The more the better? The non-linear effect of workload on workplace well-being.

Front Psychol · 2026 · PMC12867806 · PMID 41646925

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Although the individual spline basis terms were only marginally significant ( p = 0.06 and p = 0.08, respectively), the overall improvement in model fit provides suggestive evidence of a non-linear association between workload and workplace well-being.

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