Individualism-collectivism as a moderator of the work demands-strains relationship: A cross-level and cross-national examination
Author(s)
Yang, Liu-Qin
Spector, Paul E
Sanchez, Juan I
Allen, Tammy D
Poelmans, Steven
Cooper, Cary L
Lapierre, Laurent M
O'Driscoll, Michael P
Abarca, Nureya
Alexandrova, Matilda
Antoniou, Alexandros-Stamatios
Beham, Barbara
Brough, Paula
Carikci, Ilker
Ferreiro, Pablo
Fraile, Guillermo
Geurts, Sabine
Kinnunen, Ulla
Lu, Chang-qin
Lu, Luo
Moreno-Velazquez, Ivonne F
Pagon, Milan
Pitariu, Horea
Salamatov, Volodymyr
Siu, Oi-ling
Shima, Satoru
Schulmeyer, Marion K
Tillemann, Kati
Widerszal-Bazyl, Maria
Woo, Jong-Min
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2012
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Surveying 6509 managers from 24 countries/geopolitical entities, we tested the process through which individualism-collectivism at the country level relates to employees' appraisals of and reactions to three types of work demands (i.e., work hours, workload, and organizational constraints). Our multilevel modeling results suggested that, while working the same number of hours, employees from individualistic countries reported a higher perceived workload than their counterparts in collectivistic countries. Furthermore, relationships of perceived workload and organizational constraints with job dissatisfaction and turnover ...
View more >Surveying 6509 managers from 24 countries/geopolitical entities, we tested the process through which individualism-collectivism at the country level relates to employees' appraisals of and reactions to three types of work demands (i.e., work hours, workload, and organizational constraints). Our multilevel modeling results suggested that, while working the same number of hours, employees from individualistic countries reported a higher perceived workload than their counterparts in collectivistic countries. Furthermore, relationships of perceived workload and organizational constraints with job dissatisfaction and turnover intentions were stronger in individualistic than in collectivistic countries. Importantly, results of supplementary analyses suggested that the cultural value of individualism-collectivism moderated the mediation effect of perceived workload between work hours and both job dissatisfaction and turnover intentions. Our findings highlight the need to expand contemporary theories of work stress by applying multilevel approaches and incorporating cross-national differences in dimensions such as individualism-collectivism while studying how employees appraise and react to important work stressors.
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View more >Surveying 6509 managers from 24 countries/geopolitical entities, we tested the process through which individualism-collectivism at the country level relates to employees' appraisals of and reactions to three types of work demands (i.e., work hours, workload, and organizational constraints). Our multilevel modeling results suggested that, while working the same number of hours, employees from individualistic countries reported a higher perceived workload than their counterparts in collectivistic countries. Furthermore, relationships of perceived workload and organizational constraints with job dissatisfaction and turnover intentions were stronger in individualistic than in collectivistic countries. Importantly, results of supplementary analyses suggested that the cultural value of individualism-collectivism moderated the mediation effect of perceived workload between work hours and both job dissatisfaction and turnover intentions. Our findings highlight the need to expand contemporary theories of work stress by applying multilevel approaches and incorporating cross-national differences in dimensions such as individualism-collectivism while studying how employees appraise and react to important work stressors.
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Journal Title
Journal of International Business Studies
Volume
43
Subject
Applied economics
Marketing
Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)