Support from Friends of Work and perceived Occupational stress with the mediating role of affect-focused rumination

Document Type : Research Article

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1 *: Assistant professor, faculty member of management department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Iran

2 Master of Public Administration, Organizational Behavior, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ardakan University, Iran

10.22059/jomc.2024.369089.1008618

Abstract

Humans are social beings and communicate with their fellows, when people are supported by their friends in the workplace, they can reduce their work stress. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of Support from Friends of Work on perceived Occupational stress with the mediating role of affect-focused rumination. The current research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlation in terms of nature. The target population of the study was the employees of Isfahan province telecommunications company. To determine the sample size, Krejcie and Morgan's table was used, and based on this table, the sample size of 210 people was determined and sampling was done as available. The research data gathered using standard questionnaires including perceived occupational stress, support from friends of work, affect-focused rumination which validity confirmed through content validity, structural validity (convergent and divergent validity) and reliability using Cronbach's alpha. The analysis and testing of the hypothesis and opinion relationships have been done using structural equation modeling analysis. The results indicate that support from friends at work does not directly affect perceived Occupational stress, support from friends at work affects affect-focused rumination, Affect-focused rumination has an effect on perceived occupational stress. Also, affect -focused rumination plays a mediating role in the relationship between support from friends at work and perceived occupational stress.

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Organizational Culture Management

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 20 April 2024

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