Abstract
- The present study provides two tests of Karasek’s (1979) Job Demands Control Model using a sample of 159 employees from a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. Empowerment and informational justice were conceived of as high control and low control, respectively and were examined for their moderating effects on two relationships: 1) the relationship between role overload and burnout and 2) the relationship between role overload and job satisfaction. All four hypotheses were supported. Findings indicate empowerment weakens the positive role overload-burnout relationship and the negative role overload-job satisfaction relationship. Informational justice strengthens the positive role overload-burnout and negative role overload-job satisfaction relationships.