Publication on types of employee well-being
The aim of this study was to establish a typology of employee well-being, together with its psychosocial antecedents and consequences. Results obtained with a sample of 786 full-time employees from different occupational sectors show four types of employee well-being: 9-to-5 or relaxed, work engaged or enthusiastic, workaholic or tense, and burned-out or fatigued, each having different relationships with […]
Publication on adapting to change
It seems that not only information about change but also meaning making predicts employee adaptation to organizational change. Read more.
Publication on an online positive intervention
This paper investigates the effects of an individual oriented positive psychology intervention on positive emotions, self-efficacy, and work engagement. The online self-enhancement intervention program consists of three types of online assignments: happiness assignments, goal setting assignments, and resource building assignments. The results revealed that participants showed a stronger increase in positive emotions and self-efficacy compared […]
Publication on burnout and sickness absence
Job demands and job resources of call center employees mediatedthe relationship between self-efficacy and burnout, both at the individual and team level. Moreover, at the team level burnout predicts subsequent sickness absence. Read more.
Nieuwe publicatie Arbeid en Gezondheid
De derde geheel herziene druk van het leerboek “De psychologie van arbeid en gezondheid” is uit !!
Nieuwe publicatie over bevlogenheid en werkverslaving
Verschillen bevlogen werknemers van werkverslaafden? Er werden 23 hard werkende werknemers geïnterviewd om een antwoord op deze vraag te krijgen. Klik hier voor het artikel.
Nieuwe publicatie: De motivatie en prestatie van werkverslaafde, bevlogen en opgebrande medewerkers
Aan de hand van Deci en Ryan’s Zelf-Determinatie Theorie wordt in het huidige onderzoek onderzocht wat de drijfveren zijn van werkverslaafde, bevlogen en opgebrande werknemers. Daarnaast wordt onderzocht hoe deze werknemers presteren. De data zijn verzameld onder medewerkers van een Nederlandse bank (N = 680). Met behulp van Structural Equation Modeling is aangetoond dat werkverslaving voornamelijk samen gaat met […]
New publication: The measurement of work engagement
This chapter reviews various definitions of work engagement that are used in business and academia. and presents a model of work engagement that serves as a guideline for oprationalizing the construct. Moreover, the chapter discusses the psychometric quality of various engagement measures, most notably the Utrecht Work engagement Scale (UWES).
New article: Do burnout and work engagement predict depressive symptoms and life satisfaction? A three-wave seven-year prospective study
Background: Burnout and work engagement have been viewed as opposite, yet distinct states of employee well-being. We investigated whether work-related indicators of well-being (i.e. burnout and work engagement) spill-over and generalize to context-free well-being (i.e. depressive symptoms and life satisfaction). More specifically, we examined the causal direction: does burnout/work engagement lead to depressive symptoms/life satisfaction, or the other […]
New article: Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater! Interpersonal strain at work and burnout.
Interpersonal strain represents the feeling of discomfort and disengagement in the relationships with people at work resulting from exceeding social requests and pressures. This article has three aims: (1) to introduce the Interpersonal Strain at Work scale (ISW), (2) to examine its construct validity and reliability, and its relationship with the Maslach Burnout Inventory exhaustion […]