A Comparative Study of Perceived Job Stressor Sources and Job Strain in American and Iranian Managers Authors
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2002
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1111/1464-0597.00102
Abstract
Samples of Iranian and US managers were compared on four sources of job pressure (constraints, managerial role/tasks, home/work, and nonwork support), five strains (job dissatisfaction, mental strain, physical strain, intention of quitting the job, and absence), and work locus of control. As expected Iranian managers were more external and were higher on pressure and on all five job strains. Americans showed higher intercorrelations among strains except for absence, whereas Iranians had higher correlations among sources of pressure. Relations between pressure and job strains were similar across both samples, and in both samples internal locus of control was associated with lower strain. Although marital status was not associated with job stressors and strains among Americans, it showed strong relations among Iranians.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Applied Psychology, v. 51, issue 3, p. 446-457
Scholar Commons Citation
Spector, Paul E.; Cooper, Cary L.; and Aguilar-Vafaie, Maria E., "A Comparative Study of Perceived Job Stressor Sources and Job Strain in American and Iranian Managers Authors" (2002). Psychology Faculty Publications. 690.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/690
