Wolfgang Kälin
University of Bern
26 Papers
363 Citations
Wolfgang Kälin is an academic researcher from University of Bern. The author has contributed to research in topics: Job satisfaction & Job attitude. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 26 publications.
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Papers
Taking the chance: Core self-evaluations predict relative gain in job resources following turnover
Achim Elfering,Achim Elfering,Anita C. Keller,Martial Berset,Martial Berset,Laurenz L. Meier,Simone Grebner,Wolfgang Kälin,Françoise Monnerat,Franziska Tschan,Norbert K. Semmer,Norbert K. Semmer +11 more
TL;DR: The findings imply that turnover includes opportunities to optimize one’s circumstances and that CSE helps to attain resourceful jobs.
Illegitimate tasks as a source of work stress
Norbert K. Semmer,Nicola Jacobshagen,Laurenz L. Meier,Achim Elfering,Terry A. Beehr,Wolfgang Kälin,Franziska Tschan +6 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that illegitimate tasks represent an aspect of job design that deserves more attention, both in research and in decisions about task assignments, beyond the effects of other predictors.
The ambivalence of challenge stressors: Time pressure associated with both negative and positive well-being
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the effect of time pressure (a prototypical challenge stressor) on a general well-being variable (positive attitude towards life; PAL) and found that the negative and the positive effects of challenge stressors may refer to wellbeing.
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Stress as Offense to Self: a Promising Approach Comes of Age
Norbert K. Semmer,Franziska Tschan,Nicola Jacobshagen,Terry A. Beehr,Achim Elfering,Wolfgang Kälin,Laurenz L. Meier +6 more
- 01 Jan 2019
TL;DR: It is proposed that the threshold for noticing implications for the self in one’s surroundings typically is low, implying that even subtle negative cues are likely to be appraised as offending, as exemplified by the concept of subtly offending feedback.
Ten-year trajectories of stressors and resources at work: Cumulative and chronic effects on health and well-being
TL;DR: The expected cumulative and chronic effects were mostly confirmed: Unfavorable JDC constellations were associated with poorer health and well-being than favorable ones, when controlling for the initial level of the respective outcome variable, demographic variables, and for cumulative private stressors.