Overall Job Support Several studies have examined the role of perceived support in the workplace. Social supporting general has been defined as "the availability of helping relationships and the quality of those relationships" (Leavy, 1983, p. 5). Cobb (1976) stated that social support equals information that lead individuals to believe that they are cared for, valued and loved, and that they "belong to a network of communication and mutual obligation" (p. 300). Thus, social support could refer to help people receive through personal relationships (i.e., friends and family) as well as through professional relationships (i.e., supervisor or coworkers). When used in the literature, social support at work sometimes refers to relationships with supervisors or coworkers and at other times to the perceived support from the organization as a whole (Veiel & Baumann, 1992). The focus in this study is the support perceived at work instead of from personal support. Therefore, I used the terms perceived organizational support, supervisor support and coworker support when referring to perceived support from the organization, supervisor(s) and coworker(s), respectively. Job support includes all three types of support at the workplace. Perceived organizational support (POS) can be defined as employees' subjective belief that the organization values their contribution, cares about their well-being and will help them if needed to continue their job and to deal with stress effectively (Rhoades & Eisenberger, 2002). For example, the organization may be perceived as supportive when it provides skills training or employee assistance. Similarly, perceived supervisor support (PSS) can be defined as the belief that supervisors value subordinates' contribution and care about their well-being (Kottke & Sharafinski, 1988). For instance, 8