Personality and the effort-reward imbalance model of stress : individual differences in reward sensitivity
Allisey, Amanda, Rodwell, John and Noblet, Andrew 2012, Personality and the effort-reward imbalance model of stress : individual differences in reward sensitivity, Work and stress, vol. 26, no. 3, July-September, pp. 230-251.
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Personality and the effort-reward imbalance model of stress : individual differences in reward sensitivity
The Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) model comprises both situational components (i.e. effort and reward) and a person-specific component (overcommitment). The aims of this study were to investigate the role of theoretically and historically linked personality variables (i.e. overcommitment and Type A personality) within the ERI model and to expand and extend the ERI model by investigating the contribution of individual reward components to both psychological (i.e. psychological distress) and attitudinal (i.e. affective commitment) employee strain indicators. A total of 897 police officers from a large Australian police agency participated in the study. The results provided no evidence of an interaction effect of effort or reward with overcommitment. The Type A variables did, however, make significant contributions and were involved in a number of interactions, suggesting that the person-specific component of the ERI model could be extended with the Type A personality profile. The findings also suggest that the esteem component of reward has the greatest relevance to employee outcomes, although tangible aspects of reward are more likely to act as a buffer of perceived work demand.