Browsing by Author "Wilson, Ian"
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
- Results Per Page
- Sort Options
Item Supervisor's Role in Managing Employee Stress and Safety Compliance(2014-05) Wilson, Ian; Penney, Lisa M.; Witt, L. Alan; Campion, James E.; Wilson, Raenada A.The current study proposes a moderated mediation model to explain how stressors may affect safety compliance both directly and indirectly through emotional exhaustion while examining the moderating role of supervisor support. Specifically, the model suggests that constraints (a form of hindrance stressor) are negatively related to safety compliance, and that emotional exhaustion mediates this relationship. The model also proposes that supervisor support moderates the mediated relationship such that individuals receiving high supervisor support experience less emotional exhaustion and consequently are more likely to comply with safety procedures compared to those who receive low levels of supervisor support. The model was tested using a sample of employees doing construction type work in a public sector organization. Results supported Hypotheses 1 and 2, indicating that constraints were negatively related to safety compliance, and that emotional exhaustion partially mediates the relationship between constraints and safety compliance. Results did not support hypotheses 3, 4a, and 4b, failing to show a significant relationship between supervisor support and safety compliance, and failing to show that supervisor support moderated the indirect or direct effects between constraints and safety compliance.Item The Role of Personality as a Moderator in Challenge and Hindrance Stressor Research(2012-05) Wilson, Ian; Penney, Lisa M.; Witt, L. Alan; Werner, SteveThe current study used Conservation of Resources Theory to explore the role of Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability as moderators of the relationship between challenge/hindrance stressors and performance and emotional exhaustion. I proposed that Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability serve as resources that allow individuals to achieve higher levels of performance and increase their resistance to strain. The study used a sample of students from a large and diverse university in the southern United States. Results failed to support most of the hypotheses; however, post hoc analyses reveal an interesting un- hypothesized three-way interaction that fits the theoretical argument of the paper. The results support the argument that individuals high in both Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability are less likely to experience emotional exhaustion when faced with challenge stressors than individuals who are low in either or both personality traits.