Effect of job stress on counterproductive behaviors with mediating role of job affects: Case study of employees of the sports and youth departments of Khuzestan province

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• atousa ghaseminezhad ¹
• alimohamad amirtash ²
• mohamadali aslankhani ³

¹ Ph.D. student in physical education management and planning, Department of physical education and sport sciences, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

² Professor of Physical Education Department, Islamic Azad University, Science and research branch, Tehran

³ Professor of Physical Education Department, of Islamic Azad University, Science and research branch, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background and Objective: Job stress is a chronic disorder that arises under problematic job conditions and influence on employees well-being and performance. The aim of this research was to investigate the impact of job stress on one of the dimensions of job performance called counterproductive work behaviors considering the mediating role of job affects.
Method: the research is a correlational study using path analysis. Two hundred and forty employees of sports and youth departments of Khuzestan province participated in the study. The instruments which used in this research were counterproductive behaviors scale, job stress questionnaire and job-related affective well-being scale. Fitness of the proposed model was examined through path analysis, using SPSS-21 and AMOS-21 software packages. The indirect effects were tested using the bootstrap procedure.
Results: Results indicated that fit indices including relative chi square, GFI, CFI, and RMSEA are enough, revealed that the proposed model fitted with data properly. Finding indicated that the proposed model is fitted with the data properly. Path coefficients showed a significant positive relationship between job stress with counterproductive behavior, positive and negative emotions with counterproductive behavior, and job stress with positive and negative emotions (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Results indicated that job stress has an effect on counterproductive work behaviors both directly and indirectly through job affects. Thus, it is proposed to managers that reduce employees counterproductive work behaviors through manipulation of job stress and affects.

Keywords

• counterproductive behaviors
• Job stress
• job affects

20.1001.1.22285516.1396.8.30.1.2

Main Subjects

• Psychological Models and Methods

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