Relationship of Job Stress to Job Performance: A Study of Managers and Blue-Collar Workers
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Relations
- Vol. 38 (5) , 409-424
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001872678503800502
Abstract
Four types of relationships were proposed between job stress and performance: curvilinear/U-shaped, negative linear, positive linear, and no relationship between the two. Data were collected from middle managers (N = 227) and blue-collar workers (N = 283) employed in a large Canadian organization. Bivariate multiple regression and hierarchical multiple regression analyses generally supported the prevalence of a negative linear relationship between job stress and supervisory ratings of performance. Employees' organizational commitment significantly moderated over 50% of the relationships between job stress and measures of job performance in both managerial and blue-collar samples. Implications of the findings are discussed for future research in the area of job stress.Keywords
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