The Effect of Worktime Control on Overtime Employees’ Mental Health and Work-Family Conflict
The Mediating Role of Voluntary Overtime
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15460488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jiaoyang Yu (0000-0001-5051-178X, University of Nottingham, corresponding author), Stavroula Leka (0000-0003-3847-6816, University of Nottingham) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 3767-3767 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19073767 |
| PMID | 35409451 |
| OpenAlex | W4220919395 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 64 |
Overtime has become a widespread phenomenon in the current information age that creates a high speed working pace and fierce competition in the high technology global economy. Based on the time-regulation mechanism and effort-recovery model, we examined the effect of worktime control (WTC) on mental health and work-family conflict (WFC) among overtime employees, and whether voluntary overtime mediated the relationships. We also examined two separate dimensions of WTC (control over time-off and control over daily hours). The results showed that control over time-off was related to decreased depression, anxiety, stress and WFC, while control over daily hours was related to decreased stress and WFC. Generally, control over time-off was beneficial to females and employees with dependents. Furthermore, mediation results showed that voluntary overtime was a complete mediator of relationships between WTC and depression and anxiety as well as a partial mediator of the relationship between WTC and stress. However, this study did not find a mediating effect of voluntary overtime on the WTC-WFC relationship. Limitations and practical implications are discussed
Anxiety · Control (management · Demographic economics · Economics · Job control · Labour economics · Management · Mediation · Mental health · Occupational stress · Overtime · Political science · Psychiatry · Turnover · Work (physics · Engineering · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |