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Individual Differences Explain Psychosocial Work Environment: Untangling Personality from Workplace Questionnaires

Craven, Lucas Hillebert LU (2024) PSYP01 20232
Department of Psychology
Abstract
Psychosocial work conditions influence employee well-being. How individual differences play a role in this relationship is limited. An individual differences perspective posits that personality also contributes to an individual's perception of their environment. Thus, it is essential to investigate to what extent psychosocial work environments assessed with questionnaires reflect individual differences. The main findings of this thesis, drawn from a representative sample of the Danish working population (N = 3970) answering the Danish Psychosocial Questionnaire, support the individual difference perspective. Partial correlation analyses showed that neuroticism and extraversion accounted for approximately 60% of the variance between... (More)
Psychosocial work conditions influence employee well-being. How individual differences play a role in this relationship is limited. An individual differences perspective posits that personality also contributes to an individual's perception of their environment. Thus, it is essential to investigate to what extent psychosocial work environments assessed with questionnaires reflect individual differences. The main findings of this thesis, drawn from a representative sample of the Danish working population (N = 3970) answering the Danish Psychosocial Questionnaire, support the individual difference perspective. Partial correlation analyses showed that neuroticism and extraversion accounted for approximately 60% of the variance between psychosocial conditions and work-related well-being outcomes. Factor analyses on construct level identified a common factor explaining up to 78% of the variance in well-being measurements, of which neuroticism and extraversion accounted for 36%. These findings show that psychosocial work questionnaires face challenges in assessing objective work environments. I argue that individual differences drive an individual's perception of their work environment, a factor often overlooked in research and practice. Therefore, it is recommended to consider individual differences in intervention studies when interpreting and improving the psychosocial work environment and work-related well-being. (Less)
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author
Craven, Lucas Hillebert LU
supervisor
organization
course
PSYP01 20232
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
psychosocial work environment, DPQ, work-related well-being, individual differences, personality, neuroticism, extraversion
language
English
id
9147691
date added to LUP
2024-02-02 15:46:31
date last changed
2024-02-16 15:43:00
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  abstract     = {{Psychosocial work conditions influence employee well-being. How individual differences play a role in this relationship is limited. An individual differences perspective posits that personality also contributes to an individual's perception of their environment. Thus, it is essential to investigate to what extent psychosocial work environments assessed with questionnaires reflect individual differences. The main findings of this thesis, drawn from a representative sample of the Danish working population (N = 3970) answering the Danish Psychosocial Questionnaire, support the individual difference perspective. Partial correlation analyses showed that neuroticism and extraversion accounted for approximately 60% of the variance between psychosocial conditions and work-related well-being outcomes. Factor analyses on construct level identified a common factor explaining up to 78% of the variance in well-being measurements, of which neuroticism and extraversion accounted for 36%. These findings show that psychosocial work questionnaires face challenges in assessing objective work environments. I argue that individual differences drive an individual's perception of their work environment, a factor often overlooked in research and practice. Therefore, it is recommended to consider individual differences in intervention studies when interpreting and improving the psychosocial work environment and work-related well-being.}},
  author       = {{Craven, Lucas Hillebert}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Individual Differences Explain Psychosocial Work Environment: Untangling Personality from Workplace Questionnaires}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}