TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moss Simon A
AU  - Novatsis Emily K.
AU  - Kijowska Anna
TI  - The insidious evolution of excessive workloads from the drive to enhance self-esteem: The role of personal control and self-construal
SN  - 1038-4111
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - Sage
KW  - Autonomy
KW  - Self-construal
KW  - Self-enhancement
N2  - A rise in perceived workload might partly reflect the need to boost self-esteem. This paper examines whether a decline in autonomy magnifies this need, and thus augments perceived workload, when employees feel detached from their social collectives. In study 1, 205 public servants completed a survey; autonomy was negatively related to perceived workload, especially when cohesion declined. In study 2, these results were replicated with 194 operations workers. In study 3, 164 employees completed a survey, demonstrating that personal belief in a just world was negatively associated with perceived workload when attachment to a social collective declined. Thus, individuals who feel detached from their social context, but experience a limited sense of control, demonstrate cognitive biases that amplify perceived workload
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/1038411109355371
ER  -