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A Study on the Curvilinear Relationship Between Challenge Stress and Performance

도전적 스트레스와 성과간의 비선형적 관계에 대한 연구

  • Han, Su Jin (Division of Business Administration, Hoseo University) ;
  • Park, Owwon (Department of Business Administration, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2020.09.05
  • Accepted : 2020.09.28
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

Previous studies on the relationship between stress and performance have shown inconsistent results. Thus, this study focused on the effect of challenging stress among the two types of stress types and investigated the nonlinear relationship between the challenging stress and the performance. In particular, performance was divided into job performance, which is related to in-role behavior, and organizational citizenship behavior, which is characterized as extra-role behavior. Empirical results using 222 samples of Chinese workers have showed that challenging stress had a nonlinear relationship with job performance and organizational citizenship behavior. However, it was found that the shape of nonlinear relationship of the challenging stress on job performance and organizational citizenship behavior was slightly different. Finally, the theoretical and practical implications of this paper and future research directions are discussed.

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