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Industrial and Organizational Psychology

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

2009

Work environment -- China

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The Relationship Between Personality, Stressors, And Strains Among Chinese Workers, Ju-Miao Cheng May 2009

The Relationship Between Personality, Stressors, And Strains Among Chinese Workers, Ju-Miao Cheng

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The present study examined how the Five Factor Model (FFM) personality traits influence the stress process experienced by manufacturing workers (N = 439) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). More specifically, the mediating effects from perceived stressors (interpersonal conflict, quantitative workload, and role conflict, and role ambiguity) on the relationships between three FFM traits (neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness) with strains (depression, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction) were examined. The moderating effects of three FFM traits on the relationships between perceived stressors and strains were also examined. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses and multiple me diation bootstrap analyses were conducted to …