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Social Interactions at Work and Psychological Health: The Role of Leader–Member Exchange and Work Group Integration 1
Author(s) -
Rousseau Vincent,
Aubé Caroline,
Chiocchio François,
Boudrias JeanSébastien,
Morin Estelle M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2008.00368.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychological distress , social psychology , prison , psychological health , psychological well being , distress , quality (philosophy) , test (biology) , work (physics) , mental health , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , criminology , philosophy , paleontology , mechanical engineering , engineering , epistemology , biology
The objectives of this study are to test the effects that the quality of leader–member exchange (LMX) and work group integration (WGI) may have on psychological health, as well as their interaction effect. Psychological health is defined both in terms of subjective well‐being and psychological distress. Data were gathered from a sample of 249 employees working in a prison setting. Results indicated that LMX and WGI are positively related to subjective well‐being and are negatively related to psychological distress. In addition, LMX and WGI exert a synergistic interaction effect on both dimensions of psychological health. Overall, the results show that the quality of the social environment may greatly enhance psychological health in a high‐risk workplace.