The stressor - outcome and moderator relationships amongst South African managers

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dc.contributor.authorChanoch, Debra, Lynne
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-19T08:24:14Z
dc.date.available2017-04-19T08:24:14Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.descriptionA dissertation submitted to the school of psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of arts (industrial psychology), by coursework.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDespite the potentially devastating effect that stress may have on the performance and productivity of the workforce (Greenblo,1992), few South African companies have thoroughly looked at and studied the various aspects of stress. By doing this, they should then be able to develop and implement effective stress reduction programmes, The aim of the present study, therefore, was to identify some of the causes, outcomes, and moderators of stress, which could then be used as the basis for developing stress reduction programmes. Some stressor-outcome relationships (such as job satisfaction, self-esteem, propensity to leave the organisation, and health) were looked at, after which the possible moderating effect of certain variables (gender, personality, coping style, job pressure, and organisational support) were considered. The study adopted a cross-sectional design and the data was collected using both quantitative and qualitative means. The sample consisted of 290 managers all of whom belong to one of the country's largest financial institutions, and work in one of'the various branches in and around the Gauteng region. Correlations, t-tests, anovas and a content analysis were used to evaluate the stressor-outcome relationships. In addition to these statistical analyses, moderated multiple linear regressions were conducted in order to test for any moderating variables. Overall, most of the stressor-outcome relationships were found to be significant, but the number of actual moderating variables was shown to be rather minimal. Inaddition. the information which was derived from the content analysis served to add some insight into the sometimes contradictory findings, An in-depth look at the findings of the present study can be found in the discussion section, where possible reasons and explanation for the result- are presented. Theoretical and practical implications of the study, together With the limitations, are offered. Following this, some important guidelines and suggestions for future research are considered.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianAC2017en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (192 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationChanoch, Debra Lynne (1998) The stressor - outcome and moderator relationships amongst South African managers, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/22399>
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/22399
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshExecutives--Job stress
dc.subject.lcshJob stress--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshStress management
dc.titleThe stressor - outcome and moderator relationships amongst South African managersen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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