Job demands and psychological well-being: Moderating role of occupational self-efficacy and job social support among mid-career academics

Abstract

The study investigated the moderating role of occupational self-efficacy and job social support on the relationship between job demands and psychological well-being among mid-career academics. Participants were 203 academics at three public Nigerian universities (female = 37.93%; mean years of service = 8.58 years, SD = 2.20). The academics completed measures of job demands, occupational self-efficacy, job social support, and psychological well-being. Moderated regression analysis of the data suggested only occupational self-efficacy to moderate the relationship between work demands and psychological well-being. Findings underpin the buffering effects of work self-efficacy in employee psychological well-being with high job demands.

Keywords:

• job demands
• job social support
• occupational self-efficacy
• psychological well-being

Acknowledgement

Part of this study was conducted when Ike E. Onyishi was a Georg Forster Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology, University of Muenster, Germany. We thank Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for the support.