Open AccessThe Effects Of Spousal Support And Gender On Workers Stress And Job Satisfaction: A Cross National Investigation Of Dual Career Couples
Author(s) -
Allen L. Bures,
Dale A. Henderson,
Jacqueline Mayfield,
Milton Mayfield,
Joel K. Worley
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-8834
pISSN - 0892-7626
DOI - 10.19030/jabr.v12i1.5837
Subject(s) - psychology , dual (grammatical number) , job satisfaction , social support , stress (linguistics) , job stress , work (physics) , social psychology , engineering , mechanical engineering , art , linguistics , philosophy , literature
This paper investigates the relationships between the level of spousal support that a dual career marriage participant receives and the individuals job satisfaction and work stress. Results indicate that a high level of spousal support leads to higher levels of job satisfaction. Data analysis also suggests that gender moderates the relationship between spousal support and work stress. At a low level of spousal support, but men and women reported approximately equal stress. However, data show that a high level of spousal support reduces mens work stress, but does not significantly decrease womens stress level.