UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business ------------------------------ Hong Phuong Nhi THE MODERATING EFFECT OF LOCUS OF CONTROL ON JOB STRESS-JOB SATISFACTION RELATIONSHIP: EVIDENCE FROM THE BANKING INDUSTRY IN VIETNAM MASTER OF BUSINESS (Honours) Ho Chi Minh City - Year 2016 UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business ------------------------------ Hong Phuong Nhi THE MODERATING EFFECT OF LOCUS OF CONTROL ON JOB STRESS-JOB SATISFACTION RELATIONSHIP: EVIDENCE FROM THE BANKING INDUSTRY IN VIETNAM ID: 22140033 MASTER OF BUSINESS (Honours) SUPERVISOR: Dr. Tran Phuong Thao Ho Chi Minh City - Year 2016 Table of content 1. Literature review and hypothesis development. Related review and hypothesis.
Procedure and sample. Data analysis and results. LOC as moderator of job stress - job satisfaction relationship:. Common method variance.
Implications for theory and research. Implications for managers. Limitations and directions for future research. Questionnaire English version.
Questionnaire Vietnamese version (Bảng câu hỏi khảo sát). 48 List of tables and figures Table 1 : Literature review. 17 Figure 1 : Conceptual model. 20 Table 2 : Descriptive statistics.
22 Table 3 : Means, Cronbach alpha, and EFA loadings of items after deleting items. 24 Table 4 : Means, standard deviations, correlations and internal consistency reliabilities. 28 Table 5 : Results of hierarchical regression testing moderating hypotheses for whole sample. 30 Table 6 : Results of hierarchical regression testing moderating hypotheses for two groups.
32 The moderating effect of locus of control on job stress-job satisfaction relationship: evidence from the banking industry in Vietnam Abstract This research aims to investigate the impact of locus of control on relationship between three dimensions of job stress (role ambiguity, role conflict and work overload) and job satisfaction in the banking industry in Vietnam. This study also examines different levels of job stress and job satisfaction of employees between state-owned banks and private banks. The hierarchical regression was conducted to examine the impact. The results indicated that role conflict, work overload and locus of control had significantly negative impact on job satisfaction.
The results also showed the moderating effect of locus of control on the job stress – job satisfaction relationship in private banks. Introduction Employees can be one of the most precious fortunes in firms. While banking marrket has been growing faster and faster, bank employees have experienced job stress. Job stress refers to any characteristics of working environment posing a threat to individual (Caplan, Cobb & French, 1975).
Malik (2011) indicates that the global banking sector has experienced rapid and significant changes due to globalization, harsh competition. Hence, such workplace seems to cause stress for bank employees. Besides, a wide range of prior studies show that bank employees have experienced a high level of stress and low job satisfaction (Devi & Sharma, 2013; Bajpai & Srivastava, 2004; Karatepe & Aga, 2013). A study by Malik and Waheed (2010) also mentions this negative relationship between job stress and job satisfaction in banking industry.
Other studies also indicate that bank employees are suffering from the issues of low wages, high turnover, and job insecurity among bank employees which may lead to low job satisfaction (Springer, 2011; Belias, Koustelios, Sdrolias & Aspridis, 2015). Similar findings on the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction could be seen in other industries (Behrman, 1984; Grefson & Wendell, 1994; Chiu, Chien, Lin & Hsiao, 2005; Khattak, Ul-Ain & Iqbal, 2013). For example, Chen and Silverthorne (2008) examine job stress in accountant firms. Siegal (2000) investigates three dimensions of job stress in software companies.
Moreover, Balogun and Olowodunoye (2012) confirm that job satisfaction significantly impacts on turnover intention among bank employees. Therefore, how to control job stress – job satisfaction relationship is one of key factors in human resources management. 6 In recent years, the Vietnamese banking industry has developed remarkably. As reported by the National Financial Supervisory Commission (Ninh, 2016), the whole banking system has 35 local commercial banks, 55 foreign bank branches, comparing to the figure of 4 commercial banks in 1986 (renovation stage).
Since Vietnam joined in World trade organization (WTO) in 2007, banking market has become more and more competitive.