Extra Status and Extra Stress
Are Promotions Good for Us
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3218707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David W Johnston (0000-0003-3185-2890), Wang-Sheng Lee (0000-0001-5614-0465, Deakin University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 32-54 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001979391306600102 |
| OpenAlex | W1948859406 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 32 |
Promotions ordinarily involve higher wages and greater privileges; but often they also increase responsibility, accountability, and work hours. Therefore, whether promotions are good for workers' well-being is an empirical question. Using high-quality panel data the authors estimate pre- and post-promotion effects on job attributes, physical health, mental health, and life satisfaction in an attempt at answering this question. They find that promotions substantially improve job security, pay perceptions, and overall job satisfaction in the short term, and that promotions have short- and longer-term effects on job control, job stress, income, and hours worked. Despite these large effects on job attributes, however, promotions have negligible effects on workers' health and happiness. Only mental health seems affected, with estimates suggesting significant deterioration two years after receiving a promotion. Thus, the authors conclude that the additional stress involved with promotions eventually outweighs the additional status, at least for the average worker
Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Happiness · Job satisfaction · Job security · Life satisfaction · Mental health · Panel data · Perception · Political science · Promotion (chess) · Quality (philosophy) · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,82 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |