Abstract
Psychological detachment is the central experience of recovery from work-related stress that allows individuals to reduce burnout symptoms. The stressor-detachment model (SDM) contends that job resources moderate the relationship between job stressors and psychological detachment. We designed an instrument to measure job resources from a multidimensional perspective. A sample of n = 394 individuals from the health service industry participated in the study. Data indicate that job resources comprise a four-factor structure underlying a formative model. Consistent with the SDM, a partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) analysis suggests a moderating effect of job resources (e.g., control over working conditions, leaders’ emotional support), between work intensification and psychological detachment. In addition; results indicate that workers who perceive high levels of support from their organization achieved higher levels of detachment compared with those who perceived low levels of support. Theoretical as well as practical implications for stress management practices, occupational health, and well-being are discussed.
Highlights
The workplace environment has changed rapidly over the past decades, and managerial decisions oriented towards maximizing profits are affecting working conditions as they become stressful for individuals [1]
A mechanism to achieve the latter is stress recovery, a process by which symptoms of physical and psychological burnout caused by job demands are reduced or eliminated [6,7]
The confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) showed a good fit for a four-factor model (χ2 = 166.96; df = 106: goodness-of-fit index (GFI) = 0.95; no normed fit index (NNFI) = 0.99; CFI = 0.10; root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.028; SRMR = 0.04)
Summary
The workplace environment has changed rapidly over the past decades, and managerial decisions oriented towards maximizing profits are affecting working conditions as they become stressful for individuals [1]. According to Bakker [2], nowadays people must work harder while facing work overloads, and higher cognitive and emotional demands. Work is intensified as people access information on their mobile devices, and have the possibility to work any time, any place [3]. This modern world reality poses a health problem to individuals’ well-being as work becomes a source of stress in their lives. In order to face these increasingly demanding work dynamics, people need to maintain optimal physical and psychological states, motivation, and commitment [2,5]. Previous studies [8] have found a positive relationship between high recovery states, with well-being, health, motivation and performance levels
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