Call for papers
Special issue: Job Demands - Resources model
South African Journal of Industrial Psychology
Guest Editors: Evangelia Demerouti, Utrecht University, The Netherlands & Arnold B. Bakker, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Submission deadline: September 30, 2009
The Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model is a theoretical framework that integrates two fairly independent research traditions, namely job stress and work motivation research. According to the model, job demands are initiators of a health impairment process and job resources are initiators of a motivational process. Past research has shown that the assumptions of the JD-R model hold for both self-reports, and for objective data. Moreover, several studies have shown that the JD-R model can predict burnout, work engagement, and organizational performance. However, there are still several questions regarding the model that have not been answered yet.
The purpose of this special issue is therefore to bring together innovative studies on the JD-R model that are relevant for both organizations and individual employees. We are particularly interested to receive theory-guided studies that focus on the health impairment and motivational processes and related moderators and mediators including cultural, organizational, and individual characteristics. The following are illustrative questions that are consistent with the spirit of this special issue. We invite prospective authors to think of related topics as well.
- What is the role of stable (e.g., personality) or transient (e.g., PsyCap) individual characteristics in the JD-R model?
- How can the JD-R framework be utilized to explain important organizational outcomes like performance, personnel turnover, and career success?
- How can cultural differences and theories explaining such differences be integrated in the JD-R model?
- What are interesting applications of the JD-R model to specific occupational contexts and to specific employee groups?
- What are possible moderators or mediators involved in the processes suggested by the JD-R model?
- Do job resources need to match job demands in order to prevent job strain?
- Is the combination of high job demands and low job resources predictive of cardiovascular diseases?
- Do daily changes in job demands and resources predict daily functioning at work and at home?
We seek papers that develop theory as well as empirical studies testing theory. We particularly welcome empirical studies employing elaborated research designs (e.g., diary studies, longitudinal studies, multi-source information studies), and research introducing new constructs and theoretical perspectives in the JD-R model.
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