scholarly journals Employment, psychosocial work environment and well-being among migrant and native physicians in Finnish health care

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.-M. Aalto ◽  
T. Heponiemi ◽  
I. Keskimaki ◽  
H. Kuusio ◽  
L. Hietapakka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work

scholarly journals What happens to the physical and psychosocial work environment when activity-based offices are introduced into academia?

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 230-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Berthelsen ◽  
Tuija Muhonen ◽  
Susanna Toivanen
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

PurposeThere is an increased interest for introducing activity-based offices at universities. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the knowledge about the importance of the built environment for the psychosocial work environment within academia by analyzing how staff at a large Swedish university experienced the physical and psychosocial work environment before and after moving to activity-based offices.Design/methodology/approachA Web-based survey was distributed to all employees at two faculties at a university three months before (2015,n= 217, response rate 51 per cent) and nine months after (2016,n= 200, response rate 47 per cent) relocation to a new activity-based university building.FindingsIn the new premises, a vast majority (86 per cent) always occupied the same place when possible, and worked also more often from home. The social community at work had declined and social support from colleagues and supervisors was perceived to have decreased. The participants reported a lower job satisfaction after the relocation and were more likely to seek new jobs. No aspects in the physical or psychosocial work environment were found to have improved after the relocation.Research/limitations implicationsThe study had a two-wave cross-sectional design, which does not allow establishing causal relations.Practical implicationsThere is reason to be cautious about relocation to activity-based offices at universities. The potential savings in costs for premises may lead to may be followed by an increase in other costs. The risk that staff cannot concentrate on their work in activity-based university workplaces and lose their sense of community with colleagues are factors, which in the long run may lead to decreased efficiency, more conflicts and poorer well-being.Originality/valueThis paper contributes with new knowledge concerning changes in the physical and psychosocial work environment when relocating from cell offices to activity-based offices in a university setting.

Effect of a participative work conference on psychosocial work environment and well-being

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 459-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauliina Mattila ◽  
Anna-Liisa Elo ◽  
Eeva Kuosma ◽  
Eeva Kylä-Setälä
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work

scholarly journals Digital consultations in Swedish primary health care: a qualitative study of physicians’ job control, demand and support

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Fernemark ◽  
Janna Skagerström ◽  
Ida Seing ◽  
Carin Ericsson ◽  
Per Nilsen
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Demand Control

Abstract Background Digital consultation with primary care physicians via mobile telephone apps has been spreading rapidly in Sweden since 2014. Digital consultation allows remote working because physicians can work from home, outside their traditional primary care environment. Despite the spread of digital consultation in primary care, there is a lack of knowledge concerning how the new service affects physicians’ psychosocial work environment. Previous research has focused primarily on the patients’ point of view and the cost-effectiveness of digital consultation. Hence, there is a paucity of studies from the perspective of physicians, focusing on their psychosocial work environment. The aim of this study was to investigate primary care physicians’ perceived work demands, control over working processes, and social support when providing digital consultation to primary care patients. Methods The study has a qualitative design, using semi-structured interviews conducted in Sweden in 2019. We used a purposeful sampling strategy to achieve a heterogeneous sample of physicians who represented a broad spectrum of experiences and perceptions. The interviews were conducted by video meeting, telephone, or a personal meeting, depending on what suited the participant best. The interview questions were informed by the Job Demand-Control-Support (JDCS) model, which was also used as the framework to analyze the data by categorizing the physicians’ perceptions and experiences into the three categories of the model (Demand, Control, Support), in the deductive analysis of the data. Results Analysis of the data yielded 9 subcategories, which were mapped onto the 3 categories of the JDCS model. Overall, the participants saw numerous benefits with digital consultations, not only with regard to their own job situation but also for patients and the health care system in general even though they identified some shortcomings and risks with digital care. Conclusions This study has demonstrated that physicians perceive working with digital consultation as flexible with a high grade of autonomy and reasonable to low demands. According to the participants, digital consultation is not something you can work with full time if medical skills and abilities are to be maintained and developed.

At work but ill: psychosocial work environment and well‐being determinants of presenteeism propensity

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Biron ◽  
Jean‐Pierre Brun ◽  
Hans Ivers ◽  
Cary Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work

scholarly journals Digital Consultations in Swedish Primary Health Care: A Qualitative Study of Physicians’ Job control, Demand and Support

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Fernemark ◽  
Janna Skagerstrom ◽  
Ida Seing ◽  
Carin Ericsson ◽  
Per Nilsen
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Demand Control

Abstract Background: Digital consultation with primary care physicians via mobile telephone apps has been spreading rapidly in Sweden since 2014. Digital consultation allows remote working because physicians can work from home, outside their traditional primary care environment. Despite the spread of digital consultation in primary care, there is a lack of knowledge concerning how the new service affects physicians’ psychosocial work environment. Previous research has focused primarily on the patients’ point of view and the cost-effectiveness of digital consultation. Hence, there is a paucity of studies from the perspective of physicians, focusing on their psychosocial work environment. The aim of this study was to investigate primary care physicians’ perceived work demands, control over working processes, and social support when providing digital consultation to primary care patients.Methods: The study has a qualitative design, using semi-structured interviews conducted in Sweden in 2019. We used a purposeful sampling strategy to achieve a heterogeneous sample of physicians who represented a broad spectrum of experiences and perceptions. The interviews were conducted by video meeting, telephone, or a personal meeting, depending on what suited the participant best. The interview questions were informed by the Job Demand-Control-Support (JDCS) model, which was also used as the framework to analyze the data by categorizing the physicians’ perceptions and experiences into the three categories of the model (Demand, Control, Support), in the deductive analysis of the data.Results: Analysis of the data yielded 9 subcategories, which were mapped onto the 3 categories of the JDCS model. Overall, the participants saw numerous benefits with digital consultations, not only with regard to their own job situation but also for patients and the health care system in general even though they identified some shortcomings and risks with digital care.Conclusions: This study has demonstrated that physicians perceive working with digital consultation as flexible with a high grade of autonomy and reasonable to low demands. According to the participants, digital consultation is not something you can work with full time if medical skills and abilities are to be maintained and developed.

The importance of the supervisor for the mental health and work attitudes of Australian aged care nurses

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 382-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Rodwell ◽  
Angela Martin
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Attitudes ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Interpersonal Justice ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTBackground: The work attitudes and psychological well-being of aged care nurses are important factors impacting on the current and future capacity of the aged care workforce. Expanding our understanding of the ways in which the psychosocial work environment influences these outcomes is important in order to enable organizations to improve the management of human resources in this sector.Methods: Using survey data from a sample of 222 Australian aged care nurses, regression analyses were employed to test the relative impact of a range of psychosocial work environment variables derived from the demand-control-support (DCS) model and organizational justice variables on satisfaction, commitment, well-being, and depression.Results: The expanded model predicted the work attitudes and well-being of aged care nurses, particularly the DCS components. Specifically, demand was related to depression, well-being, and job satisfaction, job control was related to depression, commitment, and job satisfaction, and supervisor support and interpersonal fairness were related to well-being. The contributions of informational and interpersonal justice, along with the main and interaction effects of supervisor support, highlight the centrality of the supervisor in addressing the impact of job demands on aged care nurses.Conclusion: Psychosocial variables have utility beyond predicting stress outcomes to the work attitudes of nurses in an aged care setting and thus present further avenues of research for the retention of nurses and improved patient care.

scholarly journals Job-related Stress and Well-being Among Teachers: A Cross Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Ruth Wong
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Job Related Stress

Teachers are believed to be a profession which brings relatively high job satisfaction as well as high level of stress in their job settings because of various reasons such as heavy workload, long teaching hours, large class size, students’ disciplinary problems, cramped classrooms, excessive administrative work and so on. To examine what the main stressors are and whether gender and teaching experiences will make a difference on how teachers perceive job-related stress, this study has designed a questionnaire called Stress and Job Satisfaction Scale for Teacher (SJSST) to explore the issues. Results showed that school teachers faced moderate level of job-related stress. The main stressors were ‘demands from job’, ‘work-life balance’ and ‘control over work’. It was also found that male teachers had higher level of stress in general. ‘Psychosocial work environment’, ‘health & well-being’, and ‘relations at work’ were found to have significant difference between male and female teachers. According to the results of ANOVA, years of teaching experience were significant for all stressors. Teachers with more than 30 years of teaching experience received highest level of stress from ‘demands from job’ and ‘work-life balance’ among other groups of teachers. Teachers with 11-20 years of experience had highest level of stress from ‘control over work’ and ‘psychosocial work environment’. While teachers with 6-10 years of experience, they suffered highest level of stress from ‘health and well-being’, ‘future and change’, ‘relations at work’, and ‘physical environment’.

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