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- Hasson, Henna, et al.
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An organizational- level occupational health intervention: Employee perceptions of exposure to changes, and psychosocial outcomes
- 2014
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Ingår i: Work & Stress. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1464-5335 .- 0267-8373. ; 28:2, s. 179-197
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study aimed to investigate the association between employees' perceptions of their exposure to an organizational-level occupational health intervention and its psychosocial outcomes. Participants were employees of an insurance firm (N = 1084) in Quebec, Canada. The intervention was designed to reduce adverse psychosocial work factors (high psychological demands, low decision latitude, low social support and low rewards). Departmental managers were responsible for implementing changes to reduce exposure to these factors. Employees' perceptions of exposure to the intervention and its impact on their work were measured in 2007 through questionnaires. Psychological demands, decision latitude, social support and rewards measured in 2005 and 2007 were used to assess outcomes. Employees who perceived that they had been exposed to the intervention changes showed more improvement in outcomes than those who did not perceive changes. The greatest differences in outcomes were found in those participants who perceived that workplace changes had improved their work situation as compared to those who perceived the changes as neutral or negative. The results suggest that measurement of employee-perceived impact of each intervention change on their work situation may be even more important than actual exposure, and should be included in the measurement of exposure to organization-level interventions.
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- Torkelson, Eva, et al.
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Factors contributing to the perpetration of workplace incivility: the importance of organizational aspects and experiencing incivility from others
- 2016
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Ingår i: Work & Stress. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0267-8373 .- 1464-5335. ; 30:2, s. 115-131
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years a growing amount of research has been conductedin the area of workplace incivility. Whereas many studies havefocused on the victims and the consequences of incivility, littleattention has been paid to the perpetrators and antecedents ofworkplace incivility. This study aims to identify possibleantecedents of workplace incivility, by investigating organizationalaspects as well as the possibility that being the target of incivilityfrom co-workers and supervisors could induce incivility. A total of512 employees (378 women and 133 men) in the school sector ina Swedish municipality completed an online questionnaire.Overall, the results of structural equation modelling analysesshowed that organizational variables were related to theperpetration of incivility. A direct relationship was found betweenbeing uncivil and organizational change, job insecurity, low socialsupport from co-workers and high job demands. However, thestrongest relationship was found between experienced incivilityfrom co-workers and instigated incivility. This could be reflecting aclimate or culture of incivility in the organization, and carryimplications for future practice in interventions against workplaceincivility. The results indicate the importance of focusing on theperspective of the instigator to gain knowledge about the processof workplace incivility.
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- Torkelson, Eva, et al.
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The role of gender and job level in coping with occupational stress
- 2004
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Ingår i: Work & Stress. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1464-5335 .- 0267-8373. ; 18:3, s. 267-274
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between coping and health problems in the context of gender and level in the organization. Questionnaire data were collected from 279 women and men (100 managers and 179 non-managers) at a sales department in a Swedish telecom company in which men and women worked at similar tasks. It was hypothesized that, if gender and level in the organization were controlled for, the use of problem-focused strategies would be associated with fewer health problems and the use of emotion-focused strategies with greater health problems. It was also predicted that men and women at a similar organizational level would not differ in their use of problem-focused coping strategies. The results showed, contrary to the hypothesis, that when level and gender were controlled for, no relation between problem-focused strategies and health was obtained. Instead the emotion-focused strategy of Seeking emotional support was associated with fewer health problems, whereas Focus on emotions and Alcohol/drug disengagement were associated with more symptoms. Coping was at least partly related to level. At a managerial level the men and the women used basically the same strategies whereas at a non-managerial level traditionally-conceived coping patterns were evident.
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