PSYCHOLOGY MASTER'S THESIS ABSTRACT

Annika Tzschatzsch
Industrial/Organizational
August 2008

The Effects of Organizational, Supervisor and Coworker Support
on Perceived Job Stress and Attitudinal Outcomes

    This study examined the relationships between perceived job support, perceived job stress and job attitudes.  The target job attitudes were job satisfaction (JS) and organizational commitment (OC), and the types of support were perceived organizational (POS), supervisor (PSS) and coworker support (PCS).
    A total of 276 employed upper-division business students (Female = 146; Males = 129) participated in this study.  Participants reported a wide range of work experience, tenure and salary, and worked in a variety of industries.
    Results showed that higher perceived job stress predicted lower JS and OC.  Above and beyond negativity affectivity, salary and work status, higher perceived job support significantly predicted lower job stress and higher job attitudes.  Among types of support, POS was the most strongly and PCS was the least strongly correlated with job attitudes.  The hypothesized Support x Stress interaction on job attitudes was not supported.  The implications of the results were discussed.

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