Association of Safety Climate and Chronic Multidimensional Occupational Fatigue in Nurses of Shahrekord Hospitals

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Maghsoudipour ◽  
Elham Akhlaghi Pirposhteh ◽  
Leila Azizi Fard ◽  
Nastuna Ghanbari Sagharloo ◽  
Shiva Hosseini Foladi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
The Usa ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Occupational Fatigue

Background: Nursing is associated with many stressful situations that can cause problems such as fatigue, reduced quantity and quality of patient care, as well as physical and mental illness. Safety climate is one of the most important indicators of safety management performance that evaluates employees' attitudes toward safety issues. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between safety climate and occupational fatigue in nurses. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed on nurses working in hospitals affiliated with Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences in 2018. We selected 216 nurses by a proportional quota sampling method. A demographic questionnaire, the nurses' safety climate questionnaire designed by the USA, and the occupational fatigue questionnaire designed by Sweden were used to collect information. The validity and reliability of the questionnaires were confirmed. Statistical tests for two independent samples, analysis of variance, Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data by SPSS version 21 software. Results: The results showed that the mean scores of occupational fatigue and safety climate were 72.23 ± 7.75 and 3.46 ± 0.305, respectively, and 72.23% of nurses reported occupational fatigue. There was no significant relationship between safety climate and the education level, gender, and job satisfaction (P < 0.05). Also, there was no significant relationship between occupational fatigue and job satisfaction and education (P < 0.05), but there was a significant relationship between job satisfaction and gender, age, and marital status (P < 0.05). Having a second job by nurses increased their occupational fatigue by 19%. The effect of safety climate on occupational fatigue was about -0.09. Conclusions: The findings of this study showed that demographic variables have significant effects on occupational fatigue, and increasing the safety climate can reduce employees’ occupational fatigue.

Performance evaluations and junior auditors’ attitude to audit behavior: a gender and culture comparative study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Khalil ◽  
Rabih Nehme
Keyword(s):  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Internship Programs ◽  
Educational Path ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to shed light on factors leading to unethical acts committed by auditors from a cultural and gender perspectives. It investigates differences in junior auditors’ attitudes towards audit behavior when a performance evaluation (PE) is anticipated. The objective of this study is to aid academicians and audit executives in developing new models of PE and internship programs that should mitigate dysfunctional behavior. Design/methodology/approach A survey adapted from Big Four companies’ performance appraisal templates was administered to junior accountants who have completed their internship programs and their external audit course at accredited universities in Lebanon and the USA. Several statistical tests were conducted to analyze the relationship between the different variables. Findings This paper shows how PE affects junior auditors’ attitudes to dysfunctional audit behavior (DAB). From a cultural standpoint, American auditors express more negative views towards DAB than their Lebanese counterparts. This paper also demonstrates that female auditors are less inclined towards DAB than male auditors. Originality/value Previous studies on the topic have been mostly conducted in developed countries with a scarcity of studies examining multiple countries. This study focuses on two different cultural contexts, a developed country, the USA and an emerging country, poorly represented in the literature, Lebanon. This paper also observes variances between male and female auditors in DAB when expecting a PE. The originality of this paper stems from its concurrent examination of the impact of gender and culture on DAB by using a sample of less-experienced auditors at the end of their educational path.

scholarly journals NOSACQ-50 for Safety Climate Assessment in Agricultural Activities: A Case Study in Central Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9177
Author(s):  
Mario Fargnoli ◽  
Mara Lombardi
Keyword(s):  
Safety Climate ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Climate Assessment ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Systems ◽  
Sectional Analysis

Safety climate assessment has been recognized as a powerful tool to bring to light workers’ perceptions related to safety practices, attitudes and behaviors at the workplace. Accordingly, its investigation can provide useful information about safety problems within a company before accidents occur. In literature, numerous studies can be found investigating safety climates in different types of industry. However, safety climate assessment in agricultural activities is addressed scarcely, even though agriculture represents a very hazardous sector. To reduce this gap, the present study proposes an investigation of safety climate among farmers by means of the Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50). The results of the survey brought to light a low level of safety perception of the interviewed sample, especially as concerns safety commitment and risk-taking attitudes. In particular, a different attitude toward safety issues has been registered depending on both the position and gender of the interviewed farmers. Overall, the output of this cross-sectional analysis adds to the current literature by expanding knowledge of safety climate among farmers, representing a baseline for further investigations based on human-centered approaches to enhance safety in agriculture and consequently social and workplace aspects of sustainable agricultural systems.

ARE “GOOD SOLDIERS” SAFETY CONSCIOUS? AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS AND PERCEPTION OF WORKPLACE SAFETY

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 805-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth Ayim Gyekye ◽  
Simo Salminen
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Citizenship Behaviors ◽  
Involvement Rate ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between safety climate and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB). It involved a comparative analysis between workers active in citizenship behaviors and their colleagues who were passive or inactive regarding OCBs. Additional analyses also compared job satisfaction, compliance with safe work policies, and accident frequency between the two groups. T-tests were used in these comparative analyses. A positive association was found between safety perception and OCBs: workers who actively engaged in citizenship behaviors had positive perceptions of safety in their workplaces, and vice versa. Additionally, the group active in OCBs expressed more job satisfaction, were more compliant with safety management policies, and subsequently had a relatively lower accident involvement rate. The implications of these findings in the work environment are discussed.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Motivasi dan Kepuasan Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Perawat Rumah Sakit Putera Bahagia Cirebon

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Niken Novitasari
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Test Validity ◽  
Hospital Nurses ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Regression Tests

Nurse's performance is crucial for the hospital, because it can improve services in hospitals where the quality of service of hospital largely determined by human resources in it. The nurse is most employees who are in the hospital, the nurse's performance for that very need to be improved for the Betterment of hospital services. This research aims to look at the picture of the performance of Hospital nurses Son Happy Cirebon and knowing how to influence motivation and job satisfaction on performance of nurses.  The method used in this research is quantitative research method that is descriptive. Analysis method used is by doing the test validity and reliability as well as a test of normality for comparison as well as multiple correlation and regression tests with multiple regression analysis method and processed with SPSS software 25. The results of this study showed that motivation and satisfaction have a correlation with the performance of the nurses, but after a test done together then obtained that motivation has no significant relationship with the performance, but job satisfaction have a significant influence on performance although only amounted to 19.6%. From this it can be concluded that the "motivation and job satisfaction have a correlation with the performance but after tested together just satisfaction of work that has significant relationship with the performance. Then the hospital should focus to improve the job satisfaction of nurses as well as looking for other variables that affect the performance of the nurses.

scholarly journals Evaluation and Correlation of the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment and Rapid Office Strain Assessment Methods for Predicting the Risk of Musculoskeletal Disorders

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirhossein Davudian-Talab ◽  
Gholamreza Azari ◽  
Gholamreza Badfar ◽  
Asrin Shafeei ◽  
Zainab Derakhshan
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Prediction Ability ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
And Gender ◽  
One Way Anova

Background: During the last two decades, the scale of computer use has been surprisingly increased. In 2000, 80% of workers stated that they use computer in their daily activities. The tendency to use computer is accompanied with healthy risk and the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders between 10 to 60 percent of computer users. Aims to study, risk assessment by RULA and ROSA methods, surveying the correlation of these methods, and evaluating the prediction ability of these methods in the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders among office workers.Methods: This analytic-descriptive study performed at Behbahan University of Medical Sciences and Imam Khomeini port office in 2016. The sample consists of 236 office workers through simple random sampling method. Body map questionnaire as well as RULA and ROSA checklists were used for data collection. Data analysis was carried out by SPSS software, version 22, and statistical tests including one way ANOVA, Pearson, and Chi-square.Results: The results demonstrated that most of the musculoskeletal disorders are related to trunk, neck and back regions by 40.4%, 39.7%, and 35.4% respectively. The furthest risk distribution in ROSA method is at warning level (67.2%) and at high and very high levels in RULA method (62%). Pearson Test showed a positive significant correlation between these methods (P<0.05). Chi-square Test revealed a significant correlation between musculoskeletal disorders in upper and lower limb with RULA method (P<0.05), but there was no significant relationship with ROSA method (p>0.05). One way ANOVA statistical test divulged a significant relationship between risk of musculoskeletal disorders and gender (P<0.05), but did not find a significant relationship with job experience and education (p>0.05).Conclusion: Due of the weak correlation between RULA and ROSA, it can't be surely stated that one may be used as an alternative to the other; however, RULA is better than ROSA to predict the risk of musculoskeletal disorders.

scholarly journals The Attitude of Nurses in Hospitals of Kermanshah towards Safety Climate

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Yarmohammadi ◽  
Azam Jahangiri Mehr ◽  
Younes Sohrabi ◽  
Hosain Salimi ◽  
Arman Mohammadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Safety Climate ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Occupational Characteristics ◽  
Rest Time ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Morning Shift

Introduction: Safety climate is defined as the employees' common insights about safety management in a specific place and time. Nurses have a highly risky occupation, in which they are required to take safety issues into consideration. This study aimed at investigating the attitude of nurses towards safety climate in the hospitals of Kermanshah City, Iran. Methods: This descriptive-analytical research was conducted with 112 nurses in the hospitals of Kermanshah City. A two-section questionnaire was administered for data collection. The first part was related to the nurses' demographic and occupational characteristics and the second part contained the nurses' safety climate questionnaire. After data collection, the data were analyzed by SPSS-16. Results: Results showed that the mean and standard deviation of the safety climate in nurses was 0.56 ± 3.06. A significant relationship was found between all factors, except for the relationship between cumulative burnout and error reporting. The safety climate was almost equal between men and women. Moreover, safety climate was higher in single people than the married ones. In the morning shift, the highest safety climate was in the workplace. Furthermore, people with a second job felt safety climate more. Conclusion: Research results showed that safety climate was not at a satisfactory level in the studied nursing personnel. Therefore, it is suggested to improve the safety climate and its effects on the safety performance by training safety issues, holding technical courses on safety, and adjusting work-rest time.

scholarly journals Job Satisfaction: An Exploratory Study of the Perceptions of University Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 201-212
Author(s):  
Rizwan Ahmad ◽  
Safia Naveed ◽  
Shahid Anjum
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Job Satisfaction Survey ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The University ◽  
Prior Permission

This research study was conducted to explore the job satisfaction of university teachers. The study might contribute from theoretical, management and academic perspectives. It was correlational research. The study was delimited to the University of Education Lahore. The population of the study was teachers working at the University of Education Lahore. The Census sampling technique was applied to select the desired sample. The job satisfaction survey developed by Spector was used with prior permission. The validity and reliability of the instrument were insured through pilot testing. The data were collected with prior permission from the concerned authority. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to the data. Teachers reported themselves to be satisfied with their jobs. They were found satisfied on the subscales Supervision, coworkers, nature of work, promotion, communication, fringe benefits, pay, contingent rewards, operating procedure, respectively. No significant difference was observed in job satisfaction on the basis of designation, age, qualification, marital status and gender.

scholarly journals Impact of Gender upon the Perception and Auditor's Job Satisfaction

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
Nasrollah Takhtaei ◽  
Leila Abbasi Dezfully
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Employee Relations ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Advancement Opportunities ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
And Gender

The purpose of the present research is to investigate the effects of gender upon the level of job satisfaction of auditing professionals as well as examine if gender leads to differences in their perceptions of work related attributes such as advancement opportunities and relations with supervisors. Questionnaires have been applied as a means to collect required data to test the hypotheses. The dependent variable is gender and independent variable consists of 9 factors including job fulfillment, treatment with supervisors, promotion and advancement opportunities, supervisors, gender discrimination, employee relations with coworkers, workload volume, fringe and benefits, and amount of compensation. The results indicate that there is a significant relationship between gender and all factors regarding independent variable except advancement and promotion opportunities. The results also show that there are differences between male and female auditors in treatment by peers and supervisors and gender discrimination. The results point out the effects of gender on 9 factors of the level of job satisfaction in audit firms.

scholarly journals Why Don't Patients Referred by a Family PhysicianVisit a Specialist? A Study in Golestan Province in Northern Iran

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Javad Kabir ◽  
Hamid Pourasghari ◽  
Alireza Heidari ◽  
Zahra Khatirnamani ◽  
Sakine Beygom Kazemi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Wait Times ◽  
Outpatient Services ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
And Gender

Abstract Background Utilizing electronic referral (eReferral) system while enhancing the efficiency and quality of medical services may improve the access level to specialized services and reduce patients' wait times; however, some patients do not follow the the eReferral system guidelines. The present study aims at figuring out why outpatients referred by family physicians to specialists do not visit specialists. Methods The present cross-sectional study was conducted in the hospitals wherein eReferral system was implemented as a pilot plan in the calendar year started on 21 March 2019. The sampling was done in two phases: 1) proportionate stratified sampling method, and 2) systematic random sampling. The first, 429 patients were selected. These patients were referred by a rural family physician (FP) to a specialist in the district hospital, but despite appointment made for them by the relevant FP, they had not visited specialists. Then, data was collected using a self-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed (α = 0.90). Descriptive statistical methods were used to describe the data and analytical methods, i.e. Spearman, Mann-Whitney and Croscal Wallis correlation tests were also conducted. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 16 at a significant level of 0.05. Findings : Most of the participants (54.7%) were female, 43.4% were in the age group of 30–60, 81.6% were married, 26.4% had high school diploma, 47.2% were housewives, 81.6% were rural residents. Among the dimensions of the reasons why patients did not visit specialists, the clinic conditions (3.26 ± 0.74), side expenditures (2.51 ± 0.74), admission and queuing system (2.45 ± 0.70) accounted for the highest average score, respectively. There was significant relationship between age groups, marital status, level of education, occupation, place of residence and type of insurance (p < 0.05), but no significant relationship was observed between them and gender (p > 0.05). Conclusion Reducing patient wait times in the clinic, providing patients with appropriate guidance, enhancing patients’ freedom to determine the time to visit specialists, training physicians to communicate with patients properly, reassuring and reducing costs were of great importance to encourage receiving outpatient services within the framework of eReferral system.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document