In the present study, occupational risk and protective
factors from hypotheses 1a and 2a could be confirmed
which is consistent with results from (Elfering 2006),
(Elfering and Mannion 2008) and (Linton 2001). However,
findings from this study need to be considered in the
context of its sample size. Although they should not be
underestimated, stressor effects in the workplace are often
moderate (Semmer and Udris 2007). Large workplace
stressor effects would have been required in order to be
observed in a study of this sample size.