Workload, work–life interface, stress, job satisfaction and job performance: a job demand–resource model study during COVID-19

James Chowhan and Kelly Pike

International Journal of Manpower, 2022, vol. 44, issue 4, 653-670

Abstract: Purpose - This study, using a comprehensive job demand–resources (JD-R) model, aims to explore the pressures of workload, work–life interface and subsequent impacts on employee stress and job satisfaction, with implications for employee job performance, in the context of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach - A cross-sectional sample of employees at seven universities (n = 4,497) and structural equation path analysis regression models are used for the analyses. Findings - The results show that a partial mediation JD-R model was supported, where job demands (such as workload and actual hours worked) and job resources (including expectations, support and job security) have relationships with work interference with personal life and personal life interference with work. These have subsequent negative path relationships with stress. Further, stress is negatively related to job satisfaction, and job satisfaction is positively related to employee job performance. Practical implications - Potential policy implications include mitigation approaches to addressing some of the negative impacts on workers and to enhance the positive outcomes. Timely adjustments to job demands and resources can aid in sustaining balance for workers in an uncertain and fluid environmental context. Originality/value - This study makes a contribution to knowledge by capturing sentiments on working arrangements, perceived changes and associated outcomes during a key period within the COVID-19 pandemic while being one of the rare studies to focus on a comprehensive JD-R model and a unique context of highly educated workers' transition to working from home.

Keywords: Work from home; Workload; Work–life balance; Stress; Job satisfaction; Job performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/IJM-05-2022-0254

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