Perceived workplace culture as an antecedent of job stress : the mediating role of work-family conflict.

Few studies have tested the mediating effect of work-family conflict on the relationship between workplace culture and job stress. Approach: This study tested a mediation model consisting of job stress as the dependent variable, perceived family-supportive work culture as the independent variable an...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Aminah, Omar, Zoharah
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Language:English
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Published: Science Publications 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16110/
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description Few studies have tested the mediating effect of work-family conflict on the relationship between workplace culture and job stress. Approach: This study tested a mediation model consisting of job stress as the dependent variable, perceived family-supportive work culture as the independent variable and work-family conflict as the mediator. Data were gathered from 693 employees from private service organizations in the Klang Valley, Malaysia, using self-administered questionnaires. The data were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analyses. Results: Results of correlation analysis revealed that perceived family-supportive work culture was related to work-family conflict and job stress and work-family conflict was related to job stress. Results of a series of multiple regression analyses indicated that work-family conflict partially mediates the relationship between perceived family-supportive work culture and job stress. Conclusion/Recommendations: Employees who perceive that their organizations are family supportive seem to experience less stress at the workplace and less work-family conflict. Employers should take into consideration employees’ perceptions of how supportive the organization is of their family needs as a factor that could reduce the experience of work-family conflict and job stress. Employers should also look into the possibility of developing programmes to assist employees in managing work-family roles.
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spelling upm-161102015-11-03T04:41:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16110/ Perceived workplace culture as an antecedent of job stress : the mediating role of work-family conflict. Ahmad, Aminah Omar, Zoharah Few studies have tested the mediating effect of work-family conflict on the relationship between workplace culture and job stress. Approach: This study tested a mediation model consisting of job stress as the dependent variable, perceived family-supportive work culture as the independent variable and work-family conflict as the mediator. Data were gathered from 693 employees from private service organizations in the Klang Valley, Malaysia, using self-administered questionnaires. The data were analyzed using correlation and multiple regression analyses. Results: Results of correlation analysis revealed that perceived family-supportive work culture was related to work-family conflict and job stress and work-family conflict was related to job stress. Results of a series of multiple regression analyses indicated that work-family conflict partially mediates the relationship between perceived family-supportive work culture and job stress. Conclusion/Recommendations: Employees who perceive that their organizations are family supportive seem to experience less stress at the workplace and less work-family conflict. Employers should take into consideration employees’ perceptions of how supportive the organization is of their family needs as a factor that could reduce the experience of work-family conflict and job stress. Employers should also look into the possibility of developing programmes to assist employees in managing work-family roles. Science Publications 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16110/1/Perceived%20workplace%20culture%20as%20an%20antecedent%20of%20job%20stress.pdf Ahmad, Aminah and Omar, Zoharah (2010) Perceived workplace culture as an antecedent of job stress : the mediating role of work-family conflict. Journal of Social Sciences, 6 (3). pp. 369-375. ISSN 1549-3652 English
spellingShingle Ahmad, Aminah
Omar, Zoharah
Perceived workplace culture as an antecedent of job stress : the mediating role of work-family conflict.
title Perceived workplace culture as an antecedent of job stress : the mediating role of work-family conflict.
title_full Perceived workplace culture as an antecedent of job stress : the mediating role of work-family conflict.
title_fullStr Perceived workplace culture as an antecedent of job stress : the mediating role of work-family conflict.
title_full_unstemmed Perceived workplace culture as an antecedent of job stress : the mediating role of work-family conflict.
title_short Perceived workplace culture as an antecedent of job stress : the mediating role of work-family conflict.
title_sort perceived workplace culture as an antecedent of job stress : the mediating role of work-family conflict.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16110/
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