The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating or buffering effects of “WE-NESS”on the influence of job stress upon the job satisfaction. The subjects of this research were 278 employees working in the field, were asked questionnaire consi...
The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating or buffering effects of “WE-NESS”on the influence of job stress upon the job satisfaction. The subjects of this research were 278 employees working in the field, were asked questionnaire consisting 40 items to answer. The job stress factor consisted of 5 sub-factors(self-respect damage, production pressure, a sense of alienation, supervisor, and dishonor/accident witnessing) and the we-ness factor consisted of 4 sub-factors(intimacy, constraining force, thoughtful consideration, and affection). The dependent variable was job satisfaction.
A relationship among variables was identified by the correlation coefficient. A proposed model was confirmed by path analysis. In general, findings of the study were as follows. The confirmed paths were 「job stress →job satisfaction」 and 「job stress →we-ness →job satisfaction」. More specifically, the intimacy and thoughtful factors of we-ness showed buffer or mediate effects on the stress influence.