Working conditions
Social environment
Human
effort-reward imbalance
Family work relation
work-family conflict
Stress
Occupational burnout
Shift work
work-related stress
Occupational environment
morningness-eveningness
Conflict
Reward
burnout
ISSN:0267-8373, 1464-5335
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Summary:The effort-reward imbalance model (ERI; Siegrist, 1996 ) has been found to be a strong predictor of both psychological and physiological outcomes. Morningness-eveningness (M-E) is believed to relate to shift workers' ease of adjustment to irregular working patterns. However, it has not been investigated in conjunction with the ERI model. The present study (1) explored whether M-E acts as a predictor of psychological adjustment to shift work, above and beyond the contribution of the ERI model and (2) examined whether the formulation of the ERI model may be overly complex. A sample of police employees (N=112) completed a baseline questionnaire that contained the ERI model and a measure of M-E. Two months later, participants completed measures of work-family conflict and burnout. Regression analyses demonstrated that ERI was a significant predictor of psychological adjustment to shift work. Moreover, and for the first time, M-E was found to make a unique contribution to the prediction of work-family conflict, such that evening types reported greater levels of maladjustment. However, it did not make a unique contribution to the prediction of burnout. The possibility that the ERI model is unnecessarily complex received partial support, with the ratio score only contributing additional variance in one of four regressions. The results indicate that adjustment to shift work and attendant effects on work-family conflict can be affected by an individual's morning-evening typology.
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ISSN:0267-8373
1464-5335
DOI:10.1080/02678370802180558