STRESS, STRAIN, AND THEIR MODERATORS: AN EMPIRICAL COMPARISON OF ENTREPRENEURS AND MANAGERS.

This study tested three main effects: (1) the effect of job stressors (role conflict, role ambiguity, role overload, and role insufficiency) on strain (depression, anxiety, cognitive disturbance, and anger); (2) the effects of locus of control and social support on job stress and strain; and (3) the moderating (interaction) effects of locus of control and social support on the relationship between stress and strain. These relationships were tested with questionnaire data from two random samples of 238 entrepreneurs and 288 managers. Results from a multivariate analysis of variance showed that the entrepreneurs and managers differed significantly on stress, locus of control, and social support. Results from hierarchical regression analyses, after controlling for the demographic variables, found support for all ten main effects and one of the four moderating effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]