PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the quality of a subordinate's relationship with his or her direct supervisor influences the subordinate's psychological well-being and to examine the moderating role of person-supervisor (P-S) fit between these two variables.Design/methodology/approachThe sample for this study consists of 418 academic employees of two federal universities. Relationship quality, P-S fit, psychological well-being and demographics were self-reported by the participants using existing scales. Hypotheses were tested with partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS 3.2.8.FindingsResults of the PLS-SEM showed that the positive relationship between relationship quality and psychological well-being was moderated by P-S fit, such that the relationship was stronger when P-S fit was low rather than high.Research limitations/implicationsThe small number of homogeneous sample size of university academic employees may not be representative of the general population of such employees within the country.Practical implicationsThe findings highlight the importance of taking into account the complex interplay between relationship quality and P-S fit when optimising employee's psychological well-being is the focus.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, we are not aware of any studies that have examined the moderating role of P-S fit between relationship quality and subordinate's psychological well-being in the university context.

Individuals with cancer experience significant levels of distress. Improving health-related quality of life of persons with cancer is a major focus in cancer treatment. This study investigated the mediating role of self-efficacy for coping with cancer in the relationship between mental adjustment to cancer and health-related quality of life among individuals with cancer. Two hundred and fourteen persons with cancer (male = 74, female = 140, mean age = 50.57) were recruited from a University Teaching Hospital, in South-West Nigeria. Participants responded to the measures of psychological responses to cancer (mental adjustment to cancer), self-efficacy for coping with cancer (Cancer Behaviour Inventory [CBI]), and health-related quality of life (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–General). Mediation analysis and structural equation modelling were carried out using IBM AMOS software version 23. Domains of mental adjustment to cancer significantly predicted health-related quality of life, helplessness/hopelessness, and anxious preoccupation had a negative association with health-related quality of life; whereas fighting spirit, cognitive avoidance, and fatalism were positively associated with health-related quality of life. Self-efficacy had a positive association with health-related quality of life. Mediation analysis showed that self-efficacy for coping with cancer partially mediated the association between four domains of mental adjustment to cancer (helplessness/hopelessness, fighting spirit, cognitive avoidance, and fatalism) and health-related quality of life. The findings demonstrated the need for improved coping mechanisms while undergoing cancer treatment. The study has important clinical implications for psycho-oncology practice, particularly with respect to self-efficacy for coping with cancer. Psychosocial therapies aimed at enhancing the self-efficacy of persons with cancer should be incorporated as part of cancer treatment to improve their health-related quality of life.

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