Resilience, the ability to adapt to adversity and endure job demands, is growing in
prominence in the management literature with limited regard to occupational influences …

Although expecting to undertake core tasks affirming their professional identity, employees
often have to deal with tasks they perceive as unnecessary or unreasonable. The concept of …

The attention paid to intraindividual phenomena in applied psychology has rapidly
increased during the last two decades. However, the design characteristics of studies using …

Illegitimate tasks represent a task-level stressor derived from role and justice theories within
the framework of “Stress-as–Offense-to-Self”(SOS; Semmer, Jacobshagen, Meier, & Elfering …

Demonstrates the connection between psychological theory and application in the field of
Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology is …

Employees perceive illegitimate tasks as inappropriate assignments because such tasks are
beyond what they expect to do in any given job position. Extant literature indicates that, in …

Stress is related to goals being thwarted. Arguably, protecting one's self, both in terms of
personal self-esteem and in terms of social self-esteem, is among the most prominent goals …

Being constantly connected to others via e‐mail and other online messages is increasingly
typical for many employees. In this paper, we develop and test a model that specifies how …

Background A challenge in Western countries is the growing need for registered nurses
(RNs') in hospitals, primary care and home healthcare. Decreasing illegitimate tasks and …

This study compares illegitimate tasks and appreciation in traditional work organisations and
holacracy work organisations based in Switzerland and Germany. In addition, the study tests …