Helping to promote psychological well-being at work: The role of work engagement, work stress and psychological detachment using the job demands-resources model

Authors

Emma White, University of Plymouth

Document Type

Project Article

Abstract

The job demands-resources model (JD-R model) underpinned the three main aims of this study: to provide support for the JD-R model‟s account of work engagement and work stress in relation to psychological well-being; to suggest the inclusion of the recovery process, psychological detachment as a theoretical refinement; and to produce comparative, predictive models of psychological well-being at work. 48 employees from an organisation that delivers: education; support and care services participated. The results provide strong support for the JD-R model; provide evidence for the inclusion of psychological detachment as a theoretical refinement; and show psychological detachment and work stress to be the most predictive of psychological well-being in the work place. Study limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Publication Date

2011-12-01

Publication Title

The Plymouth Student Scientist

Volume

4

Issue

2

First Page

155

Last Page

180

ISSN

1754-2383

Deposit Date

May 2019

Embargo Period

2024-07-03

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/13954

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

White, Emma (2011) "Helping to promote psychological well-being at work: The role of work engagement, work stress and psychological detachment using the job demands-resources model," The Plymouth Student Scientist: Vol. 4: Iss. 2, Article 16.
Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/tpss/vol4/iss2/16