This research was conducted to examine the mediating effect of perceived social support between perceived stress and job satisfaction among employees. A conveniently selected sample of 280 employees provided the information on Perceived Social Support Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and Job Satisfaction Survey. Employing Regression analyses, findings revealed the significant negative effect of p...

Optimism is an important determinant of mental and physical health, in particular when people are confronted with stressful situations. Social support has been proposed as a mechanism which mediates these beneficial health effects of optimism. It has been proposed that optimists are more socially attractive than pessimists, and as a consequence, they are provided with more social support (e.g. ...

Inequality between Whites and Blacks has fluctuated since the 1970’s, when a number of technological and structural changes in the economy adversely affected Blacks. In this ‘information age’, researchers concerned with inequality have coined the term ‘digital divide’ to signify the effects of exclusion from these powerful new information technologies. As increasing numbers of Americans have go...

Prior research indicates that social support allows individuals to have additional skills to handle stresses, enhance self-esteem, and increase psychological well-being. Online social networks have become an emerging and important source of social support. However, little research has been done to explore how IT usage may improve the well-being and life quality of individuals, especially patien...

This paper reports on the relationship between dimensions of control (skill discretion and decision authority) and burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment) among 164 human service workers. It examines the diVerential in ̄ uence of job demands, control (skill discretion and decision authority) and social support (supervisor, co-workers, others) on eac...

Despite wide recognition that social security is a basic human right, fewer that 10 percent of people in the poorest countries have social security coverage. This has an enormous impact on their lives and on work itself. What little earning power the impoverished have is further suppressed by marginalization and lack of support systems – particularly when they are unable to work because of age,...

max 150 words) Sustainable water management strategies are able to cope with uncertainties in our natural and social environment. Uncertainties in our social environment reflect changing societal perceptions on how water should be used and which objectives should be preferred. Change of these perceptions may lead to a loss of public support for strategies, forcing policy makers to take measures...