20.500.12556/RUL-144327 I feel the need – the need for speed! unreasonable tasks, work pace, psychological detachment and emotional exhaustion Purpose – At the dawn of a new decade, as ever more corporations are pursuing sustainable working conditions and advocating employee well-being, employees are increasingly tending to feel fatigued and drained by their work, which compromises their performance. Drawing on the job demands–resources model and social acceleration debate, the authors test a moderated mediation model. Specifically, the authors hypothesise that unreasonable tasks raise perceptions of emotional exhaustion when the pace of work is increased and investigate the moderating role of psychological detachment. Design/methodology/approach – This study used a sample of 245 employees from Europe, all knowledge workers, to test the hypotheses. Findings – Apart from unreasonable tasks being directly related with emotional exhaustion, this relationship was mediated by the perceived work pace. In addition, the authors establish psychological detachment as a relevant moderator for the mediating effect. Practical implications – Managers and HR practitioners are equipped with a better understanding of the effects of an increasing speed of work, the conditions leading to it and the individual and organizational resources that may help to create healthy and meaningful job positions, which facilitate employee efficiency. Originality/value – Our study expands the literature on contemporary stressors and adds to what is known about the ‘dark side’ of job demands that affect the organizational bottom-line, as well as the resource-based mechanism that can buffer the negative effects. organization personnel labour efficiency emotional exhaustion job demands unreasonable tasks work pace speed of work psychological detachment organizacija kadri delovna uspešnost true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2023-02-14 15:42:17 2023-02-14 15:48:52 2024-03-19 03:43:24 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Str. 162-177 no. 1 Vol. 11 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 331.108 2051-6614 10.1108/JOEPP-07-2021-0185 141427203 10-1108_JOEPP-07-2021-0185.pdf 10-1108_JOEPP-07-2021-0185.pdf 1 8E0EFCB4EB4FC59A5910C639D325239B 9ea45d2eabf124f1ac5d3cef14668f2b3457a82fa74bf29c27ee56cdb9406f8b 91d73a8e-e52b-11ee-ae74-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=181799 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JOEPP-07-2021-0185/full/html 0 3ed44bbb-ac76-11ed-9c94-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=166582 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0