Job Pressures, Organizational Support, and Health Among Norwegian Women Managers

摘要: Questionnaire data were collected from 191 professional and managerial women in Norway. Measures included demographic work characteristics, job pressures (hours worked, level of management, work-family conflict), organizational supports (acceptance, support, training development, challenging visible jobs), health indicators (life satisfaction, psychosomatic complaints, emotional exhaustion). Emotional exhaustion complaints combined into a stress index. Results indicated that who experienced high role conflict also reported poor outcomes little life satisfaction. Organizational initiatives to support develop women's careers associated with lower symptomatology more While the relationship between employment physical psychological well-being is not clear-cut, there perhaps need for organizations focus on will allow diversity choices make regard involvement family, as well find ways encourage such diversity. Not only may this have beneficial effect workers' energy use at work, but it way alternative career paths top management positions women.