The buffering effect of a workplace COH on role stressors and strain

The correlation between role stressors and strain has been found repeatedly in the workplace stress literature. There has been an increase in companies promoting wellbeing in the workplace, often through wellbeing programs, policies, etc. The current study examines the idea that a workplace culture of health could have a buffering effect on the relationship between the role stressors and strain experienced by employees. As supported by the previous research, the current study suggests that the role stressors of role ambiguity and role conflict are related to strain such as emotional exhaustion and turnover intent. The current study furthered the research by suggesting that a workplace culture of health can have a buffering effect on the relationship between role conflict and emotional exhaustion as well as role conflict and turnover intent. However, the buffering effects of a workplace culture of health on the relationships between role ambiguity and the two measures of strain were not statistically significant and these relationships should be examined further.