Although stressors are frequently linked to several negative health outcomes, experiencing stressors may be necessary for enhancing performance. At present, the literature is lacking a unified, comprehensive framework that accounts for both positive and negative outcomes following stressors. Therefore, we introduce the framework of hormesis, which has been applied in biological research for decades. According to hormesis, small-to-medium doses of a stressor can stimulate an organism's response, while large doses cause detrimental effects. In this article, we argue that these dose-response dynamics can be found in various domains of performance psychology (i.e., eustress and distress, psychological momentum, emotions, motivation, confidence, cognitive performance, training, skill acquisition, adversity, and trauma). Furthermore, hormesis also accounts for the inter- and intra-individual variability commonly found in responses to stressors. Finally, from an applied perspective, leveraging hormesis may stimulate new psychological interventions that mimic the well-known effects of (toxic) vaccinations at the level of behavior.
In dit artikel willen wij bezien in hoeverre het belang van verantwoording en content voor de performance van bedrijfsprocessen in instrumenten voor organisatieverandering een rol speelt. In de praktijk blijken er in vele organisaties problemen te bestaan bij het afleggen van verantwoording en het waarborgen van contentkwaliteit (Bussel, Ector 2009). En dat terwijl in het grootste deel van de bestaande organisaties voortdurend geprobeerd wordt de performance van de bedrijfsprocessen te verbeteren door het inzetten van verschillende instrumenten van organisatieverandering.
