scholarly journals The Impact of a Workplace Terrorist Attack on the Psychosocial Work Environment: A Longitudinal Study From Pre- to Post-disaster

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Berthelsen ◽  
Marianne Bang Hansen ◽  
Alexander Nissen ◽  
Morten Birkeland Nielsen ◽  
Stein Knardahl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Role Clarity ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Role Conflicts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Combined Data

The psychosocial work environment is of great importance for regaining health and productivity after a workplace disaster. Still, there is a lack of knowledge about the impact of a disaster on the psychosocial work environment. The purpose of this study was to examine whether employees' perceptions of role clarity, role conflicts, and predictability in their work situation changed from before to after a workplace terrorist attack. We combined data from two prospective work environment surveys of employees in three governmental ministries that were the target of the 2011 Oslo terrorist attack. A first two-wave survey was conducted 4–5 years and 2–3 years before the attack, and a second three-wave survey took place 10 months, 2 years, and 3 years after the attack. Of 504 individuals who were employed at the time of the bombing, 220 were employed in both pre- and post-disaster periods, participated in both the first and the second survey, and consented to the linking of data from the two surveys. We found no significant changes in levels of role clarity, role conflict, and predictability from before to after the terrorist attack. Adjusting for sex, age and education had no effect on the results. The findings suggest that perceptions of the psychosocial working environment are likely to be maintained at previous levels in the aftermath of a workplace disaster. Considering the importance of the psychosocial work environment for regaining health and productivity, the findings are important for the preparation for, and management of, future crises.

scholarly journals Prognostic Factors of Returning to Work after Sick Leave due to Work-Related Common Mental Disorders: A One- and Three-Year Follow-Up Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Netterstrøm ◽  
Nanna Hurwitz Eller ◽  
Marianne Borritz
Keyword(s):  
Prognostic Factors ◽  
Sick Leave ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Occupational Position ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this paper was to assess the prognostic factors of return to work (RTW) after one and three years among people on sick leave due to occupational stress.Methods. The study population comprised 223 completers on sick leave, who participated in a stress treatment program. Self-reported psychosocial work environment, life events during the past year, severity of the condition, occupational position, employment sector, marital status, and medication were assessed at baseline. RTW was assessed with data from a national compensation database (DREAM).Results. Self-reported high demands, low decision authority, low reward, low support from leaders and colleagues, bullying, high global symptom index, length of sick leave at baseline, and stressful negative life events during the year before baseline were associated with no RTW after one year. Low work ability and full-time sick leave at inclusion were predictors after three years too. Being single was associated with no RTW after three years. The type of treatment, occupational position, gender, age, and degree of depression were not associated with RTW after one or three years.Conclusion. The impact of the psychosocial work environment as predictor for RTW disappeared over time and only the severity of the condition was a predictor for RTW in the long run.

scholarly journals Associations between physical and psychosocial work environment factors and sickness absence incidence depend on the lengths of the sickness absence episodes: a prospective study of 27 678 Danish employees

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
Sannie Vester Thorsen ◽  
Mari-Ann Flyvholm ◽  
Jacob Pedersen ◽  
Ute Bültmann ◽  
Lars L Andersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Role Conflicts ◽  
Environment Factors ◽  
Work Factors ◽  
Work Environment Factors

ObjectivesThis study examined if the association between work environment factors and sickness absence (SA) depended on the inclusion or exclusion of short-term SA episodes.MethodsWe linked the ‘Work Environment and Health in Denmark’ survey with the ‘Danish Register of Work Absences’ (n=27 678). Using covariate adjusted Cox regression, we examined the associations between work environment factors and SA by changing the cut-off points for the length of the SA episodes, for example, episodes ≥1 day, ≥6 days and ≥21 days. We examined three physical work environment factors: ‘Back bend or twisted’, ‘Lifting or carrying’, ‘Wet hands’ and three psychosocial work environment factors: ‘Poor influence’, ‘Role conflicts’ and ‘Bullying’.Results‘Back bend or twisted’ and ‘Lifting or carrying’ had small significant HRs for SA episodes ≥1 day and large and highly significant HRs for SA episodes ≥6 days and ≥21 days. ‘Wet hands’ had small significant HRs for SA episodes ≥1 day for both sexes and large and highly significant HR for ≥6 days for women. HRs of all three psychosocial factors were highly significant for SA episodes ≥1 day and ≥6 days for both sexes, and ‘Poor influence’ and ‘Role conflicts’ were significant for SA episodes ≥21 days for women.ConclusionsThe physical work factors had higher associations with SA when SA episodes of 1–5 days were excluded and focus was on SA episodes ≥6 days. The psychosocial work factors were strongly associated with SA both with and without SA episodes of 1–5 days included in the analyses.

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.

The impact of poor psychosocial work environment on non-work-related sickness absence

2015 ◽  
Vol 138 ◽  
pp. 210-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Catalina-Romero ◽  
J.C. Sainz ◽  
J.I. Pastrana-Jiménez ◽  
N. García-Diéguez ◽  
I. Irízar-Muñoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Does Psychosocial Work Environment Factors Predict Stress and Mean Arterial Pressure in the Malaysian Industry Workers?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umair Javaid ◽  
Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isha ◽  
Asrar Ahmed Sabir ◽  
Zulkipli Ghazali ◽  
Matthias Nübling
Keyword(s):  
Mean Arterial Pressure ◽  
Arterial Pressure ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Environment Factors ◽  
Work Environment Factors ◽  
The Impact

Psychosocial risks are considered as a burning issue in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of psychosocial work environment factors on health of petrochemical industry workers of Malaysia. In lieu to job demands-resources theory, significant positive associations were found between quantitative demands, work-family conflict, and job insecurity with stress, while a significant negative association of role clarity as a resource factor with stress was detected. We also found that quantitative demands were significantly associated with the mean arterial pressure (MAP). Multistage sampling procedure was used to collect study sample. Structural Equation Modeling was used to identify relationship between the endogenous and exogenous variables. Finally, the empirically tested psychosocial work environment model will further help in providing a better risk assessment in different industries and enterprises.

scholarly journals The Impact of Leadership and Psychosocial Work Environment on Recipient Satisfaction in Nursing Homes and Home Care

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 233372141984124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Lundgren ◽  
Marie Ernsth Bravell ◽  
Ulrika Börjesson ◽  
Ingemar Kåreholt
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Older People ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Nursing Assistants ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the association between nursing assistants’ assessment of leadership, their psychosocial work environment, and satisfaction among older people receiving care in nursing homes and home care. Cross-sectional surveys were conducted with nursing assistants ( n = 1,132) and people receiving care ( n = 1,535) in 45 nursing homes and 21 home care units. Direct leadership was associated with the psychosocial work environment in nursing homes and home care. Furthermore, better leadership was related to higher satisfaction among nursing assistants and older people in nursing homes. Thus, indirect leadership had no effect on recipients’ satisfaction in either nursing homes or home care. The path analysis showed an indirect effect between leadership factors and recipient satisfaction. The findings suggest that the psychosocial work environment of nursing assistants and recipient satisfaction in nursing homes can be increased by improving leadership.

The impact of moderate and major workplace expansion and downsizing on the psychosocial and physical work environment and income in Sweden

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane E. Ferrie ◽  
Hugo Westerlund ◽  
Gabriel Oxenstierna ◽  
Töres Theorell
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Psychosocial Work Environment ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Psychosocial Work ◽  
Physical Hazards ◽  
Data Limitations ◽  
The Impact

Aims: To describe the effect of organizational change (moderate and major expansion and downsizing) on psychosocial work characteristics, physical hazards, and income in a representative sample of larger workplaces in Sweden. Methods: Annual changes in workforce size for the years 1991—1996 were derived from tax registry data. Work environment characteristics were measured in a sub-set of participants from the biennial Swedish Work Environment Surveys for 1991, 1993, and 1995. Income data were derived from national registries. Results: Not all organizational change resulted in a poorer work environment. The number of beneficial outcomes associated with moderate downsizing and moderate expansion in the public sector outweighed the number of adverse outcomes. However, in the private sector the overall effect of moderate organizational change was a poorer work environment. Major downsizing was associated with a better psychosocial work environment for private-sector men and major expansion with a poorer environment for public-sector women and private-sector men. Otherwise, associations between major organizational change and the psychosocial work environment were mixed across sex and sector, although major organizational change was consistently associated with a greater risk of physical hazards. Low income was associated exclusively with organizational downsizing in the private sector. Conclusions: More research is needed to determine whether the work environment can explain observed associations between organizational change and health. Data limitations prevented the authors from examining this in the present study. Their findings indicate that future research on the work environment should pay more attention to physical hazards.

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