ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Unhelpful Workplace Social Support: Outcomes and Importance Among Related Exchanges at Work

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Industrial/Organizational Psychology

  • Ian Hughes
    Bowling Green State University
  • Megan Gressley
    Bowling Green State University
  • Lindsey Freier
    Bowling Green State University
  • Clare Barratt
    Bowling Green State University

Abstract

In this study, we further explored the deleterious effects of unhelpful workplace social support (UWSS) and assessed its importance among related stressful workplace exchanges. Results confirmed UWSS as a critical stressor for employees and revealed that UWSS may have importance over established stressful exchanges in the prediction of negative outcomes.

Stress