Problem solving and well-being: Exploring the instrumental role of job control and social support

Daniels, Kevin, Beesley, Nick, Wimalasiri, Varuni and Cheyne, Alistair (2013) Problem solving and well-being: Exploring the instrumental role of job control and social support. Journal of Management, 39 (4). pp. 1016-1043. ISSN 0149-2063

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Abstract

Enacting social support and job control can enable effective problem solving and protect well-being. The authors operationalized social support used for problem solving as “discussing problems with others to solve problems” (DIS-SP) and job control used to solve problems as “changing aspects of work activities to solve problems” (CHA-SP). Analyses of experience sampling data (N = 191) revealed that DIS-SP was inversely associated with subsequent negative affect and that there were curvilinear relationships between CHA-SP and subsequent levels of negative affect, fatigue, and cognitive failure, such that only high levels of CHA-SP were associated with lower levels of negative affect, fatigue, and cognitive failure. Fatigue was inversely associated with subsequent levels of DIS-SP and CHA-SP. Contrary to expectations, there was a positive association between cognitive failure and subsequent CHA-SP.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cognitive failure,job control,problem solving,social support,well-being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions
Depositing User:	Elle Green
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2012 14:41
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2025 07:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/37933
DOI:	10.1177/0149206311430262

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