Too Committed to Switch Off-Capturing and Organizing the Full Range of Work-Related Rumination from Detachment to
Oliver Weigelt1, J Charlotte Seidel1, Lucy Erber1
1Wilhelm Wundt Institute of Psychology, Leipzig University, D-04109 Leipzig, Germany.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
|February 25, 2023
Summary
Work-related rumination, including overcommitment, impacts employee well-being. Emotional irritation and affective rumination uniquely predict fatigue, burnout, and reduced life satisfaction.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health Psychology
- Organizational Behavior
Background:
- Work-related thoughts during off-job time are extensively studied.
- Overcommitment, a facet of the effort-reward imbalance model, is examined in relation to work-related rumination.
- Ten facets of work-related rumination are analyzed: overcommitment, psychological detachment, affective rumination, problem-solving pondering, positive work reflection, negative work reflection, distraction, cognitive irritation, emotional irritation, and inability to recover.
Approach:
- Integrative review connecting overcommitment research with work-related rumination.
- Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of survey data from 357 and 388 employees, respectively.
- Relative weight analysis to assess the criterion-related validity of rumination facets concerning fatigue, burnout, psychosomatic complaints, and life satisfaction.
Key Points:
- Several work-related rumination measures, such as overcommitment and cognitive irritation, may be used interchangeably.
- Emotional irritation and affective rumination are identified as potent unique predictors of adverse outcomes.
- Findings aid researchers in selecting appropriate scales for studying work-related rumination and effort-reward imbalance.
Conclusions:
- Emotional irritation and affective rumination significantly predict physical, cognitive, and emotional fatigue, burnout, psychosomatic complaints, and lower life satisfaction.
- The study clarifies the nomological net of work-related rumination constructs and their impact on employee well-being.
- This research facilitates the integration of effort-reward imbalance and work-related rumination research.
Keywords:
affective ruminationburnoutirritationnegative work reflectionovercommitmentpositive work reflectionproblem-solving ponderingpsychological detachmentsatisfaction with lifework-related ruminationMore Related Videos
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