title: What Differentiates Employees' Job Performance Under Stressful Situations: The Role of General Self-Efficacy.
abstract: The aim of this research is to verify the two-dimensional challenge-hindrance stressor framework in the Chinese context, and investigate the moderating effect of general self-efficacy in the stress process. Data were collected from 164 Chinese employee-supervisor dyads. The results demonstrated that challenge stressors were positively related to job performance while hindrance stressors were negatively related to job performance. Furthermore, general self-efficacy strengthened the positive relationship between challenge stressors and job performance, whereas the attenuating effect of general self-efficacy on the negative relationship between hindrance stressors and job performance was nonsignificant. These findings qualify the two-dimensional challenge-hindrance stressor framework, and support the notion that employees with high self-efficacy benefit more from the positive effect of challenge stressors in the workplace. By investigating the role of an individual difference variable in the challenge-hindrance stressor framework, this research provides a more accurate picture of the nature of job stress, and enhances our understanding of the job stressor-job performance relationship.
authors.affiliation: a Peking University.
authors.forename: Chang-Qin
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: b Erasmus University Rotterdam.
authors.forename: Dan-Yang
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: a Peking University.
authors.forename: Xiao-Min
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D000066477:Work Performance
keywords: Challenge stressors; general self-efficacy; hindrance stressors; job performance