1. Praise and recognition from supervisors buffers employee psychological strain: A two-sample investigation with tourism workers
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Nerina L. Jimmieson, Michelle K. Tucker, and Adele J. Bergin
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Supervisor ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Rehabilitation ,Australia ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Protective factor ,Intention ,Undoing ,Tourism ,Medical advice ,Sick leave ,Humans ,Occupational stress ,Sick Leave ,Praise ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,media_common - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Focusing on employees with psychological strain, this research draws on Fredrickson’s ‘undoing hypothesis’ to examine praise and recognition from one’s supervisor as an organizational resource. OBJECTIVE: A model is tested in which psychological strain is a mediator in the positive relationship between role demands and employees’ intentions to take sick leave and seek medical advice, and positions supervisor praise and recognition as a buffer of psychological strain on such intentions. METHODS: The model was tested using two Australian samples in the tourism sector, consisting of motel workers (n = 104) and museum workers (n = 168). RESULTS: For museum workers, but not motel workers, there was a positive indirect effect of each role demand on sick leave intentions through psychological strain that weakened as a function of supervisor praise and recognition. The proposed moderated mediated model was supported for both samples in regards to intentions to seek medical advice. CONCLUSIONS: This research contributes new evidence regarding the antecedents of employees’ intentions to take sick leave and seek medical advice for work stress-related problems. It also contributes to the limited evidence regarding supervisor praise and recognition as a protective factor for employees exhibiting the symptoms of psychological strain.
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- 2021
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