The mediating effect of job stress in the relationship between work-related dimensions and career commitment

Vathsala Wickramasinghe ()
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Vathsala Wickramasinghe: University of Moratuwa

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Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine associations between career commitment, job stress, and work-related dimensions of work routinization, role clarity, social support, and promotional opportunity. Design/methodology/approach – 408 employees holding supervisor or above level job positions in Sri Lanka responded to the survey. For the data analysis, structural equation modelling with maximum likelihood estimation was performed. Findings – Job stress fully mediates the relationship between role clarity and career commitment while partially mediates the relationships between work routinization, social support, and the lack of promotional opportunity and career commitment. Originality/value – An investigation into relationships between work-related dimensions and career commitment holds a number of implications in the current business environment where employee commitment may be shifting from the organization to one's career.

Keywords: Workplace stress management; Psychological strain; Stress as a mediator; Employee motivation; Organizational behavior; Employee well-being; Work–life balance; Job control; Job demands; Work-related dimensions; Workload and stress; Occupational stress; Employee commitment; career commitment; job stress; promotional opportunity; role clarity; work routinization; Career commitment; Work-related stress; Job stress; Career development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2016, 30, pp.408 - 420. ⟨10.1108/jhom-06-2014-0094⟩

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DOI: 10.1108/jhom-06-2014-0094

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