Authors
Xiaotian Sheng, Yuqing Wang, Wei Hong, Ze Zhu, Xichao Zhang
Publication date
2019/2
Journal
International Journal of Stress Management
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
25
Publisher
Educational Publishing Foundation
Description
The present study focuses on the fluctuation in work engagement by examining the relationship between daily time pressure and daily work engagement. Based on the job demands-resources (JD-R) theory, this study also tests whether psychological capital and sleep moderate the influence of time pressure on work engagement. We conducted a diary study to gather 67 participants’ data over 10 consecutive work days (502 daily measurement points), including their daily time pressure, work engagement, and sleep quality. Our results indicate that there is a curvilinear relationship between daily time pressure and work engagement in the form of an inverted U-shape. If it was lower than the optimal level, daily time pressure as a challenging stressor positively predicted daily work engagement. Substantial time pressure impaired daily work engagement. In addition, the curvilinear relationship between daily time …
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