THE IMPACT OF PERSISTENCE ON THE STRESSOR-STRAIN AND STRAIN-INTENTIONS TO LEAVE RELATIONSHIPS - A FIELD EXAMINATION

This study examined the moderating effects of persistence on the job s tressor-strain relationship as well as its moderating effect on the st rain-intention to turnover relationship. In this study, quantitative j ob demands served as the job stressor while job burnout, job dissatisf action, and job-induced tension acted as strain variables. Persistence was viewed as a stable, individual difference variable and is defined as the steadfast pursuit of an objective despite opposition (Feathers , 1962; MacArthur, 1955). Results from this study indicated that persi stence moderated the relationship between job tension and turnover. Un der conditions of high tension, intentions to leave increased as emplo yees' level of persistence decreased Implications for viewing persiste nce as an important variable in future job stress research are discuss ed