Psy Climate (ROLE VARIABLES) and Job Sat, Turn Intent, OCBs

I)  Role Conflict:

A)  Job Satisfaction

1)  Negative correlation – Acker, 2004 [mental health social workers]

2)  Negative correlation – Glisson & Durick, 1988 [human service workers]

3)  Negative correlation (supervision, pay, and promotions extrinsic) – Keller, 1975.

4)  Negative correlation (university employees) – Kemery, Mossholder, & Bedeian, 1987

5)  Negative correlation (department store) – Good, Page, & Young, 1996

B)  Turn Intent

1)  Positive correlation – Acker, 2004

2)  Positive asociation with job strain à turn intent – Hatton, et al., 2001

3)  Positive association – Kemery, Mossholder, & Bedeian, 1987

4)  Positive association (even when control for emotional exhaustian and js, clergy) – Hang-yue, Foley, & Loi, 2005

C)  Orginizational Commitment

1)  Negative correlation – Glisson & Durick, 1988

2)  Negative correlation (department store) – Good, Page, & Young, 1996

II)  Role Ambiguity:

A)  Job Satisfaction

1)  Negative correlation – Acker, 2004

2)  Negative correlation – Glisson & Durick, 1988

3)  Negative correlation (general work intrinsic) – Keller, 1975

4)  Negative correaltion at both 2-3 mos on job and 11-12 mos on job in new graduates – Chang & Hancock, 2003.

5)  Negative correlation (university employees) – Kemery, Mossholder, & Bedeian, 1987

6)  Negative relationship (clergy) – Hang-yue, Foley, & Loi, 2005

7)  Negative relationship (department store) – Good, Page, & Young, 1996

B)  Turn Intent

1)  Positive correlation – Acker, 2004

2)  Positive association with job strain à turn intent – Hatton, et al., 2001

3)  Positive association – Kemery, Mossholder, & Bedeian, 1987

4)  Positive association (when control for emotional exhaustion and js, ns) (clergy) – Hang-yue, Foley, & Loi, 2005

C)  Organizational Commitment

1)  Negative Correlation – Glisson & Durick, 1988

2)  No relation (department store) – Good, Page, & Young, 1996

III)  Role Overload:

A)  Job Satisfaction

1)  Negative correlation at 2-3 mos on job, but not at 11-12 mos on job in new graduates – Chang & Hancock, 2003.

B)  Turn Intent

1)  Positive association (when control for emotional exhaustion and js, ns) (clergy) – Hang-yue, Foley, & Loi, 2005

IV)  Demographics:

A)  Turn Intent

1)  Age negatively associated with turn intent – Hatton, et al., 2001.

V)  DV relationships:

A)  Negative correlation: Job Sat with Turn Intent – Acker, 2004 [mental health social workers]

B)  Negative correlation: work Sat with Turn Intent – Hatton, et. al, 2001.

C)  Negative association: Job Sat with Turn Intent – Kemery, Mossholder, & Bedeian, 1987

D)  Positive correlation: Job Sat with Org Comm (department store) – Good, Page, & Young, 1996

E)  Negative correlation: Org Comm and Turn Int (department store) – Good, Page, & Young, 1996

VI)  IV relationships:

A)  Role conflict and ambiguity:

1)  Positive correlation – Glisson & Durick, 1988

B)  All Three:

1)  Positive correlation (clergy) – Hang-yue, Foley, & Loi, 2005

C)  Methodology

1)  Found evidence of wording effects (comfort vs. stress, internal vs. external) in scales used in study, however, not completely invalidated; may represent the construct of interest – Harris & Bladen, 1994

2)  Argue that CONFLICT seems to be related to external/other/stress concepts, and AMBIGUITY seems to be related to both internal/external, stress/comfort.