Relationships between Occupational Stress and Work-Life Quality: The Moderator Role of Psychological Capital
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Abstract
This study was aimed to investigate the moderator role of psychological capital relationships between occupational stress and work-life quality. In this cross-sectional study, the population were selected among all faculty members at the University of Bojnord. One-hundred and fifty faculty members were selected as samples. The study questionnaires were included occupational stress, psychological capital and work-life quality. The multiple regression analysis was examined research’s hypothesis using SPSS software version 22. According to findings, the correlation coefficients between occupational stress and work-life quality (r=-0.595, p<0.0001) and between psychological capital and work-life quality (r=0.421, p<0.0001) which all were statistically significant. The interaction of occupational stress and psychological capital, beyond effects of the main variables, created 2.8% of the increased variance for the model which indicates these variables have a meaningful interaction with each other in predicting of work-life quality (ΔR2=0.028, ΔF= 6.15, p< 0.02). The results showed the importance of psychological capitals moderator relationships between occupational stress and work-life quality among the faculty members. Therefore, in order to reduce the effects of occupational stress on work-life quality, it is recommended that universities enhance psychological capital of faculty members through practical training protocols.
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2.Sirgy MJ, Efraty D, Siegel P, Lee D-J. A New Measure of Quality of Work Life (QWL) Based on Need Satisfaction and Spillover Theories. Social Indicators Research. 2001;55(3):241-302.
3.Kasraie Sh, Parsa Sh. The relationship between quality of work-life, job stress, job satisfaction and citizenship behavior in oshnaviyeh hospital’s staff. Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement. 2014;2(2):77-81.
4.Lee D-J, Singhapakdi A, Sirgy MJ. Further validation of a need-based quality-of-work-life (QWL) measure: Evidence from marketing practitioners. Applied Research in Quality of Life. 2007;2(4):273.
5.Mirkamali SM, Mazari E, Khabare K, Zoughipour S. Identify job stressors and their relationship with quality of work life (case: faculty members of Birjand University). Organizational Culture Management.2016;13(4):164-77.
6.Azevedo BDS, Nery AA, Cardoso JP. Occupational stress and dissatisfaction with quality of work life in nursing. Texto & Contexto-Enfermagem. 2017;26(1):3-11.
7.Farsi Z, Rajaei N, H H. The relationship between burnout and quality of working life in nurses of AJA hospitals in Tehran. Military Caring Sciences. 2015;1(2):63-72.
8.Ghaleei A, Mohajeran B, Taajobi M, Imani B. Relationship between quality of work life and occupational stress in staff of Bu-ali Sina university of Hamadan, 2013. Pajouhan Scientific Journal. 2015;13(4):60-6.
9.Khovnord B, Rajai Behbahani N, Piran Vise p, Fazli Z. Relationship between job stress and quality of life in librarians Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016;3(1):1-9
10.Yim H-Y, Seo H-J, Cho Y, Kim J. Mediating role of psychological capital in relationship between occupational stress and turnover intention among nurses at veterans administration hospitals in Korea. Asian nursing research. 2017;11(1):6-12.
11.Gerber M, Pühse U. “Don't crack under pressure!”Do leisure time physical activity and self-esteem moderate the relationship between school-based stress and psychosomatic complaints?.Journal of psychosomatic research. 2008;65(4):363-9.
12.Mensah J, Amponsah-Tawiah K. Mitigating occupational stress: The role of psychological capital. Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health. 2016;31(4):189-203.
13.Luthans F. The need for and meaning of positive organizational behavior. Journal of organizational behavior. 2002:695-706.
14.Seligman ME, Csikszentmihalyi M. Positive psychology. An introduction. The American psychologist. 2000;55(1):5-14.
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19.Nafei W. Meta-analysis of the impact of psychological capital on quality of work life and organizational citizenship behavior: A study on Sadat City University. International Journal of Business Administration. 2015;6(2):42-59.
20.Nguyen TD, Nguyen TT. Psychological capital, quality of work life, and quality of life of marketers: Evidence from Vietnam.Journal of Macromarketing. 2012;32(1):87-95
21.Guan C-YS, Li Y, Ma H-L. The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital on the Association between Occupational Stress and Job Satisfaction among Township Cadres in a Specific Province of China: A Cross-Sectional Study. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2017;14(9):972-84.
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25.Aiken LS, West SG, Reno RR. Multiple regression: Testing and interpreting interactions: Sage; 1991.
26.Baron RM, Kenny DA. The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of personality and social psychology. 1986;51(6):1173.
27.Abbas M, Raja U. Impact of psychological capital on innovative performance and job stress. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences/Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration. 2015;32(2):128-38.
28.Bakker AB, Demerouti E. Towards a model of work engagement. Career development international. 2008;13(3):209-23.
29.Fredrickson BL. The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American psychologist. 2001;56(3):218-26.
30.Avey JB, Reichard RJ, Luthans F, Mhatre KH. Meta‐analysis of the impact of positive psychological capital on employee attitudes, behaviors, and performance. Human resource development quarterly. 2011;22(2):127-52.
31.Peterson SJ, Walumbwa FO, Byron K, Myrowitz J. CEO positive psychological traits, transformational leadership, and firm performance in high-technology start-up and established firms. Journal of management. 2009;35(2):348-68.
32.PetersonC. The future of optimism. American psychologist. 2000;55(1):44-55.
33.Kluemper DH, Little LM, DeGroot T. State or trait: effects of state optimism on job‐related outcomes. Journal of Organizational Behavior: The International Journal of Industrial, Occupational and Organizational Psychology and Behavior.2009;30(2):209-31.
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35.Golparvar M, Jafarpour Z. Moderating role of psychological capital on the relationship between work-family conflict and emotional exhaustion. Journal of Personality & Individual Differnces 2015;4(7):91-121.
36.Snyder CR, Lopez SJ, Shorey HS, Rand KL, Feldman DB. Hope theory, measurements, and applications to school psychology. School Psychology Quarterly. 2003;18(2):122-39.
37.Luthans F, Avey JB, Patera JL. Experimental analysis of a web-based training intervention to develop positive psychological capital. Academy of Management Learning & Education. 2008;7(2):209-21.
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Rahimi Pordanjani T, Mohamadzade Ebrahimi A. Relationships between Occupational Stress and Work-Life Quality: The Moderator Role of Psychological Capital. Int J Occup Hyg. 2018;10(4):191-198.
