A study of occupational stress, job satisfaction and quitting intention in Hong Kong firms: the role of locus of control and organizational commitment
✍ Scribed by Siu, Oi-Ling ;Cooper, Cary L.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0748-8386
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✦ Synopsis
The authors investigated the direct and moderating eects of locus of control and organizational commitment on the relationship of sources of stress with psychological distress, job satisfaction and quitting intention of 122 employees (66 males, 54 females, two unclassi®ed) working in Hong Kong ®rms. The instruments included parts of Occupational Stress Indicator-2 measuring sources of stress and job satisfaction, Work Locus of Control and the nine-item Organizational Commitment Questionnaire. In addition, 10 items measuring psychological distress and two items measuring quitting intention were constructed by the ®rst author. A series of validation procedures were conducted, and the authors concluded that the instruments used were valid to be used on Chinese employees in Hong Kong. The results of the study suggested that locus of control and organizational commitment had strong direct eects (externals were dissatis®ed with the job itself and thought of quitting the job quite often; employees who had a high commitment had higher job satisfaction) and moderating eects (the stressor±strain relationships were signi®cant in externals, and commitment buered most of the stressor±strain relationships).