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Navigating the Activity Based Working Environment – Relationships of Self-Leadership, Autonomy and Information Richness with Cognitive Stress and Performance Cover

Navigating the Activity Based Working Environment – Relationships of Self-Leadership, Autonomy and Information Richness with Cognitive Stress and Performance

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|Jan 2019

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Fit indices for measurement model and comparison models.

Tested modelsχ2(df)CFITLIRMSEASRMRModel comparisons Δχ2(df)
M1: Measurement modela209.574.94.92.071.051
M2: One factor1632.378.40.28.217.175M2 vs M1: 1422.8 (6)***
M3: Three-factor modelb683.065.76.70.140.082M3 vs M1: 473.49 (3)***

[i] a Measurement model M1 includes the latent variables, i.e. the predictor variables Self-leadership: Goal-setting, Self-leadership: Thought Strategies, Information Richness, and Autonomy.

b Same as M1 but with all self-leadership items loading on one latent variable, i.e. a three-factor model.

*** p < .001.

Table 2

Bivariate correlations, means, standard deviations, and reliability coefficients. N = 510.

Variable123456789101112MSDα
Background
1 Gender (1 = m, 2 = f)1.001.40.49
2 Age–.09*1.00429
3 University (1 = yes).06–.14**1.00.70.46
Office Type
4 Activity Based WE.00.00–.041.00
5 Cell Office–.12**–.14**.001.00
6 Landscape Office.08.10*.041.00
Resources (1-5)
7 SL Goals.01.05.07.19***–.13**–.13*1.003.82.98.91
8 SL ThoughtS..00–.07.08.15***–.08–.12**.48***1.003.41.90.77
9 Information Richness.03.20***.16***.07–.09*–.02.10*–.031.003.92.72.81
10 Autonomy–.11*–.04.10*.32***–.04–.35***.14**.13**.16***1.004.14.88.69
Outcomes
11 Cognitive stress (1-5).17***–.20***.01–.09*–.05.07–.18***–.03–.29***–.20***1.002.17.76.88
12 Performance (1-10).09*.08–.02.05–.11*.02.26***.14**.19***.03–.30***1.008.071.14

[i] SL Goals = Self-leadership Goal-setting, SL ThoughtS = Self-leadership Thought Strategies.

* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.

Table 3

Means, standard deviations, and results of Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance regarding office type.

ABWE Activity-Based Working Environment Mean (SD)Non-ABWE Cell Office 1–3 people Mean (SD)Non-ABWE Landscape 4–25 + people Mean (SD)χ2
N4163064
Background
  Gender39.7% female16.7% female50.0% female9.49**
  Age42.28 (9.13)37.17 (7.90)44.64 (10.24)15.00**
  University69% university70% university75% university.90
Resources
  SL Goals3.91 (.92)3.33 (1.30)3.48 (1.04)15.58***
  SL ThoughtS3.48 (.87)3.13 (1.13)3.13 (.93)10.24**
  Info Richness3.94 (.72)3.66 (.66)3.88 (.78)5.49
  Autonomy4.28 (.76)4.02 (.81)3.33 (1.19)46.28***
Outcomes
  Cognitive stress2.14 (.75)2.33 (.90)2.30 (.76)3.77
  Performance8.10 (1.12)7.57 (1.33)8.13 (1.13)5.27

[i] SL Goals = Self-leadership Goal-setting, SL ThoughtS = Self-leadership Thought Strategies.

* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.

Table 4

Regression results: Effects of predictors on cognitive stress and self-rated performance, respectively. N = 507.

VariablesCognitive stressaPerformancea
Step IStep IIStep IIIStep IStep IIStep III
Background
  Gender (1 = m, 2 = f).15**.15**.15**.10*.09*.08
  Age–.18***–.18***–.12**.08.07.02
  University–.02–.02.05–.01–.01–.07
Office environment relative to ABWE
  Cell Office.05.01–.09*–.05
  Landscape Office.08–.01–.00.04
Resources
  SL Goal-setting–.16**.22***
  SL Thought strat..05.05
  Info Richness–.23***.16***
  Autonomy–.15**–.01
Adjusted R2.06.06.16.01.01.10
ΔR2.06***.01.10***.02*.01.09***

[i] a Estimates are standardized regression coefficients, β-values.

* p < .05, ** p < .01, *** p < .001.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.58 | Journal eISSN: 2002-2867
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 1
Submitted on: May 16, 2018
Accepted on: Nov 15, 2018
Published on: Jan 11, 2019
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2019 Gisela Bäcklander, Calle Rosengren, Lena Lid Falkman, Cecilia Stenfors, Aram Seddigh, Walter Osika, Emma Stenström, published by Stockholm University Press
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