Exploring stable between-person and dynamic within-person relations between illegitimate tasks and employee wellbeing.
Drawing on stress-as-offense-to-self (SOS) theory and dynamic stressor-strain perspectives, we develop and test a model of reciprocal relations between illegitimate tasks and employee wellbeing. Across two preregistered longitudinal studies with n = 1,734 and n = 1,037 employees, we examine how ille...
| Publicado en: | Work & Stress Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 30 - 54 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan-Mar2026
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