Role stress among Canadian white-collar workers |
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Authors: | Santosh Bhalla Bill Jones Deborah M Flynn |
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a Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
b Department of Psychology, St Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada |
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Abstract: | The incidence of various stressors at work and outside work was examined in a group of public service workers with a large Canadian federal government department. Workers were either in clerical, technical and supervisory ('officers'), or management positions. Measures of work stress included role stressors (load, insufficiency, conflict ambiguity and responsibility), as well as stress due to the physical environment. Both life events and daily hassles were included as measures of non-work stress. The consequences of stress were considered in terms of vocational, psychological, interpersonal, and physical strain, as well as in terms of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Potential moderators of stress included social support and self-esteem. Among work stressors conflict, ambiguity and insufficiency were the more closely associated with vocational outcomes. MANCOVA followed by discriminant function analysis showed that clerical workers were distinguished by higher levels of insufficiency, officers by higher levels of conflict and the lowest levels of job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and managers by higher levels of perceived responsibility for others. The results are discussed in terms of social role theory. |
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Keywords: | Role stress White collar workers Strain Job satisfaction Social support Self-esteem |
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