The Relationship of Physical and Psychosocial Risk Factors to Work-related Musculoskeletal Upper Extremity Symptoms amongst Male Automobile Manufacturing Workers

While the role of individual differences in shaping primary appraisals of psychosocial working conditions has been well investigated, less is known about how objective characteristics of the employee profile (e.g., age) are associated with different perceptions of psychosocial risk factors. Moreover, previous research on the link between employment status (i.e., work contract) and such perceptions has provided mixed results, leading to contradictory conclusions. The present study was conducted on a nationally representative sample of theItalian employed workforce surveyed with computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) methodology. The principal aim of the study is to bridge this gap in the extant literature by investigating the interplay between two key characteristics of the employee profile (i.e., age and work contract) in shaping employees’ perceptions of psychosocial risk factors. Given the disparate literature scenario on the interplay between age and employment status in shaping primary appraisals of psychosocial stressors, we formulated and compared multiple competitive informative hypotheses. Consistent with the principles of the conservation of resources (COR) theory, we found that older contingent employees reported a higher level of psychosocial risk than their permanent peers who, in turn, were more vulnerable than middle-aged and younger workers (regardless of their employment status). These results highlight the importance of simultaneously assessing multipleobjective variables of the employee profile (i.e., age and employment status) which may act to shape subjective perceptions of psychosocial risk factors for work-related stress. Given our findings, employers and policy makers should consider older contingent employees as one of the workforce sub-populationsmost vulnerable to negative work environments.

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Method for retrospective collection of work-related psychosocial risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders: Reliability and aggregation.

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology ◽

10.1037/1076-8998.4.3.193 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 193-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Carina Bildt Thorbjörnsson ◽

Hans Michélsen ◽

Åsa Kilbom

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽

Psychosocial Risk Factors ◽

Psychosocial Risk ◽

Work Related

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Psychosocial Risk Factors from the Perception of Women Researchers Belonging to the SNI

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2018.v14n14p121 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (14) ◽

pp. 121

Author(s):

Blanca Estela Aarun Lopez ◽

Ana Maria Alejandra Herrera Espinosa

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Psychosocial Risk Factors ◽

Psychosocial Risk ◽

Negative Stereotypes ◽

Work Related ◽

Family Integration ◽

Related Stress ◽

And Gender ◽

Work Family

This investigation had the objective to identify the perception of women holding PhD degrees awarded by the National Researchers System (SNI) regarding five work environment psychosocial risk factors, stress, burnout, mobbing, work-family integration and gender. A qualitative research was performed involving six female researchers working in either public or private institutions. A content analysis technique was used to process the information procured through a semi-structured interview. Work-related stress was found to be part of their lives determined by excess of work with subsequent physical and emotional manifestations; burnout and mobbing were not a constant as not all had experienced them; work-family integration had not been achieved, often resulting in conflict particularly at a certain stage of life when children were young; and, finally, with regard to gender, there were negative stereotypes concerning the role in their field of research.

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Work-Related Psychosocial Risk Factors and Care Workers Mental Health (In Estonian Nursing Homes)

Economics and Business ◽

10.2478/eb-2019-0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 5-21

Author(s):

Jaana Sepp ◽

Marina Järvis ◽

Karin Reinhold

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Nursing Homes ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Labour Force ◽

Psychosocial Risk Factors ◽

Psychosocial Risk ◽

Cognitive Symptoms ◽

Work Related ◽

Care Workers

Abstract The humankind is ageing rapidly, and as a result, there is an increasing need for old people’s homes. The nursing homes face different problems in financing and recruiting the labour force and management. Lack of resources causes the situation, when managers have to find possibilities to accomplish services and to provide quality care with the limited funds. This situation has an additional impact on the nursing professionals, who have to deal with many psychosocial risk factors in their work. The aim of the paper is to explore the work-related psychosocial risk factors and their relationships with mental health problems (MHPs) amongst care workers. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken amongst the care workers in nine Estonian nursing homes. Psychosocial work factors and MHPs (stress, somatic symptoms, depressive symptoms, burnout, cognitive symptoms, and sleep disorders) were analysed using the second version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ II). Descriptive statistics and Pearson’s r correlation were used to analyse the data. The analysis was based on 340 care worker surveys. The highest mean scores for the studied work-related psychosocial factors were recorded for the quantitative demands, influence, rewards, role conflicts, trust, insecurity and work-family balance. Low mean scores were recorded for the meaning of work, role clarity, social relationships at work. The lowest score was followed by burnout and the highest - by cognitive symptoms.

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