The impact of stressors on job satisfaction cannot be
fully understood without determining the effectiveness
of the coping strategies used to manage the mismatch
between person and the environmental event (Lazarus
& Folkman 1984), in this instance, organisational
change. Little is known about the adoption of effective
coping behaviours as mediators of non-nursing
and nursing stressors on job satisfaction. While the
literature has shown a negative association between
nursing stressors and job satisfaction, little is known
of the effects of change-induced administrative stressors
on nursing work and its impact on job outcomes.
The current study extends the literature by examining
the causality of administrative stressors on nursing
and role stressors, effective coping strategies, and job
satisfaction (see Figure 1).