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Moms (1980) conducted a study on 3 widely diflering-vocational groupings (professional, clerical and manual employees;55, 129 and 75 subjects respectively). Results ind~cated thatcomparattve influences of role confl~ct and role ambiguity differwith respect to the outcomes - organisational commitment, job~nvolvement, work - related psychosomatic illness - with respect tod~flerences tn the complenty of roleshrnble (1980) tn hls study on 80 dtstnct agriculturists~agncultural cxtcnslon agents) found that tolerance of arnbtgulry,agc extcnston tralntng and extenston expenence acted asmoderat~ng vanablrs In some of the relationshtps bctwcen rolesrrcss and var~ous personal outcomesGrrenr 119801. m hts stud\, obtatned data from 247 sentorsctenttsts and englnecrs emplo\ed m the research andde\~elopmenr dlmslons of an alr frame manufacturer, an electrontcsand buslncss equipment firm. and a paper productsmanufnctumr The object~\,e was to assess the moderat~ng effectsof formnlraaoon on the relauonship bemaen major forms of~denuficatron : the profers~onal. orgamaaoonal, mrxtd'. andmbfferent~dcntlficationa. \nth role streso v~nebles. Results