How do occupational stressor-strain effects vary with time? A review and meta-analysis of the relevance of time lags in longitudinal studies

By M. Ford, Russell A. Matthews, Jessica D. Wooldridge, Vipanchi Mishra, Urszula M. Kakar, Sarah R. Strahan. 2014

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, General Health Professions, Health

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Is workplace bullying related to the personality traits of victims? A two-year prospective study (2015, background): “A two-year time lag has also be found to be an optimal lag for detecting long-term stressor–strain relationships (Ford et al., 2014).”
Can Empowering Leaders Affect Subordinates’ Well-Being and Careers Because They Encourage Subordinates’ Job Crafting Behaviors? (2018, background): “Physical symptoms have been studied as a form of physical strain due to job stressors (e.g., Ford et al., 2014; Spector & Jex, 1998), and if job crafting results in challenge demands that are accompanied by increased resources, both psychological (depression) and physical (physical complaints)…”
Developing and investigating the use of single-item measures in organizational research. (2016, background): “…one time lag because some inconsistency has been observed in the work–family literature when using different lags between assessments (for discussion see Matthews, Wayne, & Ford, 2014), and other occupational health research has highlighted the importance of examining time lags (Ford et al., 2014).”
From flexibility human resource management to employee engagement and perceived job performance across the lifespan: A multisample study (2015, background): “Therefore, future research should ascertain the longitudinal effects of flexibility HRM, but also the role of time in these effects (Ford et al., 2014).”
Threat of losing valued job features: The role of perceived control in mediating the effect of qualitative job insecurity on job strain and psychological withdrawal (2014, background): “However, more general outcomes (e.g., depressive symptoms, upper musculoskeletal complaints) may change only in the long run, as a result of prolonged and intensive experiences of job insecurity (Ford et al., 2014; Sverke, Hellgren, & Näswall, 2002).”
Are job and personal resources associated with work ability 10 years later? The mediating role of work engagement (2014, methodology): “Nevertheless, in future studies, the research model should be tested using a shorter time lag, a full panel design and with a larger sample size, as suggested by Ford et al. (2014).”
Optimal time lags in panel studies. (2015, background): “One did not reveal linear or nonlinear effects (after excluding an outlier study; Sowislo, & Orth, 2013), whereas another showed that lagged effects may increase across time, then decrease, and eventually level out (e.g., Ford et al., 2014).”
A matter of time? Challenging and hindering effects of time pressure on work engagement (2018, background): “Second, the exploration of a turning point can further stimulate research on the relevance of time in stressor–strain relationships (e.g. Ford et al., 2014; Taris & Kompier, 2014).”
Rumination for innovation? Analysing the longitudinal effects of work-related rumination on creativity at work and off-job recovery (2017, background): “However, research struggles to identify the ideal time lag for stressor–strain relationships (Ford et al., 2014; Taris & Kompier, 2014).”
The longitudinal development of employee well-being: a systematic review (2016, background): “…stability are contingent upon study design and sample features, namely time lag, age, and changes of job, that is, factors that are known to have a role in the long-term development of employee well-being (Ford et al., 2014; Mäkikangas, Schaufeli, Tolvanen, & Feldt, 2013; Scheibe & Zacher, 2013).”
Conservation of Resources in the Organizational Context: The Reality of Resources and Their Consequences (2018, background): “These studies will have to carefully consider the role that time plays and account for that role in the study design (see also Ford et al. 2014, Ritter et al. 2016).”