Effects of social support at work on depression and organizational productivity.
OBJECTIVE
To examine how social support at work affects depression and organizational productivity in a work-stress framework.


METHODS
A self-administered survey for 240 workers in a public hospital in the southeastern United States.


RESULTS
Social support at work was directly related to high job control, low depression, and high job performance. Social support did not buffer the negative effects of work factors on depression and organizational productivity.


CONCLUSIONS
Social support at work had a direct and beneficial effect on workers' psychological well-being and organizational productivity without any interaction effect on the work-stress framework.
Department of Health Education of Ewha Woman's University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-750, Korea. kopark@ewha.ac.kr
Kyoung-Ok
KO
Park
Mark G
MG
Wilson
Myung Sun
MS
Lee
D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*