TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Schraub, Eva Maria
A1  - Stegmaier, Ralf
A1  - Sonntag, Karlheinz
T1  - The Effect of Change On Adaptive Performance : Does Expressive Suppression Moderate the Indirect Effect of Strain?
JF  - Journal of Change Management
N2  - This study examined the relation between employees' perceived extent of change and adaptive performance, focusing on the roles of expressive suppression (i.e. the habit of suppressing overt expressions of emotion) at work and perceived strain. Analysing survey data of 153 employees in Germany with different occupational backgrounds via bootstrapping, the conceptual moderated indirect effect scheme was supported. As hypothesized, greater changes were associated with higher strain. Strain, in turn, was negatively related to adaptive performance. Although extent of change did not directly affect adaptive performance, the data supported the expected indirect relationship via strain. Finally, expressive suppression at work acted as a buffer of this indirect effect: extent of change was only negatively related to strain for employees low in suppression. In line with newer evidence, our results indicate that the suppression of overt emotional expressions at work can have positive effects under certain circumstances.
KW  - Expressive suppression
KW  - Change
KW  - Strain
KW  - Adaptive performance
KW  - Moderated indirect effect
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 1479-1811
SS  - 1479-1811
SN  - 1469-7017
SS  - 1469-7017
N1  - Zugriff im Hochschulnetz
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
SP  - 21
EP  - 44
ER  -