| 英文摘要 |
A total of 740 employees in PRC (Shanghai), Taiwan and Hong Kong completed a battery of structured questionnaires. Results generally supported the work stress process model in all three societies. However there were distinct characteristics of the work stress process embedded in their political-socio-economic and organizational contexts. Specifically, ''Recognition'' was the focal concern for Taiwanese employees, ''Managerial role'' for PRC employees, and ''Workload'', ''Hassles'', ''Organizational climate'' for Hong Kong employees. In addition, the roles of perceived work influence, primary and secondary control beliefs were not different across the three regions. Employees with higher perceived work influence and stronger primary control beliefs perceived lower work stress, reported weaker quitting intentions, but were more satisfied with their jobs, and avowed better mental and physical health. In contrary, employees with stronger secondary control beliefs perceived higher work stress, and suffered from worse mental and physical health. Nonetheless, no stress moderating effects were found across the three regions. |