The Influence of Perceived Organizational Support on Job Stress among Selected Public and Private Sector Employees in Lagos State, Nigeria

This study explored the influence of perceived organizational support on job stress among selected public and private sector employees in Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select three hund red and f ifty four (354) participants (M= 181: F= 173) from both public (n=177) and private organizations (n=177). Two psychological Tests, namely: Perceived Organizational Support Scale (POSS) and the Job Stress Scale (JSS) were completed by the participants and the data collected were analyzed using Pearson’s product moment correlat ion, independent sample t - tests and simple linear regression at 0.05 level of significance for the purpose of testing the three hypotheses proposed in this study. The results revealed a significant inverse relationship between perceived organizational support and job stress, this implies that an increase in perceived organizational support will lead to a decrease in the level of job stress and vice versa; it was also fo und that perceived organizational support accounted for 6% variance in job stress and finally, there was no significant difference in the responses to job stress between the participants who had