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ERIC Number: EJ891411
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Dec
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-4019
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Types of Workplace Social Support in the Prediction of Job Satisfaction
Harris, J. Irene; Winskowski, Ann Marie; Engdahl, Brian E.
Career Development Quarterly, v56 n2 p150-156 Dec 2007
Research on social support and job satisfaction has yielded mixed results, partly because studies have rarely examined different types of workplace social support, such as collegial support, task support, coaching, and career mentoring. This study identified the relative contributions of different types of social support to job satisfaction and explored the relationship between social support and job tenure. Overall, social support accounted for approximately 17% of the variance in job satisfaction and 9% of the variance in job tenure. Career mentoring and task support were the types of social support most predictive of job satisfaction. Coaching and task support were the types of social support most predictive of job tenure. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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