title: Curvilinear effects of job characteristics on ill-being in the nursing profession: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the curvilinear associations between two job characteristics (i.e. task identity and information processing) and negative outcomes (i.e. nurse need for recovery and negative affect).
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Research has historically demonstrated the beneficial effects of motivational job characteristics on several individual and organizational consequences. These job characteristics were indeed found to be positively and linearly related to positive outcomes such as job satisfaction. However, another stream of research contends that job characteristics may have curvilinear effects on employee well-being.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional correlational design was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected during June 2014, using a questionnaire survey. A convenience sample of French nurses and assistant nurses was recruited (n = 269). All participants were working in centres specialized in providing care to people with disabilities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study demonstrated statistically significant curvilinear effects of job characteristics on nurses' ill-being, while controlling for their linear effects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings support that nurses' job characteristics are associated with their ill-being in complex ways and provide organizational and managerial applications for healthcare centres.
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychologie, EA 2114 Psychologie des Âges de la Vie, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, France.|AD Conseil, Villemomble, France.|FED 4223 Fédération Inter-régionale de Recherches en Sciences du Travail (FIRST), Tours, France.
authors.forename: Tiphaine
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Huyghebaert
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychologie, EA 2114 Psychologie des Âges de la Vie, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, France.|FED 4223 Fédération Inter-régionale de Recherches en Sciences du Travail (FIRST), Tours, France.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gillet
authors.affiliation: AD Conseil, Villemomble, France.
authors.forename: Fadi-Joseph
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Lahiani
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychologie, EA 2114 Psychologie des Âges de la Vie, Université François-Rabelais de Tours, France.|FED 4223 Fédération Inter-régionale de Recherches en Sciences du Travail (FIRST), Tours, France.
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fouquereau
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D036262:Empirical Research; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: curvilinear effect; job characteristics; need for recovery; negative affect; nursing; work design