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A note on factors precipitating job‐related tension among public employees
Author(s) -
Decotiis Allen R.,
Gryski Gerard S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198107)9:3<257::aid-jcop2290090310>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - ambiguity , job satisfaction , psychology , social psychology , job attitude , role conflict , sample (material) , productivity , job design , job stress , job performance , demographic economics , public relations , political science , economics , computer science , economic growth , chemistry , chromatography , programming language
Concern with job‐related tension has intensified in recent years with evidence linking it to lower levels of employee job satisfaction and organizational productivity. With a random sample of 459 State of Georgia public employees, our data suggest the importance of the role concepts of conflict and ambiguity and certain organization environmental factors for explaining variations in job‐related tension or stress.