Job mobility and job performance
Subtitle
Beliefs about social and occupational (dis)advantages as mediators
Publication date
2020-07-02
Document type
Forschungsartikel
Author
Organisational unit
ISSN
Series or journal
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
Periodical volume
28
Periodical issue
1
First page
199
Last page
212
Peer-reviewed
✅
Part of the university bibliography
✅
Keyword
Job mobility
Beliefs
Job performance
Mediation
Abstract
Modern working conditions require an increased amount of spatial mobility from employed personnel. Research suggests that different types of job mobility might exert negative effects on well-being and health, and additionally have different costs and benefits for the work and the social domains. Methods. Using data from 3191 members of the German Armed Forces, we investigated the effects of four different types of job mobility (long-distance commuters, overnighters, residential mobiles and multi-mobiles) in contrast to non-mobiles on employees’ subjective job performance as an occupationally relevant outcome. Moreover, we expected beliefs about social and occupational advantages and disadvantages to mediate the effects of job mobility on subjective job performance. Results. A single concrete event during relocation had fewer negative consequences compared to the effects of circular mobility or multi-mobility. Moreover, beliefs about occupational and social advantages and disadvantages were differently associated with the different types of job mobility and partially mediated the direct effects of job mobility on job performance. Conclusions. Not all types of job mobility are an impairment and extra-organizational stress. Rather, the evaluation and perception of occupational and social (dis)advantages is crucial for the effects of different types of job mobility on organizational relevant outcomes.
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