Abstract
Stress in the workplace is prevalent and an important concern in organizational practice. Apart from being shaped by situational factors and individual propensities, people’s stress experiences are affected by their social contacts via interactions. Little is known about how compositional features of one’s local network amplify or dampen the strength of this social force. Adopting a network perspective, we propose that the degree of peer consensus in stress perceptions positively moderates individuals’ susceptibility to peer influence. We conducted a 6-month longitudinal study of the coevolution of psychological stress and social ties applying stochastic actor-oriented models. Our analysis supported the moderation hypothesis: The higher the variance of stress scores among peers was (i.e., the lower the consensus), the less the focal person was influenced by his/her peers’ stress. Our work establishes that consensus amplifies the power of peer influence on stress development.
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