Date
1-16-2025
Department
School of Behavioral Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)
Chair
Nathan Borrett
Keywords
burnout, job satisfaction, solidarity, turnover intention, work stress
Disciplines
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Ronyak, Marcella R., "The Relationship Between Solidarity and Job Satisfaction, Burnout, Work Stress, and Turnover Intention" (2025). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 6438.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/6438
Abstract
This quantitative study examined the relationship between supervisor-subordinate solidarity and subordinates’ level of job satisfaction among Indian Health Services (IHS) employees. Research has indicated that supervisor solidarity influenced job satisfaction, which allowed job satisfaction to serve as a mediator variable to negatively induce burnout and work stress and positively impact turnover intention. This study examined these variables using the Interpersonal Solidarity Scale © (Wheeless, 1976), Job Satisfaction Survey © (Spector, 1985), Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach & Jackson, 1981), Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen & Williamson, 1988), and Turnover Intention (adapted Wei-Yuan et al., 2023). Correlations were used to analyze relationships between solidarity and burnout, work stress, and turnover intention. Linear multiple regression examined whether job satisfaction mediated burnout, work stress, and turnover intention. The results confirmed the hypothesis that job satisfaction was positively associated with solidarity (r = 0.51, p > 0.01). Regression results demonstrated that job satisfaction predicted burnout (β = -.506, p < .001), work stress (β = - .366, p < .001), and turnover intention (β = -.452, p < .001). The models for evaluating the mediation between solidarity and job satisfaction as predictors for each of the outcomes were non-significant: burnout (β = .005, p = .136), work stress (β = .000, p = .805), and turnover intention (β = -.001, p = -.378). Job satisfaction and solidarity, separately, had a significant effect on burnout, work stress, and turnover intention.
