Workplace bullying and mental health among teachers in relation to psychosocial job characteristics and burnout

Migrant workers may experience higher burdens of occupational injury and illness compared to native-born workers, which may be due to the differential exposure to occupational hazards, differential vulnerability to exposure-associated health impacts, or both. This study aims to assess if the relationships between psychosocial job characteristics and mental health vary by migrant status in Australia (differential vulnerability). A total of 8969 persons from wave 14 (2014–2015) of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey were included in the analysis. Psychosocial job characteristics included skill discretion, decision authority and job insecurity. Mental health was assessed via a Mental Health Inventory-5 score (MHI-5), with a higher score indicating better mental health. Migrant status was defined by (i) country of birth (COB), (ii) the combination of COB and English/Non-English dominant language of COB and (iii) the combination of COB and years since arrival in Australia. Data were analysed using linear regression, adjusting for gender, age and educational attainment. Migrant status was analysed as an effect modifier of the relationships between psychosocial job characteristics and mental health. Skill discretion and decision authority were positively associated with the MHI-5 score while job insecurity was negatively associated with the MHI-5 score. We found no statistical evidence of migrant status acting as an effect modifier of the psychosocial job characteristic―MHI-5 relationships. With respect to psychosocial job characteristic―mental health relationships, these results suggest that differential exposure to job stressors is a more important mechanism than differential vulnerability for generating occupational health inequities between migrants and native-born workers in Australia.

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Psychosocial job characteristics, social support, and sense of coherence as determinants of mental health among nurses

Medicina ◽

10.3390/medicina45110117 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 45 (11) ◽

pp. 910 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Vilija Malinauskienė ◽

Palmira Leišytė ◽

Romualdas Malinauskas

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Sense Of Coherence ◽

Mental Distress ◽

Job Strain ◽

Job Characteristics ◽

Health Problems ◽

Job Control ◽

Psychosocial Job Characteristics ◽

Support At Work

Objective. Employment in human service occupations as nursing is reported to display high risk for mental health, and occupational stress has been found to be one of the major work-related health problems. The objective of the study was to explore the associations between psychosocial job characteristics, social support, and internal resources as determinants of mental health status in a sample of Kaunas district nurses. Material and methods. A survey was conducted among the nurses of Kaunas district community in 2008–2009. A total of 638 nurses were randomly selected, and 372 filled in the questionnaire (response rate, 58.3%). Mental distress was measured using the Goldberg 12-item General Health Questionnaire and psychosocial job characteristics using the Swedish version of the Karasek Demand-Control questionnaire. Sense of coherence was measured by the three-item version questionnaire. The logistic regression was performed. Results. Less than one-third (23.0%) of nurses had symptoms of mental distress; 31.9% of nurses had weak sense of coherence. High job demands were associated with mental distress after adjustment for age, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, job control, social support, sense of coherence, family crisis, self-rated health as compared to one year ago (OR=2.15; 95% CI, 1.07–4.30), low job control (OR=1.22; 95% CI, 0.64–2.31), job strain-low social support at work (OR=3.78; 95% CI, 2.08–6.87). Conclusions. Mental distress among the nurses of Kaunas district was associated with adverse psychosocial job characteristics. Job strain-low social support at work was the strongest risk factor for mental distress among nurses. Strong sense of coherence as personal characteristic served as a buffer, protecting nurses against the development of mental health problems.

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Job characteristics in the United States Air Force and Mental health service utilization

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e453972006-001 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

Victor A. Baumgarten

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

United States ◽

Mental Health Service ◽

Health Service ◽

Air Force ◽

Health Service Utilization ◽

United States Air Force ◽

Job Characteristics ◽

The United States ◽

Mental Health Service Utilization

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Nexus between preventive policy inadequacies, workplace bullying, and mental health: Qualitative findings from the experiences of Australian public sector employees

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing ◽

10.1111/inm.12190 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 12-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

John Hurley ◽

Marie Hutchinson ◽

Joanne Bradbury ◽

Graeme Browne

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Public Sector ◽

Workplace Bullying ◽

Public Sector Employees ◽

Preventive Policy

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Comparison of Psychological Distress, Life Satisfaction and Workplace Bullying Between Site and Office Workers in Oil and Gas Industry

10.2118/208002-ms ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Diah Kusumawati ◽

Dadan Erwandi ◽

Fatma Lestari ◽

Abdul Kadir

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Psychological Stress ◽

Workplace Bullying ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

Office Workers ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Psychosocial Hazards ◽

Significant Difference

Abstract In recent years, various industries become increasingly aware of the importance of mental health. Mental health is closely related to the management of psychosocial hazards in the workplace. The oil and gas industry is considered to be one of the laggards in the management of workers’ psychosocial hazards and mental health even though mental health is considered to affect workers’ health and operational safety. Workplace bullying is a phenomenon that can give adverse effects to individual workers and the organization. For workers, bullying can interfere with physical health, psychological stress, and satisfaction with life and work. This paper discusses prevalence of workplace bullying, psychological stress, and satisfaction with life of workers in the upstream oil and gas industry. The phenomenon experienced by workers on Sites is compared with the experience of the office workers in this paper, with no significant differences found between the incidence of bullying and satisfaction with life between the two populations. On the other hand, there is a significant difference in the psychological stress and chronic diseases reported by the respondents. Site workers experience higher psychological stress and more reported chronic health disorders than the office workers.

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Workplace Bullying and Mental Health

Handbooks of Workplace Bullying, Emotional Abuse and Harassment ◽

10.1007/978-981-13-0935-9_5 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 101-128

Author(s):

Paul Maurice Conway ◽

Annie Høgh ◽

Cristian Balducci ◽

Denis Kiyak Ebbesen

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Workplace Bullying

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Indirect effect of workplace bullying on emotional exhaustion through job insecurity among Malaysian workers

Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research ◽

10.1108/jiabr-11-2018-0182 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 1325-1342

Author(s):

Alireza Jalali ◽

Mastura Jaafar ◽

Nur Izzati Hidzir

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Workplace Bullying ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Job Insecurity ◽

Religious Involvement ◽

Self Report ◽

Content Type

Purpose Although workplace bullying has often been considered a significant source of health-related problems, only a handful of studies have deeply examined this relationship. This paper aims to fill this gap by inspecting the direct as well as indirect relationships between bullying and emotional exhaustion. This study also explores the buffering role of religion between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion. Design/methodology/approach This correlational paper used the quantitative method of data collection (N = 102) from employees in Malaysia and used SmartPLS to analyze the data. To operationalize workplace bullying as the second-order factor, partial least squares was used to estimate the two-stage model through the repeated use of a manifest variable. Findings The result of the current study showed that workplace bullying has a positive impact on job insecurity as well as emotional exhaustion while also having a positive indirect effect on emotional exhaustion through job insecurity. Moreover, the result of this study reveals that religion has a moderating (buffering) influence on the relationship between job insecurity and emotional exhaustion. Research limitations/implications The study merely applied self-report measures, thus potentially involving the common method variance problems. Practical implications Human resource professionals must be aware that employees who are exposed to bullying actions may consider emotional exhaustion and job security needs to be restored among targets. For instance, they need to ensure that no unwanted and illegitimate relocation or alternation of work task has occurred. Furthermore, it is significant to encourage employees to regularly attend religious services because religious involvement could foster mental health, in part by lowering the risk of exposure to stressful life events such as job insecurity. Originality/value This study could be beneficial for organizations and researchers looking to address emotional exhaustion, security and bullying in a context broader than physical health and may further supplement the discussions around workplace bullying, mental health and religion.

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