Table 2 Mean (SD) for challenge stress (CHS), hindrance stress (HS), public service motivation (PSM), and job performance (JP) items
From: How job stress influences job performance among Chinese healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study
Variable | Item | Mean ± SD |
|---|---|---|
Challenge stress (1–6) | CHS1. The number of projects and or assignments I have. | 3.49 ± 0.82 |
CHS2. The amount of time I spend at work. | 3.52 ± 0.81 | |
CHS3. The volume of work that must be accomplished in the allotted time. | 3.44 ± 0.88 | |
CHS4. Time pressures I experience. | 3.48 ± 0.88 | |
CHS5. The amount of responsibility I have. | 3.63 ± 0.89 | |
CHS6. The scope of responsibility my position entails. | 3.50 ± 0.85 | |
Hindrance stress (1–5) | HS1. The degree to which politics rather than performance affects organizational decisions. | 2.87 ± 1.09 |
HS2. The inability to clearly understand what is expected of me on the job. | 2.35 ± 1.04 | |
HS3. The amount of red tape I need to go through to get my job done. | 3.10 ± 1.03 | |
HS4. The lack of job security I have. | 3.06 ± 1.13 | |
HS5. The degree to which my career seems “stalled.” | 3.01 ± 1.03 | |
PSM (1–5) | PSM1. Meaningful public service is very important to me. | 3.98 ± 0.77 |
PSM2. I am often reminded by daily events about how dependent we are on one another. | 3.88 ± 0.80 | |
PSM3. Making a difference in society means more to me than personal achievements. | 3.74 ± 0.85 | |
PSM4. I am prepared to make sacrifices for the good of society. | 3.41 ± 0.96 | |
PSM5. I am not afraid to go to bat for the rights of others, even if it means I will be ridiculed. | 3.45 ± 0.91 | |
Job performance (1–4) | JP1. Quality of your performance. | 3.80 ± 0.67 |
JP2. Your productivity on the job. | 3.86 ± 0.70 | |
JP3. How do you evaluate the performance of your peers at their jobs compared with yourself doing the same kind of work? | 3.88 ± 0.68 | |
JP4. How do you evaluate the performance of yourself at your job compared with your peers doing the same kind of work? | 3.86 ± 0.69 |