Publications by authors named "S M Jex"

The job crafting literature has not devoted much attention to the effects of specific forms of job crafting, particularly cognitive crafting. The present study builds on Conservation of Resources theory to explain how cognitive crafting might influence work meaningfulness for employees, and in turn, increase their experienced thriving at work. Moreover, we hypothesise that the impact of cognitive crafting on these outcomes is influenced by two motivational job characteristics: skill variety and job autonomy.

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  • Employees in service jobs often deal with rude customers, which can lead to them being rude to other customers and coworkers too.* -
  • This research looked at how feeling bad after a rude customer can make workers act mean; they did two studies to find out how this happens.* -
  • The studies found that feeling negative emotions is a key reason why employees might spread rudeness, but there wasn’t much evidence that their thinking processes played a role.*
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The purpose of this paper is to explore the causes of the inconsistent relationship between telework and work-life conflict, which has been reported in the research literature. We predicted that the qualitative aspects of telework, direction of work-life conflict, and telepressure would influence whether telework decreases work-life conflict. To test these predictions, data from a sample of 328 workers enrolled in the online subject recruitment platform, Prolific, were collected three times, with a one-month interval between each data collection.

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The gut-brain connection refers to communication between the brain and gastrointestinal (GI) system. Disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) are characterized by GI symptoms that accompany distress and disability. Epidemiological research has suggested DGBI rates in emerging adults are increasing.

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As organizational scholarship increasingly recognizes the dynamic nature of interpersonal stressors like workplace incivility, the present study investigates and the mechanisms through which it affects employees. Whereas prior research demonstrates that employees who experience workplace incivility are likely to engage in similar behavior because of depleted self-control, the current investigation draws on Metcalfe and Mischel's (1999) dual-process model to examine additional affective and cognitive mechanisms underlying this dynamic process. We propose that interceding changes in negative affect and cognitive rumination also mediate the dynamic relationship between experienced and perpetrated incivility change.

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