The multilevel effects of occupational stressors on soldiers' well-being, organizational attachment, and readiness.
The U.S. Army typifies the stressful nature of many contemporary work settings, as soldiers face a climate of increasing work demands coupled with declining resources. The authors used social identity theory to propose hypotheses regarding contextual and cross-level effects of shared stressors on individual outcomes critical to the functioning of military units (well-being, attachment, readiness). Although the authors found weak support for direct effects of shared stressors on individual outcomes, they found several compelling moderating effects for shared stressors on person-level stressor-outcome relationships. For most effects, shared stressors intensified the effects of person-level stressors on morale, commitment, and depression. However, some shared stressors exerted counterintuitive effects on stressor-outcome relationships. Implications for research and military personnel management are discussed.
Tucker
Jennifer S
JS
Department of Psychology, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA. Jennifer.S.Tucker@us.army.mil
Sinclair
Robert R
RR
Thomas
Jeffrey L
JL
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D010558:Personnel Loyalty; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload