scholarly journals Effects of Social Support on Faculty Workload and Performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosman Bin Md Yusoff ◽  
Anwar Khan ◽  
Mazen F. Rasheed ◽  
Alamzeb Aamir
Author(s):  
Willibald Ruch ◽  
Alexander G. Stahlmann

Abstract Recent theoretical advances have grounded gelotophobia (Greek: gelos = laughter, phobos = fear) in a dynamic framework of causes, moderating factors, and consequences of the fear of being laughed at. This understanding corresponds to that of vulnerability and translates gelotophobia into a distinguishable pattern of lacking resources (i.e., misinterpretation of joy and laughter) that can result in negative consequences (e.g., reduced well-being and performance) if individuals have no access to further resources (e.g., social support) or are exposed to severe stressors (e.g., workplace bullying). Based on the panel data provided by the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES (N = 2469 across six measurement intervals), this study takes the first step toward empirically testing this model’s assumptions: First, we computed exemplary zero-order correlations and showed that gelotophobia was negatively connected with social support (resource) and life and job satisfaction (consequences) and positively connected with perceived stress, work stress, and workplace bullying (stressors). Second, we used longitudinal cluster analyses (KmL; k-means-longitudinal) and showed that the panel data can be clustered into three stable patterns of life and job satisfaction and that gelotophobia is primarily related to the two clusters marked by lower levels of satisfaction. Third, we computed partial correlations and showed that social support, perceived stress, and work stress (but not workplace bullying) can weaken or completely resolve gelotophobia’s relationships with such diverging trajectories of life and job satisfaction. We concluded that seeing gelotophobia through the lens of vulnerability is useful and that such research warrants further attention using more dedicated, theoretically grounded projects.


1990 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irwin G. Sarason ◽  
Barbara R. Sarason ◽  
Gregory R. Pierce

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Xie ◽  
Xue Wang ◽  
Yun Zhao ◽  
Shi Da Wang ◽  
Cong Xue ◽  
...  

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese government had transferred many medical rescuers to Wuhan, which provided effective support in disease control. The high-intensity working and mental stress during rescue could induce distress and negatively impact the performance of rescuer afterward.Materials and Methods: To identify the characteristics of stress load and its possible effects on performance, the study surveyed 90 medical rescuers in Wuhan using a mobile phone–based self-rated questionnaire.Results: The results showed an existence of universal but mostly mild distress in rescuers. About 95.6% of the participants reported that they had at least one symptom of distress, whereas, the median scores were <30 (100 as max). Compared with civilian rescuers, a higher proportion of working with immediate virus contact was found in military medical rescuers (P = 0.008); however, no statistical differences of stress load were found between civilians and militaries. The rescuers with positive cognition or good psychological preparation were found having lower stress loads than other rescuers. An inverse correlation between the stress load and performance (R = −0.24, P = 0.023) and a positive correlation between social support and working performance (R = 0.349, P = 0.001) were found in our survey, suggesting the possible negative effects of stress and the beneficial effects of social support on performance.Conclusion: Our study indicated that more attention should be paid to the distress of medical rescuers against COVID-19. Positive cognitions, good psychological preparations, and sufficient social support would be necessary to reduce the distress and improve the performance in COVID-19 rescue.


2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Benita Ruth Ayu Rudianto

Abstract This study examine moderating effect of social support on the relationship between organizational communication and employee performance and also between job stress and employee performance. Results show that social support modify the effect of organizational communication to jo stress. This indicates that family and colleagues support are able to create good communication and mitigate stressful negative effects. In addition, this study also examine moderating effect of job stress on the relatiionship between organizational communication and performance. Results show that job stress mediate the effect organizational communication on employee performance. Effective communication among employees lead to a lower level of stress and thus increase employee performance.. Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh moderasi dukungan sosial pada hubungan komunikasi organisasi dan stres kerja serta efeknya terhadap kinerja karyawan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa terdapat pengaruh dukungan sosial sebagai moderator efek komunikasi organisasi terhadap stres kerja. Dukungan yang diterima dari keluarga maupun rekan kerja mampu menciptakan komunikasi yang baik dan dapat menghadapi stres yang dialami. Hasil penelitian ini juga menunjukan bahwa terdapat pengaruh stres kerja sebagai mediator efek komunikasi organisasi terhadap kinerja karyawan. Komunikasi yang berjalan baik antar karyawan pada lingkungan organisasi menyebabkan tingkat stres yang dihadapi karyawan dapat turun sehingga kinerja karyawan meningkat


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