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    'n Bedryfsielkundige ondersoek na die verband tussen sosiale ondersteuning en beroepsaanpassing by middelvlakbestuurders
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1996) Van den Berg, Pieter; De Villiers, W. S.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Industrial Psychology.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is the aim of every worker to experience satisfaction at work. At the same time the organization expects satisfactory performance from workers. When the worker enjoys job satisfaction and is considered as satisfactory by the organization, occupational adjustment will be experienced. According to relevant literature social support can be identified as a factor having an influence on occupational adjustment. An attempt was made in this study to determine whether a relationship exists between the social support that a person receives and occupational adjustment. Various sources of social support exist. Four of these were focused on. They are, the person 's co-workers, superiors, family and friends. The relationship that each of these sources of social support has with occupational adjustment was investigated. The study also focused on the influence that locus of control has on the relationship between social support and occupational adjustment. Finally, the influence that gender has on the relationship between social support and occupational adjustment was put under scrutiny. The sample in this study is compiled of 131 mid-level managers in the banking sector. For the purposes of measuring social support and occupational adjustment, the Work and Support Network Satisfaction Scale of Maynard (1986) was used. The Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, which was developed by Rotter (1966) and adapted by Lefcourt (1982) and Phares (1976), was used in order to measure locus of control.