THE IMPACTS OF STRUCTURE, CLIMATE AND SELF-EFFICACY ON STRESS: A MALAYSIAN SURVEY

This study examines the impacts of organisational structure (formalisation and centralisation) and organisational climate in predicting job stress in a non-Western environment. It also explores the moderating effects of self-efficacy in the proposed relationships. A total of 151 securities sales per...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin, T. Ramayah, Yeoh Chee Beng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2009-01-01
Series:Asian Academy of Management Journal
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.usm.my/aamj/14.1.2009/AAMJ%2014-1-4.pdf
id doaj-9ab095e6e0434fcd8301fdf2a8378e1f
record_format Article
spelling doaj-9ab095e6e0434fcd8301fdf2a8378e1f2020-11-25T00:07:54ZengUniversiti Sains Malaysia Asian Academy of Management Journal1394-26031985-82802009-01-011415979THE IMPACTS OF STRUCTURE, CLIMATE AND SELF-EFFICACY ON STRESS: A MALAYSIAN SURVEYAizzat Mohd. NasurdinT. RamayahYeoh Chee BengThis study examines the impacts of organisational structure (formalisation and centralisation) and organisational climate in predicting job stress in a non-Western environment. It also explores the moderating effects of self-efficacy in the proposed relationships. A total of 151 securities sales personnel in Malaysia were sampled for this study. The findings indicated a positive relationship between both structural variables and stress. The organisational climate dimensions were found to be unrelated to stress. The role of self-efficacy as a moderator in the hypothesised relationships had limited support. Implications of this work and directions for future research are discussed.http://www.usm.my/aamj/14.1.2009/AAMJ%2014-1-4.pdfstressstructureclimateself-efficacysales personnelsecuritiesMalaysia
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin
T. Ramayah
Yeoh Chee Beng
spellingShingle Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin
T. Ramayah
Yeoh Chee Beng
THE IMPACTS OF STRUCTURE, CLIMATE AND SELF-EFFICACY ON STRESS: A MALAYSIAN SURVEY
Asian Academy of Management Journal
stress
structure
climate
self-efficacy
sales personnel
securities
Malaysia
author_facet Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin
T. Ramayah
Yeoh Chee Beng
author_sort Aizzat Mohd. Nasurdin
title THE IMPACTS OF STRUCTURE, CLIMATE AND SELF-EFFICACY ON STRESS: A MALAYSIAN SURVEY
title_short THE IMPACTS OF STRUCTURE, CLIMATE AND SELF-EFFICACY ON STRESS: A MALAYSIAN SURVEY
title_full THE IMPACTS OF STRUCTURE, CLIMATE AND SELF-EFFICACY ON STRESS: A MALAYSIAN SURVEY
title_fullStr THE IMPACTS OF STRUCTURE, CLIMATE AND SELF-EFFICACY ON STRESS: A MALAYSIAN SURVEY
title_full_unstemmed THE IMPACTS OF STRUCTURE, CLIMATE AND SELF-EFFICACY ON STRESS: A MALAYSIAN SURVEY
title_sort impacts of structure, climate and self-efficacy on stress: a malaysian survey
publisher Universiti Sains Malaysia
series Asian Academy of Management Journal
issn 1394-2603
1985-8280
publishDate 2009-01-01
description This study examines the impacts of organisational structure (formalisation and centralisation) and organisational climate in predicting job stress in a non-Western environment. It also explores the moderating effects of self-efficacy in the proposed relationships. A total of 151 securities sales personnel in Malaysia were sampled for this study. The findings indicated a positive relationship between both structural variables and stress. The organisational climate dimensions were found to be unrelated to stress. The role of self-efficacy as a moderator in the hypothesised relationships had limited support. Implications of this work and directions for future research are discussed.
topic stress
structure
climate
self-efficacy
sales personnel
securities
Malaysia
url http://www.usm.my/aamj/14.1.2009/AAMJ%2014-1-4.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT aizzatmohdnasurdin theimpactsofstructureclimateandselfefficacyonstressamalaysiansurvey
AT tramayah theimpactsofstructureclimateandselfefficacyonstressamalaysiansurvey
AT yeohcheebeng theimpactsofstructureclimateandselfefficacyonstressamalaysiansurvey
AT aizzatmohdnasurdin impactsofstructureclimateandselfefficacyonstressamalaysiansurvey
AT tramayah impactsofstructureclimateandselfefficacyonstressamalaysiansurvey
AT yeohcheebeng impactsofstructureclimateandselfefficacyonstressamalaysiansurvey
_version_ 1725417833506013184