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Table 1 Integration of meta-analytic findings on social stress at work

From: How are social stressors at work related to well-being and health? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Category

Facet

Abusive supervision (Mackey, Frieder, Brees, & Martinko, 2017)

Destructive leadership (Schyns & Schilling, 2013)

Destructive leadership (Montano, Reeske, Franke, & Hüffmeier, 2017)

Supervisor aggression (Hershcovis & Barling, 2010)

Supervisor-initiated aggression including abusive supervision (Hershcovis, 2011)

Co-worker aggression (Hershcovis & Barling, 2010)

Outsider aggression (Hershcovis & Barling, 2010)

Well-Being

Emotion: high arousal – negative

       

Well-Being

Emotion: low arousal – negative

.21*

  

.24*

 

.18*

.38*

Well-Being

physical

   

.15*

.15*

.20*

.17*

Well-Being

mental

   

.25*

.30*-.31*

.19*

.19*

Well-Being

Burnout

.32*

 

.31*

.30*

 

.25*

.31*

Well-Being

general

 

.01–.37*

.27*

    

Behaviour

Turnover intention

 

.22*-.34*

 

.26*

.30*

.20*

.15*

Behaviour

Absenteeism

       

Behaviour

Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB)

.21*

      

Behaviour

Performance

.17*

.18* − .22*

 

.15*

 

.07*

 

Behaviour

Counterproductive Work Behaviour (CWB)

.31*-.48*

.29*-.40*

 

.29*-.34*

 

.25*-.38*

.18*-.24*

Attitude

Commitment

.23*

.19*-.28*

 

.24*

.24*-.26*

.17*

.07*

Attitude

Job satisfaction

.31*

.27*-.35*

 

.32*

.34*-.35*

.20*

.12*

Attitude

Life satisfaction

       

Category

Facet

Interpersonal conflict (Hershcovis, 2011)

Interpersonal conflict (Nixon, Mazzola, Bauer, Krueger, & Spector, 2011)

Incivility (Hershcovis, 2011)

Role ambiguity (Alcaron, 2011)

Role ambiguity (Nixon, Mazzola, Bauer, Krueger & Spector, 2011)

Role ambiguity (Schmidt, Roesler, Kusserow, & Rau, 2014)

Role conflict (Nixon, Mazzola, Bauer, Krueger, & Spector, 2011)

Role conflict (Schmidt, Roesler, Kusserow, & Rau, 2014)

Role conflict (Alcaron, 2011)

Well-Being

Emotion: high arousal – negative

         

Well-Being

Emotion: low arousal – negative

     

.28*

 

.29*

 

Well-Being

physical

.16*

.22*

.17*

 

.15*

 

.27*

  

Well-Being

mental

.35*

 

.33*

      

Well-Being

Burnout

   

.24*-.26*

    

.29*-.42*

Well-Being

general

         

Behaviour

Turnover intention

.33*

 

.36*

      

Behaviour

Absenteeism

         

Behaviour

Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB)

         

Behaviour

Performance

         

Behaviour

Counterproductive Work Behaviour (CWB)

         

Attitude

Commitment

.21*

 

.31*

      

Attitude

Job satisfaction

.29*

 

.40*

      

Attitude

Life satisfaction

         

Category

Facette

Workplace discrimination (Dhanani, Beus, & Joseph, 2018)

Discrimination (Jones, Peddie, Gilrane, King, & Gray, 2016)

Workplace bullying (Nielsen, Indregard, & Øverland, 2016)

Workplace bullying (Nielsen & Einarsen, 2012)

Bullying (Hershcovis, 2011)

Workplace harassment (Bowling & Beehr, 2006)

Work harassment (Sojo, Wood, & Genat, 2016)

Sexual harassment (Sojo, Wood, & Genat, 2016)

Well-Being

Emotion: high arousal – negative

   

.27*

 

.25*

  

Well-Being

Emotion: low arousal – negative

   

.34*

 

.28*

  

Well-Being

physical

.19*a

.13*

 

.10–.28*

.32*

.25*

 

.17*

Well-Being

mental

.29*a

.25*

 

.20*-.34*

.40*

 

.37*

.27*

Well-Being

Burnout

   

.27*

 

.33*

  

Well-Being

general

   

.31*-.37*

   

.23*

Behaviour

Turnover intention

   

.28*

.35*

.29*

  

Behaviour

Absenteeism

  

.13*

.11*-.12*

 

.06

  

Behaviour

Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB)

     

.02

  

Behaviour

Performance

   

.12

 

.06

  

Behaviour

Counterproductive Work Behaviour (CWB)

     

.30*

  

Attitude

Commitment

   

.19*

 

.30*

  

Attitude

Job satisfaction

   

.22*

.39*

.32*

  

Attitude

Life satisfaction

     

.18*

  
  1. Note. a = rho, correlation corrected for artefacts; all effects are corrected for their direction stressor-impairment (i.e., positive correlations imply that stressors are associated with lower well-being/health); empty cells indicate that no coefficients were reported for the specific combination of stressors and well-being/health; * p < .05
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