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Linking Diversity and Mental Health: Task Conflict Mediates Between Perceived Subgroups and Emotional Exhaustion
Diversity and psychological health issues at the workplace are pressing issues in today’s organizations. However, research linking two fields is scant. To bridge this gap, drawing from team faultline research, social categorization theory, and the job-demands resources model, we propose that perceiv...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7340179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32714229 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01245 |
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author | Schulte, Niklas Götz, Friedrich M. Partsch, Fabienne Goldmann, Tim Smidt, Lea Meyer, Bertolt |
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description | Diversity and psychological health issues at the workplace are pressing issues in today’s organizations. However, research linking two fields is scant. To bridge this gap, drawing from team faultline research, social categorization theory, and the job-demands resources model, we propose that perceiving one’s team as fragmented into subgroups increases strain. We further argue that this relationship is mediated by task conflict and relationship conflict and that it is moderated by psychological empowerment and task interdependence. Multilevel structural equation models on a two-wave sample consisting of 536 participants from 107 work teams across various industries and work contexts partially supported the hypotheses: task conflict did indeed mediate the positive relationships between perceived subgroups and emotional exhaustion while relationship conflict did not; effects on stress symptoms were absent. Moreover, contrary to our expectations, neither empowerment, nor task interdependence moderated the mediation. Results indicate that team diversity can constitute a job demand that can affect psychological health. Focusing on the mediating role of task conflict, we offer a preliminary process model to guide future research at the crossroads of diversity and psychological health at work. |
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spelling | pubmed-73401792020-07-23 Linking Diversity and Mental Health: Task Conflict Mediates Between Perceived Subgroups and Emotional Exhaustion Schulte, Niklas Götz, Friedrich M. Partsch, Fabienne Goldmann, Tim Smidt, Lea Meyer, Bertolt Front Psychol Psychology Diversity and psychological health issues at the workplace are pressing issues in today’s organizations. However, research linking two fields is scant. To bridge this gap, drawing from team faultline research, social categorization theory, and the job-demands resources model, we propose that perceiving one’s team as fragmented into subgroups increases strain. We further argue that this relationship is mediated by task conflict and relationship conflict and that it is moderated by psychological empowerment and task interdependence. Multilevel structural equation models on a two-wave sample consisting of 536 participants from 107 work teams across various industries and work contexts partially supported the hypotheses: task conflict did indeed mediate the positive relationships between perceived subgroups and emotional exhaustion while relationship conflict did not; effects on stress symptoms were absent. Moreover, contrary to our expectations, neither empowerment, nor task interdependence moderated the mediation. Results indicate that team diversity can constitute a job demand that can affect psychological health. Focusing on the mediating role of task conflict, we offer a preliminary process model to guide future research at the crossroads of diversity and psychological health at work. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7340179/ /pubmed/32714229 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01245 Text en Copyright © 2020 Schulte, Götz, Partsch, Goldmann, Smidt and Meyer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Schulte, Niklas Götz, Friedrich M. Partsch, Fabienne Goldmann, Tim Smidt, Lea Meyer, Bertolt Linking Diversity and Mental Health: Task Conflict Mediates Between Perceived Subgroups and Emotional Exhaustion |
title | Linking Diversity and Mental Health: Task Conflict Mediates Between Perceived Subgroups and Emotional Exhaustion |
title_full | Linking Diversity and Mental Health: Task Conflict Mediates Between Perceived Subgroups and Emotional Exhaustion |
title_fullStr | Linking Diversity and Mental Health: Task Conflict Mediates Between Perceived Subgroups and Emotional Exhaustion |
title_full_unstemmed | Linking Diversity and Mental Health: Task Conflict Mediates Between Perceived Subgroups and Emotional Exhaustion |
title_short | Linking Diversity and Mental Health: Task Conflict Mediates Between Perceived Subgroups and Emotional Exhaustion |
title_sort | linking diversity and mental health: task conflict mediates between perceived subgroups and emotional exhaustion |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7340179/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32714229 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01245 |
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