The job demands-resources model: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal studies
By T. Lesener, B. Gusy, C. Wolter. Work & Stress, 2018
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ABSTRACT The job demands-resources (JD-R) model is an influential framework to understand how job characteristics foster employee well-being. Differing from the cross-sectional focus of most JD-R model reviews, this meta-analytic review uses longitudinal evidence to validate the essential assumptions within the JD-R model. We highlight two aspects: (1) The assessment of the methodological quality of the available longitudinal studies, and (2) the examination of the essential assumptions – the impact of job characteristics on well-being, and vice-versa – with meta-analytic structural equation modelling (metaSEM). We included 74 studies and evaluated their quality. Eighteen studies suffered from serious methodological shortcomings, whereas 29 studies (39%) were considered high-quality studies. Our meta-analytic structural equation models confirmed the essential assumptions simultaneously. The quality of the studies also had an influence on the goodness-of-fit indices. The models with reciprocal assumptions between job characteristics and well-being fitted the data best. The findings of this meta-analytic review suggest that the JD-R model is an excellent theoretical basis to assess employee well-being for a broad range of organisations. However, more research is needed to clarify the reciprocal relationships between job characteristics and employee well-being, as well as the different influences of challenging and hindering job demands on work engagement.
Subfields: General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology
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In General Health Professions
- J. Hakanen
- Arnold B. Bakker
- B. Gusy
- C. Wolter
- T. Lesener
- J. Turunen
- Wilmar B. Schaufeli
- Juriena D. de Vries
In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
- J. Hakanen
- Arnold B. Bakker
- Juriena D. de Vries
- B. Gusy
- C. Wolter
- J. Turunen
- T. Lesener
- Wilmar B. Schaufeli
In Social Psychology
- J. Hakanen
- Arnold B. Bakker
- Juriena D. de Vries
- J. Turunen
- B. Gusy
- C. Wolter
- Wilmar B. Schaufeli
- T. Lesener
Citations in the corpus
- The drivers of work engagement: A meta-analytic review of longitudinal evidence (2020, background): “, 2011; Crawford, LePine, & Rich, 2010; Halbesleben, 2010; Lesener et al., 2019; Lichtenthaler & Fischbach, 2018; Mauno, Kinnunen, Mäkikangas, & Feldt, 2010; Young, Glerum, Wang, & Joseph, 2018). The findings include associations with job characteristics as well as individual conditions. Halbesleben”
- The relative importance of various job resources for work engagement: A concurrent and follow-up dominance analysis (2021, positive): “Indeed, research has shown that job resources are the most important predictors of work engagement (Lesener et al., 2019); and that job demands are less important predictors (Halbesleben, 2010; Lesener et al., 2019).”
- Job Demands–Resources theory and self-regulation: new explanations and remedies for job burnout (2020, background): “Although there is general consensus in the literature that the combination of high job demands and low job resources offers an important explanation for burnout (Bakker & Demerouti, 2017; Lesener et al., 2019), it would be very helpful to have an even more fine-grained and integrated account of the ”