A cultural perspective of social support in relation to occupational stress

Beehr, Terry A.; Glazer, Sharon

doi:10.1016/s1479-3555(01)01011-3

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“…Another possible explanation is that emotional support may be a precursor of instrumental support. Beehr and Glazer (2001) noted that in order for an individual to provide instrumental support, one must first understand the individual needing instrumental support. We cannot infer causality with our study; however, the potential mediating effect of emotional support is a possible explanation for why socializing outside of work dominates help‐seeking influences.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We found that socializing outside of work was the dominant predictor of help‐seeking behavior, perhaps because supervisors appear more human and supportive outside the confines of the workplace. Support research proposes that understanding an individual's situation is necessary before support can be adequately provided (Beehr & Glazer, 2001). Here, we suggest that social interactions with a supervisor may help the supervisor better understand subordinates from a personal as well as a work‐related perspective.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Identifying supportive supervisor behaviors in this study has contributed to the literature on social support and occupational stress. One of the gaps in this literature is a lack of definitive behaviors that describe what a supportive person is actually doing (Beehr & Glazer, 2001). Although we did not investigate specific behaviors that occur while socializing, our findings suggest that supervisors may be better able to communicate their willingness to help in a social setting, alleviating stress in a way that would not be possible in a hectic, more formalized workplace.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research into social support mitigating workplace stress conceptualizes social support as either emotional or instrumental (Beehr & Glazer, 2001). Emotional support is felt when others enhance a person's positive emotions using a variety of tactics, such as showing respect, being optimistic, or listening to problems.…”

Section: Help-seeking: Instrumental and Emotional Influencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Supervisors' Instrumental and Emotional Influences on Subordinate Help‐Seeking Behavior: An Exploratory Study

Thacker

Stoner

2012

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Research on subordinate help‐seeking in the workplace is limited. In the present research, we hypothesize that subordinates' help‐seeking behaviors will be influenced by 3 supervisor influences that are instrumentally and emotionally related to the subordinate: providing direct job‐related assistance and emotional support, and socializing with the supervisor outside of work. The results indicate that providing job‐related assistance and socializing are significant predictors of subordinates' help‐seeking behaviors. Dominance analysis reveals that socializing outside of work is the dominant factor influencing subordinates' help‐seeking behaviors. Implications from the findings and suggestions for future research are presented.

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Supervisors' Instrumental and Emotional Influences on Subordinate Help‐Seeking Behavior: An Exploratory Study

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2012

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“…Most studies on occupational stress have been conducted quantitatively. No qualitative research has been conducted (Beehr & Glazer, 2001;Glazer & Beehr, 2005). The present study tries to determine which stressors are most salient in police occupation.…”

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Sources of Job Stress in Police Work in a Developing Country

Suresh¹,

Anantharaman²,

Angusamy³

et al. 2013

IJBM

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An attempt was made to determine which job events are perceived as significant sources of stress in police work. The Police Stress Inventory was developed based on the interviews with police staff and experts in police administration for this study. The questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 220 police personnel. The respondents rated the job situations as least stressful (0%) to most stressful (100%). They consider the organizational and social aspects of their job are more stressful especially round the clock duty, lack of time for family, political pressures from outside and inadequate facilities. Results indicate that stress is due more to organisational factors than to physical hazards on the job. Efforts should be made by police administration to take corrective measures such as changes within organization and improving training programs. Efforts should be made by police administration to take corrective measures such as changes within organization and improving training programs.

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Child behavior problems and parental psychological distress in Chinese families of children with autism: The putative moderating role of parental social support and cultural values

Liu,

Thompson,

Gray

et al. 2024

Autism Research

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The wellbeing of parents of children with autism residing in mainland China remains understudied. We aimed to examine whether and how parental perceived social support, individualism, and collectivism acted together to moderate the relationships between child behavior problems and parental psychological distress in Chinese parents of children with autism. With convenience and snowball sampling, data on 268 primary caregiver parents of children with autism were collected from an online cross‐sectional survey. Linear regression analysis indicated that child behavior problems were significantly associated with increased psychological distress in Chinese parents of children with autism. There was no evidence to support the stress‐buffering model of social support in moderation analysis of the association between child behavior problems and parental psychological distress. Nonetheless, increased social support was associated with lower levels of parental psychological distress. Moderated moderation analyses did not support a role for individualism or collectivism as a moderator of the putative buffering role of social support. However, there was evidence that parental individualism was associated with increased parental psychological distress. Our findings highlight that child behavior problems are a robust correlate of parental psychological distress, and parental social support may act as a compensatory factor promoting less psychological distress rather than having a protective role. The role of social support and cultural values in the wellbeing of parents of children with autism in China requires additional exploration, including longitudinal research designs.

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A cultural perspective of social support in relation to occupational stress

Cited by 63 publications

References 60 publications

Supervisors' Instrumental and Emotional Influences on Subordinate Help‐Seeking Behavior: An Exploratory Study

Supervisors' Instrumental and Emotional Influences on Subordinate Help‐Seeking Behavior: An Exploratory Study

Sources of Job Stress in Police Work in a Developing Country

Child behavior problems and parental psychological distress in Chinese families of children with autism: The putative moderating role of parental social support and cultural values

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