Effects of stressful job demands and control on physiological and attitudinal outcomes in a hospital setting

Article Abstract:

We tested the job demands-job control model of stress with a group of 136 nurses. Significant interactions between subjective and objective measures of work load and a measure of perceived control predicting physiological and attitudinal outcomes indicated support for the model. In addition, objectively assessed job demands were significantly associated with blood pressure and cortisol levels. The model also predicted elevations in physiological responses after individuals left work, suggesting that potentially health-impairing reactions to jobs that have high demands and low controllability might carry over to home settings and thus pose a risk of long-term health impairment. The results have implications for the role of personal control in occupational stress generally and for nurse-management practices specifically. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Physiological aspects, Job stress

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Intelligence and job satisfaction

Article Abstract:

Previous research has emphasized either situational or dispositional/motivational variables as determinants of job satisfaction. The current study suggests that cognitive variables, and intelligence in particular, may also be important determinants. The relationship between intelligence and job satisfaction was analyzed on the basis of a model in which intelligence has a direct negative effect on job satisfaction, an indirect positive effect, mediated by job complexity, and an interactive effect with job complexity. The roles of background variables, in particular education, and the implications of the findings for theories of job satisfaction were also examined. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Research, Influence, Education, Intelligence (Psychology), Intellect

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