Comparative Analysis of the Influence of Stress-Related Variables on Adaptation to a New Work Setting

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 767-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Zahrly ◽  
Henry Tosi

The incremental effects of stress-related variables on adaptation to a new work setting were compared after 4 and 8 mo. Adaptation to the new work setting was assessed by job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion. Baseline predictor variables were shift, mode of entry (individual or group), job variety, and level of skills used by the organization. Stress-related predictor variables were role conflict, role ambiguity, and perceived symptoms of stress. Subjects were 80 employees at a new manufacturing facility. Comparative analysis indicated that role conflict was a significant factor in the prediction of job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion; symptoms of stress influenced emotional exhaustion. Role ambiguity was a poor predictor of job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion.

1982 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 559-562
Author(s):  
Clair Agriesti-Johnson ◽  
Elizabeth Miles

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Engin Unguren ◽  
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Serdar Arslan ◽  

Accommodation businesses are stressful workplaces due to their dynamic and demanding work environment. Role ambiguity and role conflict are major stress factors for hotel employees, causing low levels of satisfaction and performance and high levels of turnover. The main purpose of this study was to explore the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between role conflict, role ambiguity, and job performance. The data was collected through fully structured questionnaires from employees working in 3, 4 and 5 star hotels in Alanya, one of the leading tourism destinations in Turkey. The data was analyzed via structural equation modeling. The results revealed that both role conflict and role ambiguity have direct negative influences on job performance and job satisfaction for hotel employees. Moreover, it was also proved that job satisfaction mediates the effect of role conflict and role ambiguity on job performance. In line with the findings, theoretical and managerial implications, contributions, limitations, and future research directions were discussed. It was implied that role stress factors must be addressed seriously by hotel managers in order to increase job performance.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
I Putu Hendra Setiawan ◽  
Nurkholis Nurkholis ◽  
Bambang Hariadi

This research aims to investigate empirically the influence of pay satisfaction, role conflict and role ambiguity on auditor turnover intention, which are mediated by job satisfaction. A number of 168 auditors who work for Public Accounting Firms in East Java participated in this research. The data is analyzed using PLS (Partial Least Squares). The result shows that pay satisfaction positively influences job satisfaction and negatively influences auditors’ turnover intention. Role conflict does not have any direct influence to job satisfaction but has a direct positive influence toward turnover intention. Role Ambiguity positively influences job satisfaction and negatively influences auditors’ turnover intention. Besides, this research also reveals that job satisfaction has a partial mediation effect between pay satisfaction and auditors’ turnover intention and has a full mediation effect between role ambiguity and auditors’ turnover intention, but it has no mediation effect between role conflict and auditors’ turnover intention.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (36) ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Khalid Faris Alyamy ◽  
Loh Sau Cheong

Owing to the emotionally demanding work context, emotional exhaustion is conceived as a general concern in special education. In a group of 216 special education teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, this research has investigated the direct effect of role ambiguity, role conflict, and role overload on teacher’s emotional exhaustion. Participants completed the scales of emotional exhaustion, role conflict, role Ambiguity, role overload, affective engagement, and teaching satisfaction. Structural Equation Modelling Analysis (SEM) has been adopted for testing the hypotheses of this research. Results indicate that role overload had a positive significant direct impact on emotional exhaustion. Similarly, role conflict shows a positive significant direct impact on emotional exhaustion, whereas role ambiguity has a negligible direct impact on emotional exhaustion. The estimation of the indirect path between measurements of role stressors and emotional exhaustion through teaching contentment reveals that teaching contentment mediates the effect of role conflict on emotional exhaustion. The research suggests that there is no intervention effect of teaching contentment on the impact of role overload on emotional exhaustion and the impact of role overload and role conflict on emotional exhaustion is mediated by affective engagement. The research recommends further studies to explore the direct and indirect effect of role ambiguity on emotional exhaustion.


2001 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanasios Koustelios

The purpose of this study was to examine the burnout experienced by a sample of Greek teachers and to explore the extent to which certain organizational factors predict teachers' scores on the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The sample consisted of 100 teachers, 28 to 59 years of age. Greek teachers' means were lower than those for burnout of U.S. teachers. Stepwise regression analysis identified satisfaction with the job itself was the only significant predictor for Depersonalization and Emotional Exhaustion subscales, while satisfaction with the job itself and satisfaction with promotion were significant predictors for the Personal Accomplishment subscale. These findings showed that stress, e.g., role conflict and role ambiguity, were not highly correlated with teachers' burnout.


Author(s):  
Alandria G. Saifer ◽  
Jeffery J. VanderWielen ◽  
Delbert M. Nebeker

Organizational change is a widespread phenomenon; whether it be downsizing, restructuring, or a change in geographical location, changes affect the people involved in many ways. This research is aimed at assessing how such changes affect the members of organizations in both the private and the public sector. This information was collected from those at the top level who may have had a hand in the decision-making process and the planning of the change, as well as from those who work in the changing environment. A model of organizational change and stress is proposed and empirically investigated. Role conflict, role ambiguity, job satisfaction, expected value of change and their impact on stress was explored in five organizations undergoing different degrees of organizational change. Multiple regression and path analyses identified three alternative models.


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