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Occupational Stress, Social Support, Job Control, and Psychological Well-Being

Open Business School, Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, U.K.

Andrew Guppy

Faculty of Business and Social Science, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, U.K.

The effects of social support, job control, participative decision making practices, and locus of control upon the relationship between occupational stress and psychological well-being have been well discussed and researched. In order to synthesize these areas of research, a 1-month follow-up study of 244 accountants was conducted. The results indicated complex interactions between stressors, locus of control, and social support or job autonomy in predicting psychological well-being, controlling for initial measures of well-being. These interactions reveal that an internal locus of control, and social support/job autonomy synergistically buffer the effects of stressors upon well-being.

Key Words: stress • well-being • social support • job control • locus of control

Human Relations, Vol. 47, No. 12, 1523-1544 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/001872679404701205


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