The mediating effect of job stress in the relationship between work-related dimensions and career commitment

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine associations between career commitment, job stress, and work-related dimensions of work routinization, role clarity, social support, and promotional opportunity.

Design/methodology/approach

In all, 408 employees holding supervisor or above level job positions in Sri Lanka responded to the survey. For the data analysis, structural equation modelling with maximum likelihood estimation was performed.

Findings

Job stress fully mediates the relationship between role clarity and career commitment while partially mediates the relationships between work routinization, social support, and the lack of promotional opportunity and career commitment.

Originality/value

An investigation into relationships between work-related dimensions and career commitment holds a number of implications in the current business environment where employee commitment may be shifting from the organization to one’s career.

Citation

Wickramasinghe, V. (2016), "The mediating effect of job stress in the relationship between work-related dimensions and career commitment", Journal of Health Organization and Management, Vol. 30 No. 3, pp. 408-420. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHOM-06-2014-0094