HIGH-COMMITMENT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND JOB STRESS: SUPERVISOR SUPPORT AS A MODERATOR

Abstract

To investigate the relationship between high-commitment human resource management (HRM) and job stress, we adopted a universalistic perspective, which is a strategic HRM approach, as our theoretical basis in this study. Participants, who were employees (N = 2,036) of a multinational company operating in South Korea, completed measures of job stress, perception of high-commitment HRM, and perceived supervisor support. Hierarchical regression analyses produced the following results: employee recognition of high-commitment HRM reduced job stress, perceived supervisor support significantly reduced job stress, and perceived supervisor support reinforced the effect of high-commitment HRM in lessening job stress. On the basis of these empirical results, we propose both theoretical and practical implications and discuss the study limitations.