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role stress, interrole conflict, and job satisfaction among university employees: the creation and test of a model
Author(s) -
Love Keisha M.,
Tatman Anthony W.,
Chapman Benjamin P.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2010.tb00088.x
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , psychology , social psychology , test (biology) , affect (linguistics) , recession , conceptual model , stress (linguistics) , job attitude , work (physics) , job stress , role conflict , applied psychology , job performance , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , communication , epistemology , keynesian economics , biology
Many universities have experienced financial hardships during the recent economic downturn. To save money, several have resorted to laying off employees, which has often resulted in increased work and stress for the remaining employees. Such an increase has the potential to adversely affect employees' sense of job satisfaction. This study created and tested the fit of a conceptual model containing role stress and interrole conflict as a way to account for employees' job satisfaction. The model demonstrated an acceptable fit to the data and contained several significant paths. Implications of the results, study limitations, and future directions for research are discussed.