The moderating effects of job stress on leisure participation and job performance among journalists

This study tends to test the moderating effects leisure participation on the relationships between job stress and job performance of journalists. 161 questionnaires were issued to newspaper journalists and 51 valid ones were returned in total. the collected data were processed and analyzed using reliability tests,factor analysis,pearson correlation,and hierarchical regression. the moderating effects were tested by following the suggestions made by baron and kenny (1986). the results indicated (1) static activity in leisure participation yielded significant and positive effects on job performance,and negative effects were found in predicting job stress,(2) negative relationship was found between dynamic activity and fatigue,(3) fatigue and dissatisfaction dimensions of in job stress were found to yield negative relationship with job quality in job performance,(4) anxiety,fatigue,and gloominess displayed a remarkably negative correlation with job enthusiasm. several constructs of job stress showed notably intervening effects on leisure participation and job performance. © 2011 pakistan journal of statistics.