Too Committed to Switch Off—Capturing and Organizing the Full Range of Work-Related Rumination from Detachment to Overcommitment-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Too Committed to Switch Off—Capturing and Organizing the Full Range of Work-Related Rumination from Detachment to Overcommitment

Published:2023-02-17 Issue:4 Volume:20 Page:3573
ISSN:1660-4601
Container-title:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
language:en
Short-container-title:IJERPH

Author:

Weigelt Oliver¹^ORCID,Seidel J. Charlotte¹,Erber Lucy¹,Wendsche Johannes²^ORCID,Varol Yasemin Z.³^ORCID,Weiher Gerald M.³^ORCID,Gierer Petra⁴,Sciannimanica Claudia⁴,Janzen Richard¹^ORCID,Syrek Christine J.⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Wilhelm Wundt Institute of Psychology, Leipzig University, D-04109 Leipzig, Germany

2. Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Section 3 Work and Health, D-01099 Dresden, Germany

3. Educational Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, D-60629 Frankfurt, Germany

4. Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Hagen, D-58084 Hagen, Germany

5. Business Psychology, University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, D-53359 Rheinbach, Germany

Abstract

Work-related thoughts during off-job time have been studied extensively in occupational health psychology and related fields. We provide a focused review of the research on overcommitment—a component within the effort–reward imbalance model—and aim to connect this line of research to the most commonly studied aspects of work-related rumination. Drawing on this integrative review, we analyze survey data on ten facets of work-related rumination, namely (1) overcommitment, (2) psychological detachment, (3) affective rumination, (4) problem-solving pondering, (5) positive work reflection, (6) negative work reflection, (7) distraction, (8) cognitive irritation, (9) emotional irritation, and (10) inability to recover. First, we apply exploratory factor analysis to self-reported survey data from 357 employees to calibrate overcommitment items and to position overcommitment within the nomological net of work-related rumination constructs. Second, we leverage apply confirmatory factor analysis to self-reported survey data from 388 employees to provide a more specific test of uniqueness vs. overlap among these constructs. Third, we apply relative weight analysis to assess the unique criterion-related validity of each work-related rumination facet regarding (1) physical fatigue, (2) cognitive fatigue, (3) emotional fatigue, (4) burnout, (5) psychosomatic complaints, and (6) satisfaction with life. Our results suggest that several measures of work-related rumination (e.g., overcommitment and cognitive irritation) can be used interchangeably. Emotional irritation and affective rumination emerge as the strongest unique predictors of fatigue, burnout, psychosomatic complaints, and satisfaction with life. Our study is intended to assist researchers in making informed decisions on selecting scales for their research and paves the way for integrating research on the effort–reward imbalance and work-related rumination.

Funder

Volkswagen Foundation

German Research Foundation

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/4/3573/pdf

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