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Balancing flexibility i‐deals and job insecurity: How coordination flexibility i‐deals affect employee well‐being and burnout
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Mariya Mathai ,
Jia Li
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Volume: 98, Issue: 4, Start page: e70072
Swansea University Authors:
Bibi Zhang , Mariya Mathai , Jia Li
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DOI (Published version): 10.1111/joop.70072
Abstract
This research introduces coordination flexibility idiosyncratic deals (i-deals), which allow employees to negotiate their current work tasks and pursue alternative job roles and work activities. This research examines when and how coordination flexibility i-deals affect employee well-being and burno...
| Published in: | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology |
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| ISSN: | 0963-1798 2044-8325 |
| Published: |
Wiley
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70988 |
| Abstract: |
This research introduces coordination flexibility idiosyncratic deals (i-deals), which allow employees to negotiate their current work tasks and pursue alternative job roles and work activities. This research examines when and how coordination flexibility i-deals affect employee well-being and burnout. Drawing on social exchange theory and conservation of resources theory, we propose that coordination flexibility i-deals have a more positive effect on well-being and a more negative effect on burnout for employees who have lower job insecurity than those facing higher job insecurity. This is because coordination flexibility i-deals lead employees who have lower (relative to higher) job insecurity to less objectify themselves as if they are instrumental tools. The results of two experimental studies and two multi-wave surveys have provided support for these hypotheses. This research extends the existing literature on flexibility i-deals and adds to our understanding of the boundary conditions and mechanisms through which coordination flexibility i-deals affect well-being and burnout. |
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| Keywords: |
burnout, flexible working, idiosyncratic deals, job insecurity, self-objectification, well-being |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Funders: |
Swansea University |
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4 |
| Start Page: |
e70072 |