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Work Stress and Social Support Among Male and Female Managers
Author(s) -
McDonald Lisa M.,
Korabik Karen
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
canadian journal of administrative sciences / revue canadienne des sciences de l'administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1936-4490
pISSN - 0825-0383
DOI - 10.1111/j.1936-4490.1991.tb00566.x
Subject(s) - psychology , stressor , emotional support , social support , social psychology , work (physics) , work stress , clinical psychology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Male and female managers, who were matched according to job position, were asked with whom they spoke, in reference to two actual work situations that they had described as stressful. They then reported their reasons for involving the persons cited; how much informational, tangible, and emotional support each person had provided; and what each person had done that was helpful or unhelpful. With respect to sources of support, male and female managers were equally likely to speak with others at work when dealing with stressful work situations. Women, however, were more likely than men to rely on sources external to the work environment. Male and female managers differed in their reasons for involving others, in the functions that support played for them, and in the behaviours of others they found to be helpful and unhelpful in dealing with work‐related stressors, with women more often than men focusing on the emotional aspects of support. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the working relationships of men and women in management. Résumé On a demandè á des cadres hommes et femmes, appareillès selon leur paste, á qui ils s'ètaient addressès, en rèfèrence á deux situations rèelles de travail qu'ils avaient trouvès stres‐santes. lis ont ensuite expliquè pourquoi ils avaient fait intervenir les personnes citèes; quel soutien èmotionnel, matèriel et informationnel ils avaient recu de chacune d'elles; quelle aide ils avaient reçue et sicellc‐ci avait ètè utile on inutile. Ence qui concerne les sources de soutien, hommes et femmes ètaient tout deux ègalement enclins á parler à leurs collègues quand ils se trouvaient dans une situation stressante. Les femmes toutefois avaient plus tendance que les homines á faire appel á des ressources extèrieures. Les cadres hommes et femmes diffèraient dans leurs motifs de faire intcrvenir des tiers, dans le rôle que le soutien jouait pour les uns et pour les autres et dans les comportements des tiers qu'ils jugeaient tantôt utiles tantôt inutiles dans le règlement des situations stressantes relièes an travail. Les femmes. plus souvent que les hommes. insistaient sur les aspects émotionncls du soutien. Les rèsultats sont exposès du point de vue de leurs implications pour les relations de travail entre hommes et femmes dans la gestion.

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