The moderating role of religiosity in the relationship between job demand and perceived workplace stress among employees of the Antipolo City Hall.

Abstract

This study examined the moderating role of religiosity in the relationship between job demand and perceived workplace stress among government employees. The relationship of religiosity and perceived workplace stress was also investigated. Data were collected from a sample composed of 104 employees from the Antipolo City Hall. Religiosity was broken down into five facets: spiritual experience, sense of meaning, religious practices, religious coping and congregational support. Spiritual experience, sense of meaning, religious practices and congregational support were found to be significantly related to perceived workplace stress. For the moderation analysis, however, these four facets were not found to have a significant moderating effect when they interact in the relationship between job demand and perceived workplace stress. Religious coping was the only facet of religiosity found to have a significant moderating effect in the relationship between job demand and perceived workplace stress. Further analysis showed that when levels of religious coping were high, the positive relationship between job demand and perceived workplace stress was weakened.