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Managers' occupational stress in China : the role of self-efficacy Managers' occupational stress in China : the role of self-efficacy
Changqin LU
Oi Ling SIU Lingnan University, Hong Kong, [email protected]
Cary L. COOPER
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。 Chang-qin Lu, Oi-ling Siu and Cary L. Cooper
Dr. Chang-qin Lu is Assistant Professor in Department of Psychology,
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Self-efficacy in managers' occupational stress
Managers' occupational stress in China: The role of self-efficacyl
Dr. Chang-qin Lu Assistant Professor
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Dr. Oi-ling Siu Associate Professor
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ABSTRACT
The role of self-efficacy, an individual difference variable, in occupational stress
research is seldom discussed, and is even rarely examined in Chinese societies. This
study investigates the relationships between stressors, managerial self-efficacy (MSE)
and work-related strains (job satisfaction, physical strain, and psychological strain). A
to凶 of 450 enterprise managers in eight cities of the People's Republic of China
completed a battery of structured questionn組res. The results of the study generally
support that total stressors was negatively related to job satisfaction, physical strain,
and psychological strain. Furthermore, MSE w也 statistically significantly related to
仙也ns in 出at respondents wi也 high levels of MSE reported higher levels of job
satisfaction, lower levels of physical strain and psychological strain than did those
with low MSE. Related to the moderating effects of MSE on stressor-strain
relationship, only significant moderating e能ct was found in predicting physìcal straìn,
as demonstrated by a series of hierarchical regressions while controlling for age,
tenure, and position levels and educationallevels.
Key words: Occupational Stress, Manager, Self-efficacy, Stressors, Strains, and
China.
Self-efficacy in managers ' occupational stress
INTRODUCTION
Occupational stress has been noted 品 an increasing problem for employees in
Western industria1ized societies because stress is costly. Undeniably, stress in
workplace can have deleterious e宜ects on individual's well-being as well as negative
effects on organizational outcomes such as perfonnance and tumover. It has been
位gued that almost a11 occupationa1 stress research and theories were developed and
empirically tested in Western industria1ized countries (S凹, 2002; Xie , 1996)
However, the problem of occupational stress is becoming serious for countries
undergoing enonnous economic and socia1 changes. It is therefore irnportant to do
some occupational stress research in Chinese societies, which will give theoretical and
practica1 suggestions to stress management for both individuals and organizations
Most of occupational stress research has focused on demonstrating relationships
between stressors and strains, but has lagged behind in documenting the role of
individual differences in the stress processes (Jex, Bliese, Buzzell,& Primeasu, 2001)
Stress does not always directly result from the source of pressure itself, but rather
from the perception of that press叮e. Therefore, individual difference variables that
might relate to perceptions should be given more attention in occupational s仕ess
research
One general class of individual difference variables 出at has been examined over
the years from study to study is self-belief. These studies have provided some support
for the idea that stressors are less detrimental when individuals have more positive
self-perceptions. The dominant theoηin most of the past studies is the job
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demands-control model which focus on the role of perceived job control in stress
process (K缸部ek, 1979). As Litt (1 988) suggested that self-efficacy is critical because
it affects an individual's ability and willingness to exercise contro l. Some authors have
also suggested 由at perceived self-efficacy must be added to the demands-control
model of occupational stress in order to improve its predictability (e.g., Bandura, 1997;
Schaubroeck & Merritt, 1997). High job demands with opportunity to exercise control
over various facets of the work environment is unperturbed to jobholders with high
levels of perceived self-efficacy, but more stressful to those of low perceived
self-efficacy. For this reason, any efforts to reduce occupational stress by increasing
job control without raising efficacy to manage the increasing responsibilities will do
more harrn than good (Bandura, 1997).
Self-efficacy is a critical component of social cognitive theoη, which is a primary
inf1uence on human thought, motivation, and action. Bandura (1986) defined
perceived self-efficacy as a construct, which is concerned with people's beliefs about
their capabilities to organize and execute, designated courses of action. According to
the above defmition, self-efficacy is not concemed with the skills or abilities one
possesses, but rather the judgment of what one can do with these. Essentially,
self-efficacy refers to a sense of competence to control over one' s environment. It is
logical to conclude that stressors would be much more threatening to those who do
have low confidence in performing their job tasks . Presumably then, self-efficacy
impacts stressor-strain relationships because individuals with high self-efficacy are
more likely to believe they can rnaintain high levels of job performance despite the
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presence of challenging job-related stressors. Another way 伽t self-efficacy may
impact stressor-strain relationships is how to cope with stressors in the workplace
(Leiter, 1992). It has been shown that individuals with high self-efficacy tend to use
problem-focused or active coping strategies, whereas the coping strategies of those
with low self-e缸icacy tend to be more emotion-focused or avoidant, and have greater
tendency to woηy about job-related stressors. ln a review provided by Semmer (1 996),
people who have the tendency to employee problem-focused coping tend to report
less physical and psychological strains. Some authors have found that self-efficacy do
not only directly impact on individuals' strains (O 'Neill & Mone, 1998; Saks, 1994;
Tang, Au, Schwarzer, & Schmi包, 2001), but also a moderating effect on
stressor-strain relationships (Jex & Gudanows徊, 1992; Schaubroeck & Merritt, 1997;
Siu, Cheng, & Lu, 2003).
Despite the intuitive appeal of self-efficacy 臼 a moderator of stress肘-strain
relations, there have been few empirical tests of 血is moderating effect. Furthermore,
出e results have been mixed. For examp1e, Jex and Gudanowski (1 992) found little
evidence 出at self-efficacy moderated relations between stressors and strains. More
recently, some authors (e.g., Jex & Bliese, 1999; Schaubroeck, L缸n, & Xie, 2000;
Shaubroeck & Merritt, 1997) have found that self-e伍cacy moderated several (but not
all) stressor-strain relationships (Jex & Bliese, 1999; Schaubroeck et al., 2000).
The more serious limitation in most of above studies on self-efficacy's moderation
in stressor-strain relationships is self-efficacy measurement. They mainly focused on
general self-efficacy or related general self-efficacy. Some authors elaborated
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self-efficacy 部 bo也 a state and a stable personality trait that can generalize 台omone
situation to the next (e.g. , Chen, Gully, & Eden, 2001; Eden,1996; Schwarzer, Babler,
K wiatek, Schroder, & Zhan皂, 1997; Shere, Madd眩, Mercandante, Prentice-Dunn, &
Rogers, 1982), and developed the general self-e伍cacy scale, which has served many
populations and situations. But in the development of the self-efficacy construct,
Bandura (1986; 1997) has deliberately avoided the trait approach of studying
self-efficacy, and suggested 出at self-efficacy should refer to be!iefs about specific
behaviors in specific situations (specific self-efficacy). Nearly all authors agreed that
these general self-efficacy measures often have weak predictive va1ue when comp缸ed
to self-e伍cacy measures 血at are matched to specific domains of activity (e.g.,
Bandura, 1997; Earley & Lituchy, 1991).
THE PRESENT STUDY
It is claimed 血at efficacy is shaped through socia1ization processes based on
cultural context (Markus & Kitayama, 1991; Triandis, 1989). As iterated by Bandura
(1 996) , despite the cultural generality in self-efficacy effl凹的, culture inf1uences ways
of how efficacy be!iefs are molded. For instance, Oettingen (1 995) found 也別 East
Berlin children had a lower sense of personal efficacy 也an did those in West Berlin. It
is argued that self-efficacy ref1ects individualistic Westem va1ues, and the buffering
effects of self-efficacy may only be evident in individua1istic cultures (e.g. , Earley,
1994; Oettingen, 1995; Schaubroeck et 刻, 2000). Nevertheless, Bandura (1 996)
stresses 出at perceived efficacy is valued, not b巴cause of reverence for individualism,
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but because a strong sense of perceived efficacy is vital for success regardless of
whether it is achieved individually or by group members who put credits to collective
terrns. Not surprisingly, in order to successful1y make one adapting to dramatic
economic and social change, people in traditional collective societies have to develop
or maintain higher level of personal efficacy than before. Notab旬, a recent study by
Egri and Ralston (2001) has demonstrated that Chinese youths are more similar to U.S
youths than they 缸e to their Chinese elders. Silbereisen and Wiesner (2002) have also
revealed no difference of self-efficacy between East and West Germany.
The present study is one of the very few which tests the moderating role of specific
self-efficacy in occupational stress research in the People's Republic of China, a
society that is culturally different from those that have been studied thus t缸. Since
China has the largest workforce in the world and plays an increasingly important role
in the world economy, it is imperative to explore the generalizability of Westem
managerial theories and practice to China and to pinpoint the differences between
China and the Westem societies σE咒, 1996). Lu (2001) provided support for the main
effects of self-efficacy on job performance and work attitudes, but he did not
investigate the moderating role of self-efficacy in stress processes
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of self-efficacy on
occupational stress in China. Specifically, we examined relationships between
甜的sors , MSE and strain indices (job satisfaction, psychological strain, and physical
symptoms), and the role ofMSE as a stress moderator was also examined
Based on previous literature reviewed, the following hypotheses were proposed
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Hypothesis 1: High levels of total stressors will be associated with low levels of job
satisfaction, high levels of psychological strain and physical strain.
Hypothesis 2: Low levels of self-efficacy will be associated with low levels of job
satisfaction, high levels of psychological strain and physical strain.
Hypothesis 3: Self-e伍cacy will moderate the impact of job-related stressors. More
specifically, self-efficacy will interact with total stressors to determine strains, in 出at
the negative effects of total stressors on strains wiU be greater when level of
self-efficacy is low than when it is high.
METHOD
Subjects
Data were collected from enterprise managers in Beijing City, Urumchi City of
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Qinqdao City and Yanta City of Shangdong
Province, Guangzhou City and Shenzhen City of Guangdong Province, Heifei City
and Fuyang City of Anhui Province from October 2000 to June 200 1. Beijing City,
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Shangdong Province are in the northem
p缸t of the People's Republic of China. Guangdong Province is in the southem, and
Anhui Province is in the central 訂閱. The sample was drawn by a purposive sampling
method. A total of 580 questionnaires were distributed by the first author to managers
of different kinds of organizations in 血e field , and 450 valid questionnaires were
returned in the end, making a response rate of 77.59%. The sample consisted of 305
men (67 .9%) and 145 women (32 .1 %), aged between 19 and 59 years old. The
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average age was about 36 ye訂s . The average ye缸s of management experience w部
about 9.4 (SD = 7.25). A tot叫 of 53.8% ofthe samples were drawn from state-owned
sectors, 38% from private sectors, 4.9% from joint ventures, and 3.3% from other
sectors. The education levels of the sample were varied: from junior high school
education (2%), senior high school education (1 4.4%), vocational or technical college
certificates (30 .4%), bachelor's degree (49.5%), to master's degree (3.6%) .
Measures
Total stressors. The shortened version of the Sources of stress scale of the
Occupational Stress Indicator-2 (OSI-2) (Williams & Cooper, 1996) was adapted. The
reliability and validity of this shortened version have been demonstrated ín Chinese
societies (Siu, Lu, & Cooper, 1999; Yu, Sparks, & Cooper, 1998). Siu (2002) has also
found 也at this shortened scale is a reliable measure. To avoid a too lengthy
questionnaire, 12 items were extracted for use from this scale which measured the six
sources of stress. They were items 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13 , 16,17, 20 , 31 , 37, 39. The
rationale for choosing these items is that 出ey are more applicable to managers in
Chinese context. Example items 訂e : factors intrinsic to the job (e.g., having to work
long hours), management role (e.g. , conflicting job tasks and demands in the role 1
play) , relationships with others (e.g. , lack of social support by people at work), career
and achievement (e.g. , under promotion--working at a level below my level of ability),
organisational structure and climate (e.g. , morale and organisational climate),
home/work interface (e.g. , demands my work makes and its conflicting demands on
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my relationship with spouse/children). Respondents were asked to indicate whether 個
item was a source of pressure on a 6-point scale ranging from "veηdefinitely not a
source" (1) to "very definitely a source"(6). The score of the index for occupational
stressors is the summation of scores of all six 蛇essors (high score = higher level of
pressures 血at arise from occupational s仕的sors) . The Cronbach's alpha for this scale
is .83 .
Strains. Three scales were used to measure strains. They are: (a) Job
sαtisfaction scale: measuring "Satisfaction towards the job itself' . The modified
version of MSQ (Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire) (Wei凹, Dawis, Lofquist, &
England, 1966) w臼 used to develop a 5-item job satisfaction measure, and was
proven to be reliable and valid in Chinese societies (Lin, Fang, & Zhang, 2002). Each
item is rated on a 6-point scale ranging from “ve可 unsatisfied"( 1) 的“very
satisfied"(6) (high score = high job satisfaction). Example item is “The degree to
which you are satisfied with yo山 job"; (b) Physical strain scale: measuring "Physical
symptoms". The modified version of Well-being subscale of the OSI-2 was used to
develop 也is four-item physical strain measure, which was proven to be reliable and
valid in Chinese societies (Ma & Bao,1999). Example item is “Feeling unaccountably
tired or exhausted"; (c) Psychological striαn scale . measuring "State of mind" and
"Resilience" . The modified version of the Well-being subscale of OSI-2 was used to
develop 出is 7-item psychological strain measure, which was also proven to be
reliable and valid in Chinese societies (Ma & Bao , 1999). Each item of bo出 physical
and psychological strain scales was rated on a 6-point scale, ranging from “very
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true"(6) 的“vey untrue"(l), with respective 凶gh score denoting more physical and
psychological strains. The Cronbach's alphas for the three scales are .78,肘 , and .85
respectively.
Managerial Self-φcacy. Based on a literature review and the managerial
self-efficacy questionnaire developed by Robertson and Sadri ' s (1 993), a Chinese
version of managerial self-efficacy scale (MSE) with 24 items was developed by the
first author. The CF A (confirrnatory factor analysis) results show a good fit model
with reasonably high goodness-of-fit indexes (The value of X2/df = 2.22, GFI = .91 ,
AGFI = .89, CFI = O.兒, NFI = 0.89, RMSEA = 0.05) (Kelloway, 1998), and
correlation between MSE and managers ' year-end performance was .43, which
showed 也at 也e MSE was a reliabe and valid measure (Lu, 2001). The Chinese
version of the MSE consisted of six subscales which assessed managers ' level of
task-related confidence on the following six essential managerial job duties:
supervision (e.g. , give subordinates constructive feedback) , harmonizing (e.g. ,
negotiate with others on order to reach an agreement or solution) , information
handling (e.g., gather inforrnation from sources outside organization), planning and
organizing (e.g., analyse any problems arsing in unit or organization),
problem-solving/ innovation(e.g. , implement changes in work procedure, work tasks
and work behavior), monitoring(e.g., maintain or ensure the maintenance of
appropriate record of the unit or organization). Each item of this scale was rated on a
10-point scale (O=total抄 unconfident to 9=totally confident) with respective high
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score denoting higher levels of confidence in completing the core managerial tasks.
The Cronbach' s alpha for this scale is .93 .
Demographic inforrnation was also collected inc1uding age, gender, education,
occupation, tenure (years in the current job), and job level (position in the current
organization, with high score denoting high position).
RESULTS
Table 1 presents the means, standard deviations of the variables and their
inter-correlations. Most of the relationships between occupational stressors, MSE and
strains are significant and are in the expected direction except the relationship
between occupational stress (total 甜的sors) and job satisfaction. Specifically, total
stressors was positively related to physical and psychological strains, whereas total
stressors was not found to be related to job satisfaction significantly. Therefore,
Hypothesis 1 can only be partially suppo巾d . Table 1 also shows that MSE was not
only positively related to job satisfaction but also negatively related to physical and
psychological strains. Therefore, H2 is fully supported. As far as demographic
variables are concemed, age, management tenure, management position levels and
educational levels were significantly correlated with some strains, with older
managers reported more job satisfaction, and managers with more management
experience and higher educationallevels reported less psychological strain.
[Insert Table 1 & 2 about here]
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A series of hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to test the moderating
e在ects of MSE on stressor-strain relationships when job satisfaction, physical strain
and psychological straÎn were regressed on in sep缸ate regression analysis. Prior to
perforrning the hierarchical regression analysis, demographic variables were
examined to test for any confounding effects. Only age, management tenure, position
levels and educational levels were found to be statistically significant in predicting the
outcome variables, therefore these variables were controlled for in the regression
ana1ysis. By regressing the dependent variables (i.e. job satisfaction, physical strain
and psychological strain) on the independent variables separately in a hierarchical
manner, three steps were conducted: the demographic variables were entered first and,
in the second step, total stressors (TS) was entered. ln the third step, MSE was entered
ln the fourth step, TS x MSE was entered
The results depicted in Table 2 show that MSE moderated the relationship
between total 甜的sors and physical strain significantly (戶= 1. 15 , F = 6.64, p < .01)
Therefore, H3 can only be partially supported
Following Cohen and Cohen (1 983), the be阻 value and constant of the moderated
regression equation obtained at Step 4 were used to plot the regression of physical
strain on MSE at two levels of stress for managers: high stress (+ 1 SD above the
sample mean), and low stress (-1 SD below the sample mean) (see Figure 1). Figure 1
shows 由前, irrespective of their MSE , managers reported less physical symptoms
when the total stress level was low. An increase in stress added physical strain for
respondents with low MSE. However, a high level of MSE could buffer the negative
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e旺ect of stress on physica1 strain. Respondents with strong high level of MSE could
maintain a relatively lower level of physica1 strain even when s甘ess levels were high.
Hence, MSE buffered 出e effect of stress on physical strain.
[Insert Figure 1 about here]
DISCUSSION
According to the results obtained from this study, stressors and MSE were proved
to be determinants of job satisfaction, physical s甘ain and psychologica1 strains. These
results corroborate previous studies conducted in Westem and Chinese societies (e.g.,
Schaubroeck et al., 2000; Siu, 2002; Siu et al., 2003; Siu, et al., 1999; Siu, Spector,
Cooper, Lu, & Yu, 2002). Furthermore, the present study provides 阿tial support to
previous findings 出at self-efficacy significantly moderates the effect of stressor on
physica1 strain (e.g. , Jex & Bliese, 1999).
However, unlike previous studies (e.g. , Jex & Bliese, 1999; Schaubroeck et 泣,
2000), the moderating effect of self-efficacy on relationship between stressor and job
satisfaction was rather weak. One possible reason is that managers in the PRC often
have lower job satisfaction than other occupations since challenging goals are
inevitable. Nowadays, as the PRC has entered the World Trade Organization (WTO),
due to occupational characteristics, managers may have got used to the experience of
high levels of job-related stressors. Perhaps the perception of high levels of stressors
may not necessarily lead to lower levels of job satisfaction. This is perhaps the
explanation for the non-significant relationship found between stressors and job
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satisfaction in the present study (see Table 1). Another possible explanation for this is
也at the reliability of the scale for measuring job satisfaction is relatively lower than
other scales. Future research is needed to replicate similar studies. The present study
did not consistently provide suppo口 for the positive buffering effects of self-efficacy
on relationship between stressors and psychological strain, which also needs further
investigations in the future
In sum, we may conclude 企om the results obtained from this study, like previous
studies (e.g. , Jex & Bliese, 1999; Schaubroeck et 泣, 2000), that self-efficacy is an
important variable in the study of occupational stress. Specifically, high levels of
self-efficacy were associated with self-reported higher levels of job satisfaction, lower
levels of physical strain and psychological strain than did those with lower levels of
self-efficacy; and individuals with higher levels of self-efficacy had lower levels of
physical s甘ain despite the presence of challenging job-related stressor生:Examining
the effects of self-efficacy on occupational stress could extend our knowledge and
understanding of the role of self-efficacy in stress processes, which would also extend
the domain of self-efficacy and theories in occupational stress. It follows that, as
argued by Leiter (1 992), self-efficacy is one of the central individual difference
variables, which deserves more attention in future research of occupational stress. In
terms of practical implications, as suggested by recent research evidence (e.g. , Choi,
Price, & Vinokur, 2003 ; Malone, 2001), senior management should conduct more
training programs aimed at changing employees' efficacy belie品, which in turn
al1eviate their occupational stress level
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There are several limitations of the study. It should be kept in mind 曲的 these data
all carne from self二reported manner. One cannot draw causal conc1usions, and there is
the concern about possible percept-percept bias. The sarnple population might lack
generalization to other professions. It is more difficult to generalize the results to a
wider population of workforce in the PRC or other Chinese societies. In addition,
longitudinal data would be more useful for examining causal hypotheses in the fu仙re .
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Table 1. Means, Standard Deviations, and Inter-correlations among Variables
N Mean SD 2 4 6 9 1.1S 434 14.08 2.43 2.PhS 421 13 .73 4.48 -.19 3.PsS 420 23.68 6.76 -.18" .67 4.TS 407 44.75 9.12 -.02 .17" .20 5.MSE 434 182.66 24 .63 .24 -.13 -.15 .18 6.AGE 381 35.63 8.59 .12' -.03 -.07 .01 .11 7.TEN 370 9.08 7.25 .10 -.01 -.13 -.03 .11 .71 8.POS 426 na na .11' .05 -.08 -.05 .17" .54" .32 9.EDU 404 na na -.05 -.10 -.18 -.12 .08 .06 -.06 .28
Note. TS-total stresso悶, JS一job satisfaction, PhS-physical strain, PsS - psychological strain,
MSE-managerial self-e伍cacy, TEN-ten叮e, POS-position, EDU-education level
na - not applicable
... Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
.. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
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Table 2. Hierarchical Regression Analyses Predicting Physical S甘ain
lndependent Standardized F variables cot乎ci凹的,自
Stepl TS 24 Step2 MSE -.13"
S也2 TS x MSE 1.1 5 6.4600
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Note . None of the demographic variables was significantly related to PhS, so TS was entered first
* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
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Figure 1. Moderating effect of managerial selιefficacy (MSE) on the relationship between total
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