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- Title
Workload and psychological strain: A test of the French, Rodgers, and Cobb hypothesis.
- Authors
Kaldenberg, Dennis O.; Becker, Boris W.
- Abstract
This study of a random sample of self-employed and non-self-employed dentists tests the French, Rodgers, and Cobb (1974) hypothesis, which predicts a curvilinear relationship between psychological strain and person-environment fit. Self-employed dentists had lower strain scores (based on measures of job satisfaction and self-esteem) and greater congruency in P-E fit (based on comparisons of preferred and typical hours in practice) than dentists who were not self-employed. The relationship between strain and P-E fit among self-employed dentists was curvilinear. Both self-esteem and job satisfaction were higher for dentists with a congruent fit between typical and preferred workload and lower for dentists with incongruent fit.
- Subjects
ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; DENTISTS' attitudes; FREELANCERS; DENTISTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; JOB stress of dentists; JOB satisfaction; SELF-esteem; EMPLOYEES' workload; WORK environment
- Publication
Journal of Organizational Behavior, 1992, Vol 13, Issue 6, p617
- ISSN
0894-3796
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/job.4030130607