Haluk ERDEM; Ufuk TUREN; Yunus GOKMEN; Oguz TUZ

doi:10.1515/saeb-2017-0023

Authors

Haluk ERDEM
Ufuk TUREN
Yunus GOKMEN
Oguz TUZ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1515/saeb-2017-0023

Keywords:

stress coping, perceived organizational support, psychological capital, special education and rehabilitation centers, Turkey

Abstract

High level stress in work place is known to be associated with negative organizational behaviors and bad organizational performance. There are individual and organizational factors influencing stress coping behavior of employees. In this study we explore the impact of employees’ perceptions of organizational support on their stress coping capabilities (problem-focused stress coping and emotion-focused stress coping) and whether their psychological capital (PsyCap) plays a mediating role in this relationship using the sample of employees in special education and rehabilitation centers in Turkey. Multivariate statistical analyses show a significant positive relationship between perceived organizational support (POS) and problem-focused stress coping (PFSC), and no significant relationship between POS and emotion-focused stress coping (EFSC). A significant positive association is detected between POS and PsyCap. Accordingly, our findings show that PsyCap plays a partial mediating role in the association between POS and PFSC.

JEL Codes - D22; M12; L2

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