Outcomes of Role Stress: A Multisample Constructive Replication

Abstract

Responses from four separate samples of accountants and hospital employees provided a constructive replication of the model of the causal nexus between role stress and selected outcome variables. We investigated the relationship between both role ambiguity and role conflict — as specific forms of rote stress — and job-related tension, job satisfaction, and propensity to leave, using LISREL IV, a technique capable of providing statistical data for a hypothesized population model, as well as for specific causal paths. Results, which support the Bedeian and Armenakis model, are discussed in light of previous research.