JOB STRESS, COWORKER SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND CAREER COMMITMENT - A COMPARISON OF FEMALE AND MALE PHARMACISTS

The present study investigated the potential influence of coworker soc ial support and job stress on male and female pharmacists' career comm itment. A mail questionnaire was used to collect data from 218 female and 378 male actively practicing pharmacists randomly selected from ac ross the nation. Career commitment of male and female pharmacists did not differ significantly and coworker social support was positively re lated to career commitment for both groups. Only one stress factor, Pr ofessional Recognition, exhibited a significant association with caree r commitment for women in the sample, but all four stress factors were significantly related to males' level of career commitment. Three str ess factors, Professional Recognition, Job Conflicts, and Professional Uncertainty, were negatively related to males' career commitment. Pat ient Care Responsibilities stress was positively related to career com mitment.