Correlates of Job Stress and Job Satisfaction for Minority Professionals in Organizations: An Examination of Personal and Organizational Factors

Abstract

The literature on the relationships among organizational factors, per sonal or individual difference variables, andjob satisfaction and stress is reviewed briefly. The relationships of job satisfaction and job stress to organizational factors are examined for a sample of minority professional personnel in a large manufacturing and sales firm. These relationships are studied using the personal or individual difference variables of race, Type-A personality, and higher order needs. job satisfaction was found to be significantly related to more organizational factors than was job stress. Race was found to moderate the relationships between supportive supervisor behavior andjob stress and organizational level und job stress. The strength of higher order needs significantly moderated the relation ship between role clarity andjob satisfaction, as did Type-A personality. The implications of the findings are discussed.