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         Accession Number
          005635186
         Author
          King RC.  Sethi V.
         Institution
          Coll. of Commerce & Bus. Adm., Illinois Univ., Champaign,
          IL, USA.
         Title
          The moderating effect of organizational commitment on
          burnout in information systems professionals.
         Source
          European Journal of Information Systems, vol.6, no.2, June
          1997, pp.86-96. Publisher: Oper. Res. Soc, UK.
         Abstract
          The study examines the moderating role of organizational
          commitment on the relationship between role stressors and
          burnout in information systems (IS) professionals. Two role
          stressors are examined in this study-role ambiguity and
          role conflict. In addition, two dimensions of
          organizational commitment-affective and continuance
          commitment-are examined for their moderating influence. The
          emotional exhaustion subscale of the Maslach Burnout
          Inventory is used to measure burnout in 312 IS
          professionals. Both role stressors were found to correlate
          positively with burnout. In addition, affective commitment
          was found to moderate the relationship between role
          stressors and burnout. Therefore, in employees with high
          affective commitment, role stressors had a lesser effect on
          burnout. This study, therefore, supports the argument that
          commitment acts as a buffer against stress and its
          antecedents. (86 References).
         Subject Headings
          Business data processing.  Human factors.  Human resource
          management.  Information systems.  Personnel.  Social
          aspects of automation.
         Key Phrase Identifiers
          organizational commitment; burnout; information systems
          professionals; role stressors; IS; role ambiguity; role
          conflict; affective commitment; continuance commitment;
          emotional exhaustion subscale; Maslach Burnout Inventory;
          employees; job stress.
         Classification Codes
          DP personnel management [C0310P]; Business and
          administration [C7100]; Economic, social and political
          aspects of computing [C0230].
         Treatment
          Bibliography.  Practical.
         Language
          English.
         ISSN
          0960-085X.
         Publication Type
          Journal Paper.
         Update Code
          199700.
         Copyright
          Copyright 1997, IEE.


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