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Organizational Change, Health and Sick Leave among Health Care Employees : A Longitudinal Study Measuring Stress Markers, Individual and Work Site Factors
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- Hansson, Ann-Sophie (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Socialmedicin
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- Vingård, Eva (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Arbets- och miljömedicin
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- Arnetz, Bengt B (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Socialmedicin
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- Anderzén, Ingrid (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Socialmedicin
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- Informa UK Limited, 2008
- 2008
- English.
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In: Work & Stress. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0267-8373 .- 1464-5335. ; 22:1, s. 69-80
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- This controlled longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the effects of organizational change on employees' self-reported health, work satisfaction, work-related exhaustion, stress, and sick leave. The population consisted of 226 employees at T1 and 198 at T2, divided into a study group affected by organizational changes, and a reference group not affected by them. Group differences for the outcome measures self-rated health (SRH), work satisfaction, work-related exhaustion, and hormones associated with stress were analysed using a two-factor ANOVA design for repeated measurements. Our findings showed no significant differences, either across time or between groups for SRH, work satisfaction, and work-related exhaustion. However, we did find significant change across time and between groups for the recovery hormone DHEA-S. Days of sick leave increased by 7% for employees in the study group and by 2% in the reference group. Serum cortisol showed significantly decreased levels across time but not between groups. The decreased recovery potential in the study group might have long-term health implications. The study points to the importance of looking at the impact of organizational change on employee well-being from a number of perspectives, such as self-reported health parameters, registered sick-leave data, and biological stress markers.
Keyword
- organizational change
- self-rated health
- biological stress markers
- sick leave
- work related stress
- MEDICINE
- MEDICIN
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- art (subject category)
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