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- Title
Linking work conditions to unpleasant affect: Cognition, categorization and goals.
- Authors
Daniels, Kevin; Harris, Claire; Briner, Rob B.
- Abstract
Current approaches to work stress do not address in detail the mental processes by which work events cause unpleasant affect. We propose a cognitive account that incorporates: (1) the distinction between controlled and automatic information processing; (2) the categorization of emotionally relevant stimuli; (3) the role of mental models in coping choice; (4) the enactment of beneficial job conditions through coping; and (5) reciprocal influences between cognition and affect. We conclude by discussing how this account can help explain a range of findings in the work stress literature and how a cognitive approach to work stress informs practice.
- Subjects
JOB stress; COGNITION; INFORMATION theory in psychology; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; INFORMATION processing; INDUSTRIAL psychology
- Publication
Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, 2004, Vol 77, Issue 3, p343
- ISSN
0963-1798
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1348/0963179041752628