TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wemken, Gesa
A1  - Janurek, Janina
A1  - Junker, Nina Mareen
A1  - Häusser, Jan Alexander
T1  - The impact of social comparisons of job demands and job control on well-being
T2  - Applied psychology: health and well-being
N2  - We extended the job demand–control model by including a social comparison perspective and hypothesised that an employee's work-related well-being is to some degree relative to the perceived work environment of coworkers rather than absolute (in terms of isolated effects of individual work characteristics). Hence, we account for the social context when examining the effects of individual job characteristics. Using a lagged study design with two measurement times eight weeks apart, we examined the effects of the (in)congruence between one´s own job demands and job control with the perceived job demands and job control of coworkers on job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficiency. Findings from polynomial regression analyses and response surface methodology revealed that perceiving coworkers as having either higher or lower demands than oneself is associated with lower job satisfaction and higher levels of emotional exhaustion. This provides partial support for our hypotheses. We found first-time evidence that social comparison processes regarding job demands can influence employees´ well-being.
KW  - job demand–control model
KW  - organisational psychology
KW  - polynomial regression analysis
KW  - social comparison
KW  - subjective well-being
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62097
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-620974
SN  - 1758-0854
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
SP  - 419
EP  - 436
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Oxford [u.a.]
ER  -