the role of the supervisors’ commitment on workers health and safety and decreased psychological distress

conclusions lack of supervisor support can result in psychological distress leading to symptoms experienced by the employees. results the results showed that there was a significant internal correlation between supervisor support with physical symptoms and psychological distress (p < 0.05). regression analysis indicated that supervisor support significantly reduced the effect of psychological distress to physical symptoms (p < 0.05). objectives the present study examined the role of supervisor support on employees’ health and safety and psychological distress leading to physical illness symptoms. materials and methods 189 employees of isfahan steel company were randomly selected to complete questionnaires about supervisor support, physical symptoms and psychological distress. the data were analyzed by correlation and regression analysis. background researchers have mentioned that supervisor support for safety may predict occupational accidents and psychological distress in the workplace.