The Relationship between Work-Stress, Psychological Stress and Staff Health and Work Outcomes in Office Workers

Thorsteinsson, Einar B.; Brown, Rhonda F.; Richards, Carlie

doi:10.4236/psych.2014.510141

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“…This study addressed the role of social support as a moderator or as a main effect on the relationship between self-reports of work stressors and stress-related symptoms, controlling for negative affectivity. Regarding NA, the results support the recommendation of that job stress research should include NA as a relevant factor [10] [12] [14] [16] [17]. Researchers have argued that the stressor-stress symptom relationship may be overstated and even spurious if NA is not included in the analysis.…”

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Revisiting the Buffering Hypothesis: Social Support, Work Stressors, Stress Related Symptoms, and Negative Affectivity in a Sample of Public School Teachers

Heshizer¹,

Knapp²

2016

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This study tests if forms of social support have a buffering effect on the relationship between actual workplace risk job stress and psychosomatic work stress taking into account Negative Affectivity (NA). The buffering effect maintains that social support acts a moderator variable that enables individuals to withstand the adverse impact of work stress on psychological states such as psychosomatic stress and job stress. Additionally, as suggested in the job stress literature, a measure that assesses an individual's predisposition to be effected by the presence of work stressors, negative affectivity, which is a personality variable that involves the experience of negative emotions and poor self-concept, is included. Low negative affectivity is characterized by frequent states of calmness and confidence while high negative affectivity with unease and lack of confidence. Negative affectivity may influence the degree to which stressful events affect the level of stress experienced by individuals. Thus previous studies that report a relationship between work stressors and work related stress symptoms may overstate the actual impact that stressors have because negative affectivity has not been incorporated as a control variable. This study will also examine whether social support continues to buffer the relationship between stressors and stress symptoms when NA is included in the model. Based on the relevant literature, hypotheses are stated on the effect that NA has on the stressor-stress symptom relationship and if social support buffers (moderates) the relationship between stressors with NA as a model variable. These hypotheses are tested with a sample of urban, public school teachers from a large metropolitan school district. Implications of study outcomes and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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Revisiting the Buffering Hypothesis: Social Support, Work Stressors, Stress Related Symptoms, and Negative Affectivity in a Sample of Public School Teachers

Heshizer¹,

Knapp²

2016

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“…Perhaps emotional stability influenced the relationships between job stress and other outcomes. Job stress might result in a significant relationship with, for instance, employee turnover intention (Bridger et al, 2013;Thorsteinsson et al, 2014) and job dissatisfaction (Cheng et al, 2014).…”

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Can Emotional Stability Buffer the Effect of Job Stress on Deviant Behavior?

Ahmad¹,

Omar²,

Radzali³

et al. 2017

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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Abstract:The interrelationships between job stress, WDB and emotional stability have not been studied in a model to comprehend whether emotional stability could weaken the impact of job stress on employee deviant behavior. We tested a model on the moderating role of emotional stability, a personality factor, in the relationship between job stress and workplace deviant behavior. The model was developed based on the general strain theory and the integrated general model of workplace deviant behavior. Structural equation modeling analysis was conducted on survey data from 261 employees from six Malaysian public service agencies. Our results supported the proposed model. The stress-deviance relationship is significant. The stress-deviance linkage is stronger among employees who are less emotionally stable than those who are more emotionally stable. The results suggest that emotional stability as a personality factor plays a vital role in further understanding the impact of job stress on employee deviant behavior. Based on the results, the general strain theory and the integrated general model of workplace deviant behavior could serve as the bases for explaining the stress-deviance relationship and the moderating role of emotional stability.

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“…Despite there being no current studies in sport which examine the relationships between organisational stressors (as measured on the OSI-SP) and the above outcomes, there is research in alternative occupations which can be used to support and underpin this exploratory hypothesis. Cooper, Dewe, and O'Driscoll (2001), for example, discuss a body of literature which has found that occupational stressors (e.g., organisational roles, work relationships, career development) can be associated with various job related strains and individuals' psychosocial well-being and performance (see also Navya, & Sandhya, 2014;Sullivan & Bhagat, 1992;Thorsteinsson, Brown, & Richards, 2014).…”

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Organisational stressors, coping, and outcomes in competitive sport

Arnold

Fletcher

Daniels

2016

Journal of Sports Sciences

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Organisational stressors are associated with positive and negative outcomes in extant literature; however, little is known about which demands predict which outcomes. Extant theory and literature also suggests that coping style may influence an individual's resilience or vulnerability to stressors and, subsequently, their psychological responses and outcomes. The purpose of this study was, therefore, to examine the main effects of organisational stressors and coping styles on various outcomes (e.g., positive and negative affect, performance satisfaction). Sport performers (n = 414) completed measures of organisational stressors, coping styles, positive and negative affect, and performance satisfaction. Multiple regression analyses revealed positive relationships of both goals and development stressors (duration and intensity) and team and culture stressors (frequency and intensity) on negative affect. Furthermore, problem-focused coping was positively related to positive affect, and emotion-focused coping was positively related to negative affect. This study furthers theoretical knowledge regarding the associations that both organisational stressors (and their dimensions) and coping styles can have with various outcomes, and practical understanding regarding the optimal design of stress management interventions.

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The Relationship between Work-Stress, Psychological Stress and Staff Health and Work Outcomes in Office Workers

Cited by 50 publications

References 40 publications

Revisiting the Buffering Hypothesis: Social Support, Work Stressors, Stress Related Symptoms, and Negative Affectivity in a Sample of Public School Teachers

Revisiting the Buffering Hypothesis: Social Support, Work Stressors, Stress Related Symptoms, and Negative Affectivity in a Sample of Public School Teachers

Can Emotional Stability Buffer the Effect of Job Stress on Deviant Behavior?

Organisational stressors, coping, and outcomes in competitive sport

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