Effort Reward Imbalance Model

10 important questions on Effort Reward Imbalance Model

What is the main idea behind the ERI?

High work efforts combined with low rewards create a stressful reciprocity deficit

Into what categories can effort be divided in the ERI

Extrinsic and intrinsic

What do 'job demands and obligations imposed by the workplace (workload, interruptions, responsibilities)' refer to in ERI

Extrinsic effort
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What do 'excessive personal drive and ambition' refer to in ERI?

Intrinsic effort (overcommitment)

What are the three-component structures of effort in ERI?

Money, esteem, security/job opportunities

What is the main ERI hypothesis?

High efforts + low rewards = high risk of poor health

What does overcommitment refer to in ERI?

Person-specific pattern of excessive striving, need for approval, competitiveness, irritability, and inability to withdraw from work

What is the overcommitment hypothesis in ERI?

High overcommitment independently increases the risk of poor health

Which employees have the highest health risks in the ERI?

Employees with high effort and low reward and high overcommitment

When there is a ERI context employees will be stressed and unhappy and will leave the job, unless: (name 3 reasons)?

No alternative on the labor market, strategic reasons (expecting future gains), when the employee is characterized by a motivational pattern of excessive work-related overcommitment

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