All's well that ends well!? Moderating effects of goal progress on the relation between challenge and hindrance appraisal and well-being
Journal of Managerial Psychology
ISSN: 0268-3946
Article publication date: 22 October 2020
Issue publication date: 24 June 2022
Abstract
Purpose
Drawing from both the transactional theory of stress and the conservation of resources theory, this paper sets out to investigate the role of demand-specific challenge and hindrance appraisal of emotional demands, as well as time pressure and perceived goal progress within the challenge–hindrance framework.
Design/methodology/approach
For this research, 91 employees provided daily diary data for one working week. Focusing on within-persons effects, multilevel moderated mediation models using multilevel path analyses were applied.
Findings
Both emotional demands and time pressure exert positive effects on work engagement when people expect resource gain (challenge appraisal), independent of actual resource gain (achievement). Furthermore, results show that goal progress buffers negative effects of perceived blocked resource gain (hindrance appraisal) on both emotional and motivational well-being.
Originality/value
This research proposes an extension and refinement of the challenge–hindrance stressor framework to explain health-impairing and motivational processes of emotional demands and time pressure, combining reasoning from both appraisal and resource theory perspectives. The study identifies demand-specific challenge and hindrance appraisals as mediators linking demands to emotional and motivational well-being, emphasizing the influence of goal progress as a resource on these relations.
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Citation
Kronenwett, M. and Rigotti, T. (2022), "All's well that ends well!? Moderating effects of goal progress on the relation between challenge and hindrance appraisal and well-being", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 37 No. 5, pp. 444-466. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-11-2019-0618
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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