J. Schaubroeck et De. Merritt, DIVERGENT EFFECTS OF JOB CONTROL ON COPING WITH WORK STRESSORS - THE KEY ROLE OF SELF-EFFICACY, Academy of Management journal, 40(3), 1997, pp. 738-754
This study identifies job self-efficacy as a moderating variable that
map determine whether job control contributes positively or negative t
o coping with work stressors. Data from two samples (health profession
als and an occupationally diverse group) demonstrated similar interact
ions between demands, control, and self-efficacy predicting blood pres
sure, These results may reconcile the previous inconsistent and largel
y method-bound support for Karasek's job demands-control model and sug
gest that efforts to improve job self-efficacy may be as important to
reducing the cardiovascular consequences of job stress as efforts to e
nhance control.