title: When the job is boring: the role of boredom in organizational contexts.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study investigates the role of boredom within the Job Demands-Resources model. Although empirical evidence suggests that the incidence of boredom at work is widespread, the study of job boredom remains neglected today.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected from 269 mass-retail workers, by means of structured face-to-face interviews.
  
  
  METHODS
  Results of multiple mediation analyses partially supported our hypotheses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Boredom mediates the relationship between transformational leadership, low learning opportunities and general dysphoria, while work engagement mediates the relationship between transformational leadership, low learning opportunities and job satisfaction as well as general dysphoria.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Taken together, our results confirm the suitability of conceptualizing boredom within the JD-R model and contribute to the ongoing conceptualization of both the boredom literature and the JD-R literature.
authors: Department of Science Education, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors: Dina
authors: D
authors: Guglielmi
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Simbula
authors: Greta
authors: G
authors: Mazzetti
authors: Maria Carla
authors: MC
authors: Tabanelli
authors: Roberta
authors: R
authors: Bonfiglioli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001887:Boredom; D003132:Commerce; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology