Divergent Effects of Job Control on Coping with Work Stressors: The Key Role of Self-Efficacy

This study identifies job self-efficacy as a moderating variable that may determine whether job control contributes positively or negative to coping with work stressors. Data from two samples (health professionals and an occupationally diverse group) demonstrated similar interactions between demands...

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Published in:Academy of Management journal 1997-06, Vol.40 (3), p.738-754
Main Authors: Schaubroeck, John, Merritt, Deryl E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Banduras
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular disease
Control
Correlation analysis
Diastolic blood pressure
Employment
Epidemiology
Hypertension
Job stress
Job titles
Laboratories
Medical personnel
Modeling
Occupational stress
Perceptions
Physiology
Research Notes
Self efficacy
Social interaction
Stress
Studies
Summarization
Variables
Working conditions
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Summary:This study identifies job self-efficacy as a moderating variable that may determine whether job control contributes positively or negative to coping with work stressors. Data from two samples (health professionals and an occupationally diverse group) demonstrated similar interactions between demands, control, and self-efficacy predicting blood pressure. These results may reconcile the previous inconsistent and largely method-bound support for Karasek's job demands-control model and suggest that efforts to improve job self-efficacy may be as important to reducing the cardiovascular consequences of job stress as efforts to enhance control.
ISSN:0001-4273
0000-1427
1948-0989
DOI:10.5465/257061