Purpose. The primary purpose of this study was to utilize a person-environment (P-E) fit framework to explore relationships among mid-life working women's Type A personality, perceived job characteristics and feelings of job tension. A secondary purpose was to explore the potential moderating effects of Type A personality on job characteristics/job tension relationships. / Method. The subjects were 161 female state workers, aged 35 to 55, employed by a large state agency in Florida. A Women's Work Questionnaire (WWQ), consisting of (a) Sales Type A Personality Index (STAPI short form) to determine Type A behavior; (b) Job Characteristics Inventory (JCI) to determine perceived job characteristics of: variety, autonomy, feedback, significance, identity, challenge, dealing with others, and friendship opportunities; (c) Job-Related Tension Index (JRTI) to determine perceived job tension; and (d) several items to describe demographic and other work-related factors, was used to collect the data. / Results. Findings of multiple and hierarchical regression analyses, discussed in relation to previous research and theory were: (1) A significant linear relationship existed between job tension, and a linear combination of Type A personality and all eight job characteristics measured by the JCI. (2) A significant linear relationship existed between job tension and the following variables, singularly: Type A personality, job characteristics of autonomy, feedback, significance, and friendship opportunities. (3) No significant linear relationships were found between job tension and the following variables, singularly: perceived job characteristics of variety, challenge, identity, dealing with others. (4) No significant moderating effects of Type A personality on job characteristic/job tension relationships were found. (5) Descriptive data from subgroup analyses performed by trichotomizing the total sample of women according to the distribution of their Type A raw scores, suggested that negative relationships existed between job tension and the job characteristics of autonomy, feedback, significance, and friendship opportunities for Type B subgroups only. Based upon the findings of this study, suggestions for future research and implications for prevention of job stress were explicated. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-12, Section: B, page: 4184. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75012 |
| Contributors | ABUSH, RONNIE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 233 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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