Interactive Effects of Perceived Control and Job Stressors on Affective Reactions and Health Outcomes for Clerical Workers
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1987
Keywords
Control, job stress, satisfaction, health
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/02678378708258497
Abstract
Karasek's (1979) hypothesis that perceived control interacts with various job stressors in affecting employee satisfaction and health was tested. It was proposed that high levels of perceived stress would only be associated with poor health and negative affect in the presence of low control. One hundred and thirty-six clerical workers at a major US university completed questionnaries containing the measures of interest. The results of regression analyses failed to support the interaction hypothesis. However, measures related to both control and job stressors were found to correlate with satisfaction and health outcomes, as has been found in prior research. Limitations of the self-report and correlational methodology are discussed.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Work & Stress, v. 1, issue 2, p. 155-162
Scholar Commons Citation
Spector, Paul E., "Interactive Effects of Perceived Control and Job Stressors on Affective Reactions and Health Outcomes for Clerical Workers" (1987). Psychology Faculty Publications. 640.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/640
