Chronic work stress and coping: a longitudinal study and suggested new directions

Article Abstract:

This study examined the relationship between chronic work stressors, coping techniques, distress symptoms, and work performance for 91 organizational newcomers. Contrary to expectations, choice of coping technique failed to account for significant variance in distress symptoms, mastery, or performance. However, distress symptoms reported prior to beginning a new job accounted for 32 percent of the variance n distress symptoms reported nine months after beginning the job, suggesting a possible dispositional influence on symptom reporting. Explanations for the findings are discusses and several suggestions offered for improving the future study of work stress. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Methods, Job stress, Stress (Physiology), Adjustment (Psychology)

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Organizational socialization tactics: a longitudinal analysis of links to newcomers' commitment and role orientation

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In this replication and extension of an earlier study, we found that newcomers' organizational socialization experiences were negatively related to role innovation after they had been on their jobs 6 and 12 months and positively related to organizational commitment after 6 months. Role innovation and commitment were negatively correlated at 6 months. Results suggest that organizations should be able to tailor newcomers' socialization experiences to foster a desired commitment-role orientation profile. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher,)

Management research, Socialization

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Organizational commitment: evidence of career stage effects?

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Differences in organizational commitment across career stages and the relationships between work experiences and affective commitment at various career stages are examined. The way the three career stage variables of employee age, organizational tenure and positional tenure is operationalized is shown to impact on affective, continuance and normative organizational commitment. The relationships between work experiences and affective commitment are also found to differ only slightly across tenure levels.

Career development, Organizational behavior, Commitment (Psychology)

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