scholarly journals Significant Life Events and Career Sustainability: A Three-Wave Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13129
Author(s):  
Shagini Udayar ◽  
Leandro Ivan Canzio ◽  
Ieva Urbanaviciute ◽  
Jonas Masdonati ◽  
Jérôme Rossier
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Negative Work ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Significant Life ◽  
Stress At Work ◽  
Work Events ◽  
Positive Work

Over the last three decades, the professional landscape has changed, and career paths have become more plural, complex, and flexible, as well as less predictable. Consequently, career sustainability has become a major concern. Since the framework of sustainable careers captures the complexities of modern careers, we used it in the present study to understand how various types of significant life events (i.e., negative work events, negative nonwork events, positive work events, and positive nonwork events) hinder or foster career sustainability among 870 professionally active adults in Switzerland using a longitudinal design. We used repeated measures analysis of variance to study changes in health (i.e., self-rated health and stress at work), happiness (i.e., life satisfaction, quality of life, and job satisfaction), and productivity (i.e., employability and career prospects) by the type of significant life events over time, from 1 year before the event (T0) to 1 year after the event (T2). Results indicated that work events are important to consider when studying career sustainability as there is evidence for spillover effects from work to life. Specifically, experiencing positive work events seems to foster career sustainability, and these effects seem to be stronger than the negative effect of negative work or nonwork life events on health, happiness, and productivity.

scholarly journals Coping strategies in relation to negative work events and accommodations in employed multiple sclerosis patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 205521731668063 ◽  
Author(s):  
K van der Hiele ◽  
DAM van Gorp ◽  
RHB Benedict ◽  
PJ Jongen ◽  
EPJ Arnoldus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Negative Work ◽  
Productivity Losses ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis Patients ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Work Events

Background Job loss is common in multiple sclerosis (MS) and is known to exert a negative effect on quality of life. The process leading up to job loss typically includes negative work events, productivity losses and a need for accommodations. By using active coping strategies job loss may be prevented or delayed. Objective Our goal was to examine negative work events and accommodations in relation to coping strategies in employed relapsing–remitting MS patients. Methods Ninety-seven MS patients (77% females; 21–59 years old) completed questionnaires concerning the patient’s work situation, coping strategies, demographics, physical, psychological and cognitive functioning. Forward binary logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine coping strategies and other (disease) characteristics predictive of reported negative work events and accommodations. Results Nineteen per cent of the employed MS patients reported one or more negative work events, associated with a higher use of emotion-oriented coping and more absenteeism. Seventy-three per cent reported using one or more work accommodations, associated with a higher educational level and more presenteeism. MS patients reporting physical changes to the workplace employed more emotion-oriented coping, while flexible scheduling was associated with task-oriented coping. Conclusion Emotion-oriented and task-oriented coping strategies are associated with negative work events and the use of accommodations.

Bad versus good: Do positive work events predict nurses' engagement?

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn N. Deese ◽  
Lindsay E. Sears ◽  
Robert R. Sinclair ◽  
Robert R. Wright ◽  
David Cadiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Events ◽  
Positive Work

scholarly journals Is behaving unethically for organizations a mixed blessing? A dual-pathway model for the work-to-family spillover effects of unethical pro-organizational behavior

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haixiao Chen ◽  
Ho Kwong Kwan ◽  
Jie Xin
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Pathway Model ◽  
Positive Spillover ◽  
Dual Pathway ◽  
Stress At Work ◽  
Mixed Blessing

AbstractThis research examines the mixed work-to-family spillover effects of unethical pro-organizational behavior. Drawing on conservation of resources theory and the work–home resources model, we develop a dual-pathway model to explain such effects. Based on a three-wave field study involving 214 respondents in China, we find engagement in unethical pro-organizational behavior to be positively associated with employees’ organization-based self-esteem and stress at work, which in turn, leads to work-to-family positive spillover and work-to-family conflict, respectively. We also find that performing tensions moderate the mixed effects of unethical pro-organizational behavior on organization-based self-esteem and work stress and the indirect effects of unethical pro-organizational behavior on work-to-family positive spillover and work-to-family conflict. Our findings have theoretical implications for business ethics scholars and practical implications for managers.

scholarly journals An Online Educational Program Improves Pediatric Oncology Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Spiritual Care Competence

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl L. Petersen ◽  
Margaret Faut Callahan ◽  
Donna O. McCarthy ◽  
Ronda G. Hughes ◽  
Rosemary White-Traut ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Pediatric Nurses ◽  
Children With Cancer ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

This study evaluated the potential impact of an online spiritual care educational program on pediatric nurses’ attitudes toward and knowledge of spiritual care and their competence to provide spiritual care to children with cancer at the end of life. It was hypothesized that the intervention would increase nurses’ positive attitudes toward and knowledge of spiritual care and increase nurses’ level of perceived spiritual care competence. A positive correlation was expected between change in nurses’ perceived attitudes toward and knowledge of spiritual care and change in nurses’ perceived spiritual care competence. A prospective, longitudinal design was employed, and analyses included one-way repeated-measures analysis of variance, linear regression, and partial correlation. Statistically significant differences were found in nurses’ attitudes toward and knowledge of spiritual care and nurses’ perceived spiritual care competence. There was a positive relationship between change scores in nurses’ attitudes toward and knowledge of spiritual care and nurses’ spiritual care competence. Online spiritual care educational programs may exert a lasting impact on nurses’ attitudes toward and knowledge of spiritual care and their competence to provide spiritual care to children with cancer at the end of life. Additional studies are required to evaluate the direct effects of educational interventions patient outcomes.

Fatigue of mouse soleus muscle, using the work loop technique.

1997 ◽  
Vol 200 (22) ◽  
pp. 2907-2912 ◽  
Author(s):  
G N Askew ◽  
I S Young ◽  
J D Altringham
Keyword(s):  
Soleus Muscle ◽  
Power Output ◽  
Cycle Frequency ◽  
Reduction In Force ◽  
Negative Work ◽  
Loop Shape ◽  
Force Velocity ◽  
Positive Work ◽  
Work Loop

The function of many muscles requires that they perform work. Fatigue of mouse soleus muscle was studied in vitro by subjecting it to repeated work loop cycles. Fatigue resulted in a reduction in force, a slowing of relaxation and in changes in the force-velocity properties of the muscle (indicated by changes in work loop shape). These effects interacted to reduce the positive work and to increase the negative work performed by the muscle, producing a decline in net work. Power output was sustained for longer and more cumulative work was performed with decreasing cycle frequency. However, absolute power output was highest at 5 Hz (the cycle frequency for maximum power output) until power fell below 20% of peak power. As cycle frequency increased, slowing of relaxation had greater effects in reducing the positive work and increasing the negative work performed by the muscle, compared with lower cycle frequencies.

Lower Extremity Joint Work During Acceleration, Deceleration, and Steady State Running

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.S. Blaise Williams ◽  
Jonathan H. Cole ◽  
Douglas W. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Sagittal Plane ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Joint Work ◽  
Negative Work ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Acceleration And Deceleration ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Positive Work

Running during sports and for physical activity often requires changes in velocity through acceleration and deceleration. While it is clear that lower extremity biomechanics vary during these accelerations and decelerations, the work requirements of the individual joints are not well understood. The purpose of this investigation was to measure the sagittal plane mechanical work of the individual lower extremity joints during acceleration, deceleration, and steady-state running. Ten runners were compared during acceleration, deceleration, and steady-state running using three-dimensional kinematics and kinetics measures. Total positive and negative joint work, and relative joint contributions to total work were compared between conditions. Total positive work progressively increased from deceleration to acceleration. This was due to greater ankle joint work during acceleration. While there was no significant change in total negative work during deceleration, there was a greater relative contribution of the knee to total negative work with a subsequent lower relative ankle negative work. Each lower extremity joint exhibits distinct functional roles in acceleration compared with deceleration during level running. Deceleration is dominated by greater contributions of the knee to negative work while acceleration is associated with a greater ankle contribution to positive work.

scholarly journals Positive interaction between work and home, and psychological availability on women’s work engagement: A “shortitudinal” study

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Łaba ◽  
Madelyn Geldenhuys
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Women's Work ◽  
Positive Interaction ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Women’S Work ◽  
Home Work ◽  
Work Interaction ◽  
Positive Work

Orientation: Women’s work engagement is affected by how well they balance their work and personal life, and their level of confidence in their capability at work.Research purpose: Determine whether women’s daily psychological availability mediates daily positive work-home interaction and daily positive home-work interaction on daily work engagement.Motivation for the study: Research into negative work–home and home–work interaction is in abundance. Limited studies focus on the positive effects on women’s experiences at work (i.e. work engagement). Little is known about women’s psychological availability and how it affects their work. Furthermore, little research provides us insights into the day-level experiences of women at work.Research approach/design and method: A quantitative, shortitudinal design was used. Data analyses accounted for multilevel structure in the data (within-person vs. between-person differences). Female employees (n = 60) from various industries in Gauteng, completed electronic diaries in the form of a survey for 10 consecutive working days.Main findings: Daily psychological availability mediates between daily positive work-home interaction and daily work engagement. Daily positive home-work interaction did not predict daily work engagement, but had a significant effect on daily psychological availability.Practical/managerial implications: Examining systems and structures that promote opportunities for women to become more psychologically available at work impacts their sustainable retention.Contribution/value-add: This study found significant relationships between day-level uses of personal resources and spillover effects of home-work and work-home on day-level work engagement. The study further contributes to the literature on positive work–home and home–work interaction.

External work and potential for elastic storage at the limb joints of running dogs

1998 ◽  
Vol 201 (23) ◽  
pp. 3197-3210 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Gregersen ◽  
N. A. Silverton ◽  
D. R. Carrier
Keyword(s):  
Elastic Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain ◽  
Strain Energy ◽  
Elastic Strain Energy ◽  
External Work ◽  
Negative Work ◽  
Extensor Muscles ◽  
Positive Work

The storage and recovery of elastic strain energy in muscles and tendons increases the economy of locomotion in running vertebrates. In this investigation, we compared the negative and positive external work produced at individual limb joints of running dogs to evaluate which muscle-tendon systems contribute to elastic storage and to determine the extent to which the external work of locomotion is produced by muscles that shorten actively rather than by muscles that function as springs. We found that the negative and positive external work of the extensor muscles is not allocated equally among the different joints and limbs. During both trotting and galloping, the vast majority of the negative work was produced by the two distal joints, the wrist and ankle. The forelimb produced most of the negative work in both the trot and the gallop. The hindlimb produced most of the positive work during galloping, but not during trotting. With regards to elastic storage, our results indicate that the forelimb of dogs displays a greater potential for storage and recovery of elastic energy than does the hindlimb. Elastic storage appears to be more important during trotting than during galloping, and elastic storage appears to be more pronounced in the extensor muscles of the distal joints than in the extensor muscles of the proximal joints. Furthermore, our analysis indicates that a significant portion of the external work of locomotion, 26% during trotting and 56 % during galloping, is produced by actively shortening muscles. We conclude that, although elastic storage of energy is extremely important to the economy of running gaits, actively shortening muscles do make an important contribution to the work of locomotion.

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