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The moderating role of tolerance ambiguity in the stressor-strain relationship: An empirical study among university lecturers in Saudi Arabia

Several studies reveal that the workplace is a critical source of stress. Researchers who analyze the relationship between stressors and strain in the context of the workplace have called for the need to examine moderator variables impact on the above relationship. The present study analyzed the rel...

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Main Authors: Jdaitawi, Malek,T, Saleh, Abdul Aziz, Ishak, Noor Azniza, Safyah, Lina Abo, Musallam, Foua'd
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Published: IISTE 2013
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spelling my.uum.repo.275102020-09-27T08:37:46Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/27510/ The moderating role of tolerance ambiguity in the stressor-strain relationship: An empirical study among university lecturers in Saudi Arabia Jdaitawi, Malek,T Saleh, Abdul Aziz Ishak, Noor Azniza Safyah, Lina Abo Musallam, Foua'd BF Psychology Several studies reveal that the workplace is a critical source of stress. Researchers who analyze the relationship between stressors and strain in the context of the workplace have called for the need to examine moderator variables impact on the above relationship. The present study analyzed the relationship between role overload, role conflict, role ambiguity, and strain as well as to study the impact of tolerance ambiguity as a moderator in the relationship between job demands and strain. The structural equation modeling approach was adopted by the study. The sample study comprised of 217 lecturers from the University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia and the results show that the tolerance ambiguity significantly moderates the relationship between stress roles namely role conflict but not role overload and role ambiguity with strain. The results also confirmed the direct impact of role overload on strain but not that of role conflict and role ambiguity. The findings, with regards to theory, research and practice and their implications, were also discussed. IISTE 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/27510/1/JEP%204%2028%202013%20178%20187.pdf Jdaitawi, Malek,T and Saleh, Abdul Aziz and Ishak, Noor Azniza and Safyah, Lina Abo and Musallam, Foua'd (2013) The moderating role of tolerance ambiguity in the stressor-strain relationship: An empirical study among university lecturers in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Education and Practice, 4 (28). pp. 178-189. ISSN 2222-1735 https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/9943
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Jdaitawi, Malek,T
Saleh, Abdul Aziz
Ishak, Noor Azniza
Safyah, Lina Abo
Musallam, Foua'd
The moderating role of tolerance ambiguity in the stressor-strain relationship: An empirical study among university lecturers in Saudi Arabia
description Several studies reveal that the workplace is a critical source of stress. Researchers who analyze the relationship between stressors and strain in the context of the workplace have called for the need to examine moderator variables impact on the above relationship. The present study analyzed the relationship between role overload, role conflict, role ambiguity, and strain as well as to study the impact of tolerance ambiguity as a moderator in the relationship between job demands and strain. The structural equation modeling approach was adopted by the study. The sample study comprised of 217 lecturers from the University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia and the results show that the tolerance ambiguity significantly moderates the relationship between stress roles namely role conflict but not role overload and role ambiguity with strain. The results also confirmed the direct impact of role overload on strain but not that of role conflict and role ambiguity. The findings, with regards to theory, research and practice and their implications, were also discussed.
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author Jdaitawi, Malek,T
Saleh, Abdul Aziz
Ishak, Noor Azniza
Safyah, Lina Abo
Musallam, Foua'd
author_facet Jdaitawi, Malek,T
Saleh, Abdul Aziz
Ishak, Noor Azniza
Safyah, Lina Abo
Musallam, Foua'd
author_sort Jdaitawi, Malek,T
title The moderating role of tolerance ambiguity in the stressor-strain relationship: An empirical study among university lecturers in Saudi Arabia
title_short The moderating role of tolerance ambiguity in the stressor-strain relationship: An empirical study among university lecturers in Saudi Arabia
title_full The moderating role of tolerance ambiguity in the stressor-strain relationship: An empirical study among university lecturers in Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr The moderating role of tolerance ambiguity in the stressor-strain relationship: An empirical study among university lecturers in Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed The moderating role of tolerance ambiguity in the stressor-strain relationship: An empirical study among university lecturers in Saudi Arabia
title_sort moderating role of tolerance ambiguity in the stressor-strain relationship: an empirical study among university lecturers in saudi arabia
publisher IISTE
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