Objectives:Recently,how family-related factors influence employees’mental health has garnered increasing attention from researchers and practitioners.Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress,this study aim...Objectives:Recently,how family-related factors influence employees’mental health has garnered increasing attention from researchers and practitioners.Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress,this study aims to examine how and when family financial stress affects the employees’mental health and investigate the mediating role of performance stress and the moderating role of workplace competition.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 23,520 Chinese employees by using a voluntary and anonymous structured questionnaire,which included family financial stress,performance stress,symptom checklist 90(SCL-90)scale,and workplace competition.The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 software and macro PROCESS.Results:The analysis of the mediating effect showed that performance stress mediated the relationship between family financial stress and psychological depression(b=0.064,SE=0.002,p<0.0001)and physical somatization(b=0.042,SE=0.002,p<0.0001),indicating spillover effects of stress from home to workplace.The moderating mediation analysis revealed that the crossover effects were amplified by workplace competition.For psychological depression,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.012,SE=0.001,p<0.001;For physical somatization,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.008,SE=0.001,p<0.001.Conclusion:Performance stress acts as a mediator in the link between family financial stress and mental health.Furthermore,the mediating effects was amplified by workplace competition.These findings suggest that workplace competition may serve to exacerbate the negative spillover effects from home to work through the mechanism of workrelated stress.Organizations should consider implementing supportive measures to mitigate family financial stress,such as providing financial counseling and fostering a collaborative work environment,to reduce the adverse effects of family financial stress on employees’mental health.展开更多
Background:In the pursuit of fostering employees’well-being,leaders are recognized as playing a vital role.However,so far,most of the existing research has focused on leadership behavior and the superficial interacti...Background:In the pursuit of fostering employees’well-being,leaders are recognized as playing a vital role.However,so far,most of the existing research has focused on leadership behavior and the superficial interaction between leaders and members but has unexpectedly ignored the specific supporting role of supervisors in the career development of employees,that is,supervisory career support.Additionally,the internal mechanism of how career support from supervisors is related to and promotes employees’wellbeing is still unclear.Based on social cognitive career theory(SCCT),this study aimed to explore whether,how,and when supervisory career support affects employee well-being by introducing the two paths of‘career prospect’and‘career confidence.’Methods:During July 2023,this study employed a cross-sectional design.We gathered participants from corporate situated in Southern China.Results:Results based on a large sample of 14,533 employees showed that supervisory career support was positively related to employees’well-being through the dual path of career prospects(opportunity)and career confidence(ability).Employees high in proactive personality experienced the above positive effects most.Conclusion:This study provides meaningful implications for managers to implement personalized support strategies to improve employees’well-being.展开更多
基金upported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(project no.72272117).
文摘Objectives:Recently,how family-related factors influence employees’mental health has garnered increasing attention from researchers and practitioners.Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress,this study aims to examine how and when family financial stress affects the employees’mental health and investigate the mediating role of performance stress and the moderating role of workplace competition.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 23,520 Chinese employees by using a voluntary and anonymous structured questionnaire,which included family financial stress,performance stress,symptom checklist 90(SCL-90)scale,and workplace competition.The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 software and macro PROCESS.Results:The analysis of the mediating effect showed that performance stress mediated the relationship between family financial stress and psychological depression(b=0.064,SE=0.002,p<0.0001)and physical somatization(b=0.042,SE=0.002,p<0.0001),indicating spillover effects of stress from home to workplace.The moderating mediation analysis revealed that the crossover effects were amplified by workplace competition.For psychological depression,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.012,SE=0.001,p<0.001;For physical somatization,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.008,SE=0.001,p<0.001.Conclusion:Performance stress acts as a mediator in the link between family financial stress and mental health.Furthermore,the mediating effects was amplified by workplace competition.These findings suggest that workplace competition may serve to exacerbate the negative spillover effects from home to work through the mechanism of workrelated stress.Organizations should consider implementing supportive measures to mitigate family financial stress,such as providing financial counseling and fostering a collaborative work environment,to reduce the adverse effects of family financial stress on employees’mental health.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project no.72272117).
文摘Background:In the pursuit of fostering employees’well-being,leaders are recognized as playing a vital role.However,so far,most of the existing research has focused on leadership behavior and the superficial interaction between leaders and members but has unexpectedly ignored the specific supporting role of supervisors in the career development of employees,that is,supervisory career support.Additionally,the internal mechanism of how career support from supervisors is related to and promotes employees’wellbeing is still unclear.Based on social cognitive career theory(SCCT),this study aimed to explore whether,how,and when supervisory career support affects employee well-being by introducing the two paths of‘career prospect’and‘career confidence.’Methods:During July 2023,this study employed a cross-sectional design.We gathered participants from corporate situated in Southern China.Results:Results based on a large sample of 14,533 employees showed that supervisory career support was positively related to employees’well-being through the dual path of career prospects(opportunity)and career confidence(ability).Employees high in proactive personality experienced the above positive effects most.Conclusion:This study provides meaningful implications for managers to implement personalized support strategies to improve employees’well-being.
