title: A structural equations model of stress, locus of control, social support, psychiatric symptoms, and propensity to leave a job.
abstract: The main effects of (a) job stress on psychiatric symptoms and propensity to leave a job and of (b) psychiatric symptoms on propensity to leave a job and the (c) moderating effects of locus of control and social support on the relationships of job stress to psychiatric symptoms and propensity to leave a job were examined. Data collected with questionnaires completed by 526 members of the Chamber of Commerce in a southern state were analyzed using LISREL 7 (Jöreskog & Sörbom, 1988). The results indicate that role overload and role insufficiency positively influenced psychiatric symptoms and that role insufficiency, role ambiguity, and role conflict positively influenced propensity to leave a job. Overall, the moderating effects of locus of control on the relationships of stress variables to psychiatric symptoms and propensity to leave a job were significant, but similar moderating effects for social support were not.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green 42101, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Afzalur Rahim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Psenicka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology