"Not another meeting!" Are meeting time demands related to employee well-being?
Using an interruptions framework, this article proposes and tests a set of hypotheses concerning the relationship of meeting time demands with job attitudes and well-being (JAWB). Two Internet surveys were administered to employees who worked 35 hr or more per week. Study 1 examined prescheduled meetings attended in a typical week (N=676), whereas Study 2 investigated prescheduled meetings attended during the current day (N=304). As proposed, the relationship between meeting time demands and JAWB was moderated by task interdependence, meeting experience quality, and accomplishment striving. However, results were somewhat dependent on the time frame of a study and the operational definition used for meeting time demands. Furthermore, perceived meeting effectiveness was found to have a strong, direct relationship with JAWB.
Rogelberg
Steven G
SG
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28270, USA. sgrogelb@email.uncc.edu
Leach
Desmond J
DJ
Warr
Peter B
PB
Burnfield
Jennifer L
JL
D001290:Attitude; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011788:Quality of Life; D013997:Time Factors