Objective:This study investigates the associations between occupational environmental exposure,occupational depression(OD),musculoskeletal disorders(MSD),and workplace violence(WPV)in the general Korean working popula...Objective:This study investigates the associations between occupational environmental exposure,occupational depression(OD),musculoskeletal disorders(MSD),and workplace violence(WPV)in the general Korean working population.Methods:Utilizing nationally representative samples from the 6th(2020)and 7th(2023)Korean Working Conditions Survey(KWCs),a total of 55,649 eligible workers(weighted)aged 15 years or older were included in the study.Occupational environmental exposures included vibration,noise,temperature extremes,and smoke/fumes/dust;MSD included back pain and upper and lower limb disorders;WPV included physical,sexual,and emotional violence;and OD was assessed using the WHO-5 Well-Being Index.Multivariable-adjusted regression and interaction analyses were performed.Results:Occupational environmental exposures were linked to 11%-70%higher odds of MSD.Noise(odds ratio(OR)=1.15),high temperature(OR=1.13),low temperature(OR=1.16),smoke/fumes/dust(OR=1.13),and vibration(OR=1.03)were linked to elevated odds of OD.Except for vibration,all exposures were positively associated with WPV(OR:noise,1.35;high temperature,1.33;low temperature,1.29;smoke/fumes/dust,1.31).Significant interaction effects were observed between exposures,gender,and employee type for MSD(P<0.05),with males and non-regular workers demonstrating greater susceptibility.Workers with OD or WPV exposed to vibration and/or high temperature were at greater risk for MSD.Conclusions:Occupational exposures increase the odds of MSD,and OD and WPV may further amplify these risks.These findings underscore the need for integrated workplace health strategies that address mental health conditions and WPV to improve health outcomes and support workers'well-being.展开更多
Background:Workplace safety faces mounting strain from intersecting pressures,while serious harm persists in high-risk sectors.These shifts can weaken accountability and amplify new risk pathways,creating an urgent ne...Background:Workplace safety faces mounting strain from intersecting pressures,while serious harm persists in high-risk sectors.These shifts can weaken accountability and amplify new risk pathways,creating an urgent need for cross-sector,prevention-focused actions that are equitable and robust amid uncertainty.Objective:This review aimed to identify and prioritise urgent,cross-sector actions to strengthen sustainable workplace safety amid climate change,psychosocial harm,technological transformation,and fragmented or nonstandard employment.Methods:An evidence-informed scoping review synthesised peer-reviewed and grey literature and incorporated stakeholder input.Transparent inclusion criteria and pragmatic evidence weighting were used to distinguish empirical evidence from standards and guidance.Priorities were set using explicit criteria,including harm severity,exposure prevalence,urgency,feasibility,time-to-impact,equity impacts,stakeholder consensus,and robustness under uncertainty.Results:Evidence indicated persistent serious harm in high-risk sectors,growing psychosocial injury burdens,intensifying climate-related exposures,and emerging risks linked to digitalisation,human-robot interaction,and non-standard work(including gig/platform labour),where incentive structures can amplify unsafe behaviour,particularly under extreme heat.Ten priorities were identified:embed Occupational Health and Safety in governance and incentives;strengthen worker voice,equity and inclusion;design out hazards;prevent psychosocial harm aligned with International standard organization 45003;build data,learning and a just culture;improve climate-and environment-ready safety;ensure ethical digitalisation/automation with privacy and bias safeguards;protect Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and supply chains(including"International standard organization 45001-lite"pathways);strengthen competency and lifelong learning;and improve management of transitions and fatigue.Conclusion:Sustainable safety requires a shift from lagging-indicator management to governance-and designled prevention,climate adaptation,psychosocial risk control,ethical technology governance,and equity-centred collaboration to reduce serious harm.展开更多
This study explores how authentic leadership reduces workplace deviance behavior in the era of artificial intelligence(AI)through a chain mediation mechanism involving positive psychological capital and organizational...This study explores how authentic leadership reduces workplace deviance behavior in the era of artificial intelligence(AI)through a chain mediation mechanism involving positive psychological capital and organizational identification.The sample comprised 619 business professionals who regularly used AI tools in their work(52%male;M=34 years,20.7%from the service education).The results revealed a significant workplace deviance behavior to be lower with authentic leadership.Organizational identification mediated the relationship between authentic leadership and workplace deviance behavior for lower workplace deviance.Although positive psychological capital alone did not mediate this relationship,it exerted an indirect effect on workplace deviance behavior by enhancing employees’organizational identification.These findings suggest that,in the context of AI,authentic leadership can effectively mitigate workplace deviant behaviors by strengthening employees’psychological resources and fostering stronger identification with the organization.Therefore,human resource departments should actively identify and support managers who demonstrate authentic leadership qualities.展开更多
Objectives:Recently,how family-related factors influence employees’mental health has garnered increasing attention from researchers and practitioners.Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress,this study aim...Objectives:Recently,how family-related factors influence employees’mental health has garnered increasing attention from researchers and practitioners.Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress,this study aims to examine how and when family financial stress affects the employees’mental health and investigate the mediating role of performance stress and the moderating role of workplace competition.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 23,520 Chinese employees by using a voluntary and anonymous structured questionnaire,which included family financial stress,performance stress,symptom checklist 90(SCL-90)scale,and workplace competition.The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 software and macro PROCESS.Results:The analysis of the mediating effect showed that performance stress mediated the relationship between family financial stress and psychological depression(b=0.064,SE=0.002,p<0.0001)and physical somatization(b=0.042,SE=0.002,p<0.0001),indicating spillover effects of stress from home to workplace.The moderating mediation analysis revealed that the crossover effects were amplified by workplace competition.For psychological depression,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.012,SE=0.001,p<0.001;For physical somatization,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.008,SE=0.001,p<0.001.Conclusion:Performance stress acts as a mediator in the link between family financial stress and mental health.Furthermore,the mediating effects was amplified by workplace competition.These findings suggest that workplace competition may serve to exacerbate the negative spillover effects from home to work through the mechanism of workrelated stress.Organizations should consider implementing supportive measures to mitigate family financial stress,such as providing financial counseling and fostering a collaborative work environment,to reduce the adverse effects of family financial stress on employees’mental health.展开更多
Dear Editor,I am writing in response to the article“Assessment of nurses’workplace silence behavior motives:A cross-sectional study”by Alhojairi et al.published in the September 2024 issue of the International Jour...Dear Editor,I am writing in response to the article“Assessment of nurses’workplace silence behavior motives:A cross-sectional study”by Alhojairi et al.published in the September 2024 issue of the International Journal of Nursing Sciences[1].This is a letter written by a nurse with 10 years of clinical work experience and a personal interest in team dynamics.I appreciate the authors'recommendations on mitigating workplace silence among nurses to enhance clinical work development,and I believe their proposals could be expanded further.展开更多
Objective:Sick building syndrome(SBS)is a significant health concern among healthcare workers,exacerbated by prolonged exposure to indoor air pollutants and inadequate environmental conditions.Our study aims to explor...Objective:Sick building syndrome(SBS)is a significant health concern among healthcare workers,exacerbated by prolonged exposure to indoor air pollutants and inadequate environmental conditions.Our study aims to explore the prevalence of SBS and its association with indoor air quality and workplace environments among healthcare workers in five hospital departments in Nakhon Si Thammarat,Thailand.Methods:Indoor air quality was assessed over eight days,measuring microbial concentrations(bacteria,fungi),temperature,humidity,and carbon dioxide levels.Demographic data and SBS symptoms were also collected from healthcare workers.Results:The findings revealed that fungal concentrations were highest in the pharmacy(51.95±37.59)colony forming units(CFU)per m3,while bacterial concentrations peaked in the outpatient department(265.06±49.46)CFU/m3.The study identified Staphylococcus hominis and Micrococcus luteus as the dominant microbial species in the air environment.A moderate positive correlation was found between bacterial concentrations and humidity(r=0.43,P=0.046).SBS symptoms were prevalent among healthcare workers,with 75.58%reporting issues like dry eyes and fatigue.The total complaint score for SBS correlated positively with indoor pollutant levels,especially fungi(r=0.38,P<0.001).Frequent cleaning reduced SBS complaints significantly(P<0.001).Conclusion:Hospital departments with more frequent cleaning practices exhibited lower SBS complaints,highlighting the importance of cleaning frequency in reducing SBS-related issues.These findings provide actionable insights for improving workplace safety and indoor air quality in healthcare settings.展开更多
Background:In the field of organizational behavior,various aspects that have an impact on employee well-being gradually become a focus of attention.Among them,performance pressure,which is a component of workplace str...Background:In the field of organizational behavior,various aspects that have an impact on employee well-being gradually become a focus of attention.Among them,performance pressure,which is a component of workplace stressors that has a great influence on employees’job performance as well as well-being,has been little studied.Therefore,this paper constructs a research model,which uses workplace anxiety as a mediating variable and vocational delay of gratification as a moderating variable,to explore the impact of performance pressure on employee well-being.Methods:Reliable data were collected by questionnaire method and data analysis was conducted with the help of SPSS 26.0.In this paper,the data statistics are carried out by correlation analysis,mediation effect analysis,and moderating effect analysis,and the regression analysis is further studied.Results:The finding shows that performance pressure impacts employee well-being negatively,and workplace anxiety has a significant negative impact on employee well-being.When the workplace anxiety variable is added,the negative impact of performance pressure on employee well-being is still significant.Therefore,it can be verified that workplace anxiety plays an intermediary role in the influencing mechanism of performance pressure on employee well-being.While high vocational delay satisfaction weakens the influence of performance pressure on employee well-being.It’s interesting that under the adjustment of low delayed gratification,low-performance pressure will lead to higher employee well-being,and the organization’s conscious reduction of performance pressure is conducive to improving employeewell-being,and under the adjustment of high delayed gratification,low-performance pressure leads to higher employee well-being,and high-performance pressure leads to lower employee well-being,which shows the weakening effect of high delayed gratification,that means vocational delay gratification plays a negative regulating role in the influencing mechanism of performance pressure and employee well-being.Conclusion:Under the mediating role of workplace anxiety,performance pressure has a significant negative impact on employee well-being,and in this influence mechanism,vocational delay gratification plays a significant negative moderating role.展开更多
Objectives:Workplace violence is a serious issue in healthcare settings.Nurses are particularly vulnerable,and such violence significantly impacts their professional lives,leading to decreased productivity and care qu...Objectives:Workplace violence is a serious issue in healthcare settings.Nurses are particularly vulnerable,and such violence significantly impacts their professional lives,leading to decreased productivity and care quality.We aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of workplace violence against nurses through systematic review and meta-analysis in Saudi Arabia.Methods:Databases were searched for articles published in English from 2013 to 2023,including PubMed,Web of Science,Science Direct,Medline,Emerald,Wiley,and ProQuest.The quality of the included studies was rigorously assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute(JBI)critical appraisal tools.Meta-analysis was conducted using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software.Subgroup analysis,metaregression,and publication bias tests were performed.Results:The pooled prevalence of workplace violence among nurses in Saudi Arabia was 61.8%(95%CI:45.8%-75.6%).Subgroup analysis showed the highest prevalence of workplace violence in studies conducted before 2020 at 69.7%(95%CI:42.0%-88.0%)and 2020-2023 at 57.0%(95%Cl:35.6%-76.1%);in the western region at 90.2%(95%CI:70.2%-97.3%);among female nurses at 81.8%(95%Cl:66.9%-90.9%);with patient relatives as perpetrators at 70.8%(95%Cl:46.4%-87.2%);during afternoon shifts at 78.5%(95%CI:64.4%-88.1%);for verbal abuse at 54.9%(95%Cl:31.3%-76.6%);and in the intensive care unit at 68.1%(95%Cl:28.1%-92.1%).Meta-regression analysis revealed that the night shift significantly contributed to heterogeneity.The funnel plot and Egger's regression test(P=0.647)indicated no significant publication bias.Conclusions:This meta-analysis showed the estimate of workplace violence against nurses in Saudi Arabia is 61.8%.Nursing managers and health policymakers should implement targeted interventions to prevent workplace violence,especially among female nurses,during afternoon shifts,in intensive care units,and in the western region of Saudi Arabia.展开更多
Background Both medication and non-medication therapies are effective approaches to control blood pressure (BP) in hypertension patients.However,the association of joint changes in antihypertensive medication use and ...Background Both medication and non-medication therapies are effective approaches to control blood pressure (BP) in hypertension patients.However,the association of joint changes in antihypertensive medication use and healthy lifestyle index (HLI)with BP control among hypertension patients is seldom reported,which needs to provide more evidence by prospective intervention studies.We examined the association of antihypertensive medication use and HLI with BP control among employees with hypertension in China based on a workplace-based multicomponent intervention program.Methods Between January 2013 and December 2014,a cluster randomized clinical trial of a workplace-based multicomponent intervention program was conducted in 60 workplaces across 20 urban areas in China.Workplaces were randomly divided into intervention (n=40) and control (n=20) groups.Basic information on employees at each workplace was collected by trained professionals,including sociodemographic characteristics,medical history,family history,lifestyle behaviors,medication status and physical measurements.After baseline,the intervention group received a 2-year intervention to achieve BP control,which included:(1) a workplace wellness program for all employees;(2) a guidelines-oriented hypertension management protocol.HLI including nonsmoking,nondrinking,adequate physical activity,weight within reference range and balanced diet,were coded on a 5-point scale (range:0-5,with higher score indicating a healthier lifestyle).Antihypertensive medication use was defined as taking drug within the last 2 weeks.Changes in HLI,antihypertensive medication use and BP control from baseline to 24 months were measured after the intervention.Results Overall,4655 employees were included (age:46.3±7.6 years,men:3547 (82.3%)).After 24 months of the intervention,there was a significant improvement in lifestyle[smoking (OR=0.65,95%CI:0.43-0.99;P=0.045),drinking (OR=0.52,95%CI:0.40-0.68;P<0.001),regular exercise (OR=3.10,95%CI:2.53-3.78;P<0.001),excessive intake of fatty food (OR=0.17,95%CI:0.06-0.52;P=0.002),restrictive use of salt (OR=0.26,95%CI:0.12-0.56;P=0.001)].Compare to employees with a deteriorating lifestyle after the intervention,those with an improved lifestyle had a higher BP control.In the intervention group,compared with employees not using antihypertensive medication,those who consistent used (OR=2.34;95%CI:1.16-4.72;P=0.017) or changed from not using to using antihypertensive medication (OR=2.24;95%CI:1.08-4.62;P=0.030) had higher BP control.Compared with those having lower HLI,participants with a same (OR=1.38;95%CI:0.99-1.93;P=0.056) or high (OR=1.79;95%CI:1.27~2.53;P<0.001) HLI had higher BP control.Those who used antihypertensive medication and had a high HLI had the highest BP control (OR=1.88;95%CI:1.32-2.67,P<0.001).Subgroup analysis also showed the consistent effect as the above.Conclusion These findings suggest that adherence to antihypertensive medication treatment and healthy lifestyle were associated with a significant improvement in BP control among employees with hypertension.展开更多
Objective:This study aims to identify the prevalence of bullying in the workplace and to examine its association with turnover(TO)intention and secondary traumatic stress(STS)among Jordanian nurses employed in Emergen...Objective:This study aims to identify the prevalence of bullying in the workplace and to examine its association with turnover(TO)intention and secondary traumatic stress(STS)among Jordanian nurses employed in Emergency Departments(EDs)and critical care units(CCUs).Nurses employed in the EDs and CCUs are exposed to high levels of bullying behaviors that may contribute to STS,leading to high rates of TO.Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional design was used.A sample of 150 Jordanian nurses working in CCUs and EDs completed the study.Data collection was performed using the Demographical Questionnaire,the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised(NAQ-R),ProQOL scale,and TO scale.The IBM SPSS software was used to analyze data.Results:About 10.7%and 89.3%were categorized as“occasionally bullied”and“victims of workplace bullying”subsequently.Workplace bullying was positively associated with TO intention(r=0.46,P<0.001)and STS(r=0.36,P<0.001).TO was positively associated with STS(r=0.36,P<0.001).Bullying was a unique significant predictor of TO intention(t=4.59,B=0.34,P<0.001)and STS(t=4.15,B=0.34,P<0.001).Conclusions:Bullying behavior has negative adversarial effects on TO and the experience of STS.The prevalence of bullying behavior in the EDs and CCUs remains high despite the increasing awareness of its negative impacts.Healthcare organizations should put systems in place to ensure that zero-tolerance policy are monitored in terms of the effectiveness of its implementation.展开更多
This study examined the relationships among workplace spirituality,mindfulness,mental well-being,and organizational commitment in professional female dancers.A total of 424 dancers from the United States participated ...This study examined the relationships among workplace spirituality,mindfulness,mental well-being,and organizational commitment in professional female dancers.A total of 424 dancers from the United States participated in the survey.Structural equation modeling indicated that workplace spirituality was positively associated with both mental well-being and organizational commitment,whereas mindfulness was significantly related only to organizational commitment.Mental well-being was a significant predictor of organizational commitment and mediated the relationship between workplace spirituality and organizational commitment,but not between mindfulness and commitment.These results suggest that workplace spirituality functions as a psychological resource that enhances emotional health and strengthens organizational engagement.Thesefindings are consistent with self-determination theory,highlighting the role of value congruence and intrinsic purpose in sustaining motivation in high-performance contexts.Moreover,the studyfindings underscore the importance of fostering spiritually supportive work environments to promote psychological well-being and long-term organizational commitment.展开更多
This study tested a multilevel model of the workplace territorial behaviors and employees’knowledge sharing relationship,with team identification serving as a mediator and task interdependence as a moderator.Data wer...This study tested a multilevel model of the workplace territorial behaviors and employees’knowledge sharing relationship,with team identification serving as a mediator and task interdependence as a moderator.Data were collected from 253 employees(females=128,mean age=28.626,SD=6.470)from 40 work teams from different industries in China.Path analysis results indicated that workplace territorial behaviors were associated with lower employee knowledge sharing.Team identification enhanced employee knowledge sharing and partially mediated the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and employee knowledge sharing.Task interdependence enhanced knowledge sharing and strengthened the relationship between team identification and knowledge sharing.Thesefindings extend the proposition of social information processing theory by revealing the mediating role of team identification in the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and knowledge sharing,and clarifying the boundary conditions of team identification.Practical implications of thesefindings include a need for managers to foster collaborative atmospheres,design interdependent tasks,and mitigate territorial behaviors to enhance team identification and knowledge sharing.展开更多
Starting from the issues related to the construction and management of customs supervision places for railway and water transportation,this paper systematically analyzes the problems and challenges in the facility lay...Starting from the issues related to the construction and management of customs supervision places for railway and water transportation,this paper systematically analyzes the problems and challenges in the facility layout of customs operation places,the construction of a public platform for customs and port logistics monitoring,the utilization of information and data,and the intensity of technological innovation.Based on in-depth research,this paper attempts to propose improvement strategies and suggestions in terms of scientifically planning the layout of customs supervision places for railway and water transportation,improving the operation of the logistics monitoring public platform,developing and utilizing the information and data system,building a smart customs,and innovating the supervision mode.This aims to further optimize the customs supervision process,improve supervision efficiency and accuracy,and provide a reference for the facilitation and safe development of international trade.展开更多
Objectives:This study aimed to develop and validate the Nurse’sWorkplace Mental Health Questionnaire(NWMHQ).Methods:The questionnaire was developed based on the two continua model of mental illness and health propose...Objectives:This study aimed to develop and validate the Nurse’sWorkplace Mental Health Questionnaire(NWMHQ).Methods:The questionnaire was developed based on the two continua model of mental illness and health proposed by Keyes.The initial questionnaire was generated through literature review,two rounds of Delphi expert consultation,followed by a pilot survey.Finally,the reliability and validity of the questionnaire were validated through an online survey of 2,815 registered nurses selected from the public hospitals in 11 provinces from June to July 2020.Results:The item-content validity index(I-CVI)of the questionnaire ranged from 0.750 to 1.000 and the average scale-level content validity index(S-CVI/Ave)was 0.906.Cronbach’s a coefficient was 0.948 and test-retest reliability was 0.850.The self-rating depression scale score was negatively related to the NWMHQ score(r=0.664,P<0.01).The exploratory factor analysis(EFA)yielded six factors(emotional status,psychological security,positive relationship,resilience,self-efficacy,and subjective well-being),consisting of 32 items.The cumulative variance contribution rate was 65.58%.Confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)showed an acceptable fit.Conclusion:The NWMHQ developed in this study showed good reliability and validity.This questionnaire may help assess the mental health status of nurses and help nursing managers to develop appropriate targeted psychological interventions.展开更多
Background:Though the COVID-19 pandemic recedes,and our society gradually returns to normal,Chinese people’s work and lifestyles are still influenced by the“pandemic aftermath”.In the post-pandemic era,employees ma...Background:Though the COVID-19 pandemic recedes,and our society gradually returns to normal,Chinese people’s work and lifestyles are still influenced by the“pandemic aftermath”.In the post-pandemic era,employees may feel uncertainty at work due to the changed organizational operations and management and perceive the external environment to be more dynamic.Both these perceptions may increase employees’negative emotions and contribute to conflicts between work and life.Drawing from the ego depletion theory,this study aimed to examine the impact of job insecurity during the post-pandemic era on employees’work-life conflicts,and the mediating effect of workplace anxiety in this relationship.Besides,this study also considered the uncertainty of the external macro environment as a boundary condition on the direct and indirect relationship between job insecurity and work-life conflicts.Methods:A two-wave questionnaire survey was conducted from October to December 2023 to collect data.MBA students and graduates from business school with full-time jobs are invited to report their perception of job insecurity,work anxiety,perceived environment uncertainty,and work-life conflict.This resulted in 253 valid responses.Data analysis was performed using the SPSS,Amos,and PROCESS.Results:The results showed that:(1)Employees’job insecurity would directly intensify the work-life conflict(B=0.275,p<0.001,95%CI[0.182,0.367]).(2)Employees’workplace anxiety mediates the relationship between job insecurity and work-life conflict(B=0.083,p<0.001,95%CI[0.047,0.130]).(3)The mediating effect of workplace anxiety between job insecurity and work-life conflict exists when perceived environmental uncertainty is high(B=0.049,95%CI[0.011,0.114]),while vanishes when perceived environmental uncertainty is low(B=0.024,95%CI[−0.005,0.068]).Conclusion:Job insecurity combined with perceived environmental uncertainty in the postpandemic era fuels employees’workplace anxiety and work-life conflicts.Post-pandemic trauma lingers,necessitating urgent attention and response.展开更多
The development of electronic information technology has made workplace gossip more ubiquitous.As a part of interpersonal communication on informal occasions,positive workplace gossip affects individuals’mood,cogni-t...The development of electronic information technology has made workplace gossip more ubiquitous.As a part of interpersonal communication on informal occasions,positive workplace gossip affects individuals’mood,cogni-tion,and behaviors.In light of this and based on the Social Interdependence Theory,the study proposed that positive workplace gossip has a negative effect on employee silence,and psychological safety mediates this rela-tionship.In addition,the promotion-focused moderates the relationship between psychological safety and employee silence.Based on a two-wave sampling design from 311 innovative enterprises employees,the results of Structural Equation Model by AMOS 22.0 and Mplus 7.0 supported all the hypotheses.Results revealed that positive workplace gossip can decrease the employee silence through the mediating role of psychological safety and moderating role of promotion-focused.Thesefindings provided theoretical implications and practical sugges-tions for enterprise managers to create positive communication climate to reduce employee silence.展开更多
Background Workplace violence(WPV)is an emerging problem for health workers(HWs)and a global concern in health systems.Scientific literatures infer that WPV against HWs is often attributed to workplace injuries and ab...Background Workplace violence(WPV)is an emerging problem for health workers(HWs)and a global concern in health systems.Scientific literatures infer that WPV against HWs is often attributed to workplace injuries and absenteeism,leading to a series of adverse consequences.Therefore,this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among Bangladeshi HWs and its association with factors related to health facilities,work environments,and rotating shift work.Methods This study used participants who had experienced WPV,including medical doctors,nurses,or any form of medical staff.A total of 468 victim HWs were added in the analytical exploration.Participants were generated from our previous cross-sectional study of 1081 Bangladeshi HWs.A logistic regression model was used to find the association between workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among HWs and associated factors.Results The prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among HWs were 14.10%(95%CI 11.23-7.57)and 22.44%(95%CI 18.87-26.45),respectively.Injury incidence was higher among males(17.67%)and young HWs(20.83%).Workplace absenteeism was more common among male HWs(25%)and those working in public hospitals(23.46%).The magnitude of injuries and absenteeism varied significantly by hospital departments.Workplace injury was significantly higher among HWs who worked in the emergency(AOR=21.53,95%CI 2.55-181.71),intensive care(AOR=22.94,95%CI 2.24-234.88),surgery(AOR=17.22,95%CI 1.96-151.39),and gynecology&obstetrics departments(AOR=22.42,95%CI 2.25-223.07)compared with other departments.The burden of work-related absenteeism was significantly associated with HWs who worked in the emergency(AOR=4.44,95%CI 1.56-12.61),surgery(AOR=4.11,95%CI 1.42-11.90),and gynecology and obstetrics departments(AOR=5.08,95%CI 1.47-17.50).Conclusions This study observed a high prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism among HWs due to WPV across hospital departments,including emergency,surgery,intensive care and gynecology&obstetrics units.Policymakers should incorporate suitable strategies into Bangladesh’s national health policy to combat violence in healthcare settings.展开更多
Workplace isolation has been recognized as a critical issue in organizational theory. Studies have found that employees who felt isolated might also show low performance in their organizations. However, there is very ...Workplace isolation has been recognized as a critical issue in organizational theory. Studies have found that employees who felt isolated might also show low performance in their organizations. However, there is very little empirical research about the relationship between perceived isolation and job performance, and most of the studies were conducted on salespeople working in the virtual offices. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the relationship between workplace isolation and job performance in terms of productivity and emotional outcomes of carpet weaver women. In order to do this, job performance of a sample of 238 employees who were exposed to a radical workplace change was analyzed. The means of the performance variables before and after five years of the workplace change were statistically compared via paired sample t-tests and the results indicated significant differences between pre and post means of the performance variables. A qualitative research was also carried out through a number of in-depth interviews with the carpet weavers to enrich the breadth and depth of the findings. Findings of the qualitative study replicated the results of the quantitative study that monotonous and unsocial working conditions lowered the job performance of the employees.展开更多
Objectives:This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported.Methods:A self-designed questionnaire regarding workplace violence and reporting was ...Objectives:This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported.Methods:A self-designed questionnaire regarding workplace violence and reporting was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey on nurses who submitted a manuscript to a Chinese nursing journal from 2016 to 2017.A total of 324 nurses agreed to participate in this study and 266 participants from 165 hospitals in 72 cities returned questionnaires.Results:A total of 172 nurses(64.7%)experienced violent incidents during the past year.Of these incidents,45.5%were reported;and the reporting rate of physical assaults(69.0%)was higher than those of verbal abuse(36.9%),threatening behavior(51.7%),and sexual harassment(60.0%).Formal reporting accounted for 25.4%(15.4%in written form and 10.0%through a computer-assisted reporting system).Almost half of the nurses(49.6%)stated that the hospital had no reporting system or they were uncertain about the reporting system.For reasons of not reporting,51.9%of the nurses were unware of how and what types of violence to report,and 50.6%of the nurses believed that the hospital paid greater attention to patients rather than staff.Conclusions:A clear definition of workplace violence and reporting procedures,establishment of a facile system for reporting,and supervisory support following a reporting are urgently required.展开更多
摘要Objective:This study investigates the associations between occupational environmental exposure,occupational depression(OD),musculoskeletal disorders(MSD),and workplace violence(WPV)in the general Korean working population.Methods:Utilizing nationally representative samples from the 6th(2020)and 7th(2023)Korean Working Conditions Survey(KWCs),a total of 55,649 eligible workers(weighted)aged 15 years or older were included in the study.Occupational environmental exposures included vibration,noise,temperature extremes,and smoke/fumes/dust;MSD included back pain and upper and lower limb disorders;WPV included physical,sexual,and emotional violence;and OD was assessed using the WHO-5 Well-Being Index.Multivariable-adjusted regression and interaction analyses were performed.Results:Occupational environmental exposures were linked to 11%-70%higher odds of MSD.Noise(odds ratio(OR)=1.15),high temperature(OR=1.13),low temperature(OR=1.16),smoke/fumes/dust(OR=1.13),and vibration(OR=1.03)were linked to elevated odds of OD.Except for vibration,all exposures were positively associated with WPV(OR:noise,1.35;high temperature,1.33;low temperature,1.29;smoke/fumes/dust,1.31).Significant interaction effects were observed between exposures,gender,and employee type for MSD(P<0.05),with males and non-regular workers demonstrating greater susceptibility.Workers with OD or WPV exposed to vibration and/or high temperature were at greater risk for MSD.Conclusions:Occupational exposures increase the odds of MSD,and OD and WPV may further amplify these risks.These findings underscore the need for integrated workplace health strategies that address mental health conditions and WPV to improve health outcomes and support workers'well-being.
摘要Background:Workplace safety faces mounting strain from intersecting pressures,while serious harm persists in high-risk sectors.These shifts can weaken accountability and amplify new risk pathways,creating an urgent need for cross-sector,prevention-focused actions that are equitable and robust amid uncertainty.Objective:This review aimed to identify and prioritise urgent,cross-sector actions to strengthen sustainable workplace safety amid climate change,psychosocial harm,technological transformation,and fragmented or nonstandard employment.Methods:An evidence-informed scoping review synthesised peer-reviewed and grey literature and incorporated stakeholder input.Transparent inclusion criteria and pragmatic evidence weighting were used to distinguish empirical evidence from standards and guidance.Priorities were set using explicit criteria,including harm severity,exposure prevalence,urgency,feasibility,time-to-impact,equity impacts,stakeholder consensus,and robustness under uncertainty.Results:Evidence indicated persistent serious harm in high-risk sectors,growing psychosocial injury burdens,intensifying climate-related exposures,and emerging risks linked to digitalisation,human-robot interaction,and non-standard work(including gig/platform labour),where incentive structures can amplify unsafe behaviour,particularly under extreme heat.Ten priorities were identified:embed Occupational Health and Safety in governance and incentives;strengthen worker voice,equity and inclusion;design out hazards;prevent psychosocial harm aligned with International standard organization 45003;build data,learning and a just culture;improve climate-and environment-ready safety;ensure ethical digitalisation/automation with privacy and bias safeguards;protect Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and supply chains(including"International standard organization 45001-lite"pathways);strengthen competency and lifelong learning;and improve management of transitions and fatigue.Conclusion:Sustainable safety requires a shift from lagging-indicator management to governance-and designled prevention,climate adaptation,psychosocial risk control,ethical technology governance,and equity-centred collaboration to reduce serious harm.
基金supported by the Second Batch of the Young Talents Program of Guangxi Region Human Resources and Social Security Department and Guangxi Region Finance Department.This research was funded by Guangxi Eco-Engineering Vocational&Technical College Talent Introduction Research Project[GXSTKYZX20240603].
摘要This study explores how authentic leadership reduces workplace deviance behavior in the era of artificial intelligence(AI)through a chain mediation mechanism involving positive psychological capital and organizational identification.The sample comprised 619 business professionals who regularly used AI tools in their work(52%male;M=34 years,20.7%from the service education).The results revealed a significant workplace deviance behavior to be lower with authentic leadership.Organizational identification mediated the relationship between authentic leadership and workplace deviance behavior for lower workplace deviance.Although positive psychological capital alone did not mediate this relationship,it exerted an indirect effect on workplace deviance behavior by enhancing employees’organizational identification.These findings suggest that,in the context of AI,authentic leadership can effectively mitigate workplace deviant behaviors by strengthening employees’psychological resources and fostering stronger identification with the organization.Therefore,human resource departments should actively identify and support managers who demonstrate authentic leadership qualities.
基金upported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(project no.72272117).
摘要Objectives:Recently,how family-related factors influence employees’mental health has garnered increasing attention from researchers and practitioners.Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress,this study aims to examine how and when family financial stress affects the employees’mental health and investigate the mediating role of performance stress and the moderating role of workplace competition.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 23,520 Chinese employees by using a voluntary and anonymous structured questionnaire,which included family financial stress,performance stress,symptom checklist 90(SCL-90)scale,and workplace competition.The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 software and macro PROCESS.Results:The analysis of the mediating effect showed that performance stress mediated the relationship between family financial stress and psychological depression(b=0.064,SE=0.002,p<0.0001)and physical somatization(b=0.042,SE=0.002,p<0.0001),indicating spillover effects of stress from home to workplace.The moderating mediation analysis revealed that the crossover effects were amplified by workplace competition.For psychological depression,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.012,SE=0.001,p<0.001;For physical somatization,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.008,SE=0.001,p<0.001.Conclusion:Performance stress acts as a mediator in the link between family financial stress and mental health.Furthermore,the mediating effects was amplified by workplace competition.These findings suggest that workplace competition may serve to exacerbate the negative spillover effects from home to work through the mechanism of workrelated stress.Organizations should consider implementing supportive measures to mitigate family financial stress,such as providing financial counseling and fostering a collaborative work environment,to reduce the adverse effects of family financial stress on employees’mental health.
摘要Dear Editor,I am writing in response to the article“Assessment of nurses’workplace silence behavior motives:A cross-sectional study”by Alhojairi et al.published in the September 2024 issue of the International Journal of Nursing Sciences[1].This is a letter written by a nurse with 10 years of clinical work experience and a personal interest in team dynamics.I appreciate the authors'recommendations on mitigating workplace silence among nurses to enhance clinical work development,and I believe their proposals could be expanded further.
基金Undergraduate Research Grants,Walailak University.
摘要Objective:Sick building syndrome(SBS)is a significant health concern among healthcare workers,exacerbated by prolonged exposure to indoor air pollutants and inadequate environmental conditions.Our study aims to explore the prevalence of SBS and its association with indoor air quality and workplace environments among healthcare workers in five hospital departments in Nakhon Si Thammarat,Thailand.Methods:Indoor air quality was assessed over eight days,measuring microbial concentrations(bacteria,fungi),temperature,humidity,and carbon dioxide levels.Demographic data and SBS symptoms were also collected from healthcare workers.Results:The findings revealed that fungal concentrations were highest in the pharmacy(51.95±37.59)colony forming units(CFU)per m3,while bacterial concentrations peaked in the outpatient department(265.06±49.46)CFU/m3.The study identified Staphylococcus hominis and Micrococcus luteus as the dominant microbial species in the air environment.A moderate positive correlation was found between bacterial concentrations and humidity(r=0.43,P=0.046).SBS symptoms were prevalent among healthcare workers,with 75.58%reporting issues like dry eyes and fatigue.The total complaint score for SBS correlated positively with indoor pollutant levels,especially fungi(r=0.38,P<0.001).Frequent cleaning reduced SBS complaints significantly(P<0.001).Conclusion:Hospital departments with more frequent cleaning practices exhibited lower SBS complaints,highlighting the importance of cleaning frequency in reducing SBS-related issues.These findings provide actionable insights for improving workplace safety and indoor air quality in healthcare settings.
基金funded by the Hebei Provincial Party School of the CPC(Hebei Institute of Administration)Innovation Engineering Research Project(National Social Science Fund Cultivation Special)Nanjing University of Finance and Economics Major Special Teaching Reform Project“Research on Personalized Learning Mode and Implementation Path for College Students under the Background of Smart Education”the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant number:2019M662309).
摘要Background:In the field of organizational behavior,various aspects that have an impact on employee well-being gradually become a focus of attention.Among them,performance pressure,which is a component of workplace stressors that has a great influence on employees’job performance as well as well-being,has been little studied.Therefore,this paper constructs a research model,which uses workplace anxiety as a mediating variable and vocational delay of gratification as a moderating variable,to explore the impact of performance pressure on employee well-being.Methods:Reliable data were collected by questionnaire method and data analysis was conducted with the help of SPSS 26.0.In this paper,the data statistics are carried out by correlation analysis,mediation effect analysis,and moderating effect analysis,and the regression analysis is further studied.Results:The finding shows that performance pressure impacts employee well-being negatively,and workplace anxiety has a significant negative impact on employee well-being.When the workplace anxiety variable is added,the negative impact of performance pressure on employee well-being is still significant.Therefore,it can be verified that workplace anxiety plays an intermediary role in the influencing mechanism of performance pressure on employee well-being.While high vocational delay satisfaction weakens the influence of performance pressure on employee well-being.It’s interesting that under the adjustment of low delayed gratification,low-performance pressure will lead to higher employee well-being,and the organization’s conscious reduction of performance pressure is conducive to improving employeewell-being,and under the adjustment of high delayed gratification,low-performance pressure leads to higher employee well-being,and high-performance pressure leads to lower employee well-being,which shows the weakening effect of high delayed gratification,that means vocational delay gratification plays a negative regulating role in the influencing mechanism of performance pressure and employee well-being.Conclusion:Under the mediating role of workplace anxiety,performance pressure has a significant negative impact on employee well-being,and in this influence mechanism,vocational delay gratification plays a significant negative moderating role.
摘要Objectives:Workplace violence is a serious issue in healthcare settings.Nurses are particularly vulnerable,and such violence significantly impacts their professional lives,leading to decreased productivity and care quality.We aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of workplace violence against nurses through systematic review and meta-analysis in Saudi Arabia.Methods:Databases were searched for articles published in English from 2013 to 2023,including PubMed,Web of Science,Science Direct,Medline,Emerald,Wiley,and ProQuest.The quality of the included studies was rigorously assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute(JBI)critical appraisal tools.Meta-analysis was conducted using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software.Subgroup analysis,metaregression,and publication bias tests were performed.Results:The pooled prevalence of workplace violence among nurses in Saudi Arabia was 61.8%(95%CI:45.8%-75.6%).Subgroup analysis showed the highest prevalence of workplace violence in studies conducted before 2020 at 69.7%(95%CI:42.0%-88.0%)and 2020-2023 at 57.0%(95%Cl:35.6%-76.1%);in the western region at 90.2%(95%CI:70.2%-97.3%);among female nurses at 81.8%(95%Cl:66.9%-90.9%);with patient relatives as perpetrators at 70.8%(95%Cl:46.4%-87.2%);during afternoon shifts at 78.5%(95%CI:64.4%-88.1%);for verbal abuse at 54.9%(95%Cl:31.3%-76.6%);and in the intensive care unit at 68.1%(95%Cl:28.1%-92.1%).Meta-regression analysis revealed that the night shift significantly contributed to heterogeneity.The funnel plot and Egger's regression test(P=0.647)indicated no significant publication bias.Conclusions:This meta-analysis showed the estimate of workplace violence against nurses in Saudi Arabia is 61.8%.Nursing managers and health policymakers should implement targeted interventions to prevent workplace violence,especially among female nurses,during afternoon shifts,in intensive care units,and in the western region of Saudi Arabia.
基金supported by grant 2011BAI11B01 from the Projects in the Chinese National Science and Technology Pillar Program during the 12th Five-year Plan Periodby grant 2017-I2M-1-004 from the Chinese Academy of Medical Science Innovation Fund for Medical Sciencesby the Major science and technology special plan project of Yunnan Province (202302AA310045)。
摘要Background Both medication and non-medication therapies are effective approaches to control blood pressure (BP) in hypertension patients.However,the association of joint changes in antihypertensive medication use and healthy lifestyle index (HLI)with BP control among hypertension patients is seldom reported,which needs to provide more evidence by prospective intervention studies.We examined the association of antihypertensive medication use and HLI with BP control among employees with hypertension in China based on a workplace-based multicomponent intervention program.Methods Between January 2013 and December 2014,a cluster randomized clinical trial of a workplace-based multicomponent intervention program was conducted in 60 workplaces across 20 urban areas in China.Workplaces were randomly divided into intervention (n=40) and control (n=20) groups.Basic information on employees at each workplace was collected by trained professionals,including sociodemographic characteristics,medical history,family history,lifestyle behaviors,medication status and physical measurements.After baseline,the intervention group received a 2-year intervention to achieve BP control,which included:(1) a workplace wellness program for all employees;(2) a guidelines-oriented hypertension management protocol.HLI including nonsmoking,nondrinking,adequate physical activity,weight within reference range and balanced diet,were coded on a 5-point scale (range:0-5,with higher score indicating a healthier lifestyle).Antihypertensive medication use was defined as taking drug within the last 2 weeks.Changes in HLI,antihypertensive medication use and BP control from baseline to 24 months were measured after the intervention.Results Overall,4655 employees were included (age:46.3±7.6 years,men:3547 (82.3%)).After 24 months of the intervention,there was a significant improvement in lifestyle[smoking (OR=0.65,95%CI:0.43-0.99;P=0.045),drinking (OR=0.52,95%CI:0.40-0.68;P<0.001),regular exercise (OR=3.10,95%CI:2.53-3.78;P<0.001),excessive intake of fatty food (OR=0.17,95%CI:0.06-0.52;P=0.002),restrictive use of salt (OR=0.26,95%CI:0.12-0.56;P=0.001)].Compare to employees with a deteriorating lifestyle after the intervention,those with an improved lifestyle had a higher BP control.In the intervention group,compared with employees not using antihypertensive medication,those who consistent used (OR=2.34;95%CI:1.16-4.72;P=0.017) or changed from not using to using antihypertensive medication (OR=2.24;95%CI:1.08-4.62;P=0.030) had higher BP control.Compared with those having lower HLI,participants with a same (OR=1.38;95%CI:0.99-1.93;P=0.056) or high (OR=1.79;95%CI:1.27~2.53;P<0.001) HLI had higher BP control.Those who used antihypertensive medication and had a high HLI had the highest BP control (OR=1.88;95%CI:1.32-2.67,P<0.001).Subgroup analysis also showed the consistent effect as the above.Conclusion These findings suggest that adherence to antihypertensive medication treatment and healthy lifestyle were associated with a significant improvement in BP control among employees with hypertension.
摘要Objective:This study aims to identify the prevalence of bullying in the workplace and to examine its association with turnover(TO)intention and secondary traumatic stress(STS)among Jordanian nurses employed in Emergency Departments(EDs)and critical care units(CCUs).Nurses employed in the EDs and CCUs are exposed to high levels of bullying behaviors that may contribute to STS,leading to high rates of TO.Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional design was used.A sample of 150 Jordanian nurses working in CCUs and EDs completed the study.Data collection was performed using the Demographical Questionnaire,the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised(NAQ-R),ProQOL scale,and TO scale.The IBM SPSS software was used to analyze data.Results:About 10.7%and 89.3%were categorized as“occasionally bullied”and“victims of workplace bullying”subsequently.Workplace bullying was positively associated with TO intention(r=0.46,P<0.001)and STS(r=0.36,P<0.001).TO was positively associated with STS(r=0.36,P<0.001).Bullying was a unique significant predictor of TO intention(t=4.59,B=0.34,P<0.001)and STS(t=4.15,B=0.34,P<0.001).Conclusions:Bullying behavior has negative adversarial effects on TO and the experience of STS.The prevalence of bullying behavior in the EDs and CCUs remains high despite the increasing awareness of its negative impacts.Healthcare organizations should put systems in place to ensure that zero-tolerance policy are monitored in terms of the effectiveness of its implementation.
摘要This study examined the relationships among workplace spirituality,mindfulness,mental well-being,and organizational commitment in professional female dancers.A total of 424 dancers from the United States participated in the survey.Structural equation modeling indicated that workplace spirituality was positively associated with both mental well-being and organizational commitment,whereas mindfulness was significantly related only to organizational commitment.Mental well-being was a significant predictor of organizational commitment and mediated the relationship between workplace spirituality and organizational commitment,but not between mindfulness and commitment.These results suggest that workplace spirituality functions as a psychological resource that enhances emotional health and strengthens organizational engagement.Thesefindings are consistent with self-determination theory,highlighting the role of value congruence and intrinsic purpose in sustaining motivation in high-performance contexts.Moreover,the studyfindings underscore the importance of fostering spiritually supportive work environments to promote psychological well-being and long-term organizational commitment.
摘要This study tested a multilevel model of the workplace territorial behaviors and employees’knowledge sharing relationship,with team identification serving as a mediator and task interdependence as a moderator.Data were collected from 253 employees(females=128,mean age=28.626,SD=6.470)from 40 work teams from different industries in China.Path analysis results indicated that workplace territorial behaviors were associated with lower employee knowledge sharing.Team identification enhanced employee knowledge sharing and partially mediated the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and employee knowledge sharing.Task interdependence enhanced knowledge sharing and strengthened the relationship between team identification and knowledge sharing.Thesefindings extend the proposition of social information processing theory by revealing the mediating role of team identification in the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and knowledge sharing,and clarifying the boundary conditions of team identification.Practical implications of thesefindings include a need for managers to foster collaborative atmospheres,design interdependent tasks,and mitigate territorial behaviors to enhance team identification and knowledge sharing.
摘要Starting from the issues related to the construction and management of customs supervision places for railway and water transportation,this paper systematically analyzes the problems and challenges in the facility layout of customs operation places,the construction of a public platform for customs and port logistics monitoring,the utilization of information and data,and the intensity of technological innovation.Based on in-depth research,this paper attempts to propose improvement strategies and suggestions in terms of scientifically planning the layout of customs supervision places for railway and water transportation,improving the operation of the logistics monitoring public platform,developing and utilizing the information and data system,building a smart customs,and innovating the supervision mode.This aims to further optimize the customs supervision process,improve supervision efficiency and accuracy,and provide a reference for the facilitation and safe development of international trade.
基金This study was funded by the Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(No.C2019046)the Guangdong Health Economics Association(No.2020-WJMZ-23).
摘要Objectives:This study aimed to develop and validate the Nurse’sWorkplace Mental Health Questionnaire(NWMHQ).Methods:The questionnaire was developed based on the two continua model of mental illness and health proposed by Keyes.The initial questionnaire was generated through literature review,two rounds of Delphi expert consultation,followed by a pilot survey.Finally,the reliability and validity of the questionnaire were validated through an online survey of 2,815 registered nurses selected from the public hospitals in 11 provinces from June to July 2020.Results:The item-content validity index(I-CVI)of the questionnaire ranged from 0.750 to 1.000 and the average scale-level content validity index(S-CVI/Ave)was 0.906.Cronbach’s a coefficient was 0.948 and test-retest reliability was 0.850.The self-rating depression scale score was negatively related to the NWMHQ score(r=0.664,P<0.01).The exploratory factor analysis(EFA)yielded six factors(emotional status,psychological security,positive relationship,resilience,self-efficacy,and subjective well-being),consisting of 32 items.The cumulative variance contribution rate was 65.58%.Confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)showed an acceptable fit.Conclusion:The NWMHQ developed in this study showed good reliability and validity.This questionnaire may help assess the mental health status of nurses and help nursing managers to develop appropriate targeted psychological interventions.
摘要Background:Though the COVID-19 pandemic recedes,and our society gradually returns to normal,Chinese people’s work and lifestyles are still influenced by the“pandemic aftermath”.In the post-pandemic era,employees may feel uncertainty at work due to the changed organizational operations and management and perceive the external environment to be more dynamic.Both these perceptions may increase employees’negative emotions and contribute to conflicts between work and life.Drawing from the ego depletion theory,this study aimed to examine the impact of job insecurity during the post-pandemic era on employees’work-life conflicts,and the mediating effect of workplace anxiety in this relationship.Besides,this study also considered the uncertainty of the external macro environment as a boundary condition on the direct and indirect relationship between job insecurity and work-life conflicts.Methods:A two-wave questionnaire survey was conducted from October to December 2023 to collect data.MBA students and graduates from business school with full-time jobs are invited to report their perception of job insecurity,work anxiety,perceived environment uncertainty,and work-life conflict.This resulted in 253 valid responses.Data analysis was performed using the SPSS,Amos,and PROCESS.Results:The results showed that:(1)Employees’job insecurity would directly intensify the work-life conflict(B=0.275,p<0.001,95%CI[0.182,0.367]).(2)Employees’workplace anxiety mediates the relationship between job insecurity and work-life conflict(B=0.083,p<0.001,95%CI[0.047,0.130]).(3)The mediating effect of workplace anxiety between job insecurity and work-life conflict exists when perceived environmental uncertainty is high(B=0.049,95%CI[0.011,0.114]),while vanishes when perceived environmental uncertainty is low(B=0.024,95%CI[−0.005,0.068]).Conclusion:Job insecurity combined with perceived environmental uncertainty in the postpandemic era fuels employees’workplace anxiety and work-life conflicts.Post-pandemic trauma lingers,necessitating urgent attention and response.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Project(71801017,72002016,71901031,71802025)Project of Beijing Social Science(No.18GLC064).
摘要The development of electronic information technology has made workplace gossip more ubiquitous.As a part of interpersonal communication on informal occasions,positive workplace gossip affects individuals’mood,cogni-tion,and behaviors.In light of this and based on the Social Interdependence Theory,the study proposed that positive workplace gossip has a negative effect on employee silence,and psychological safety mediates this rela-tionship.In addition,the promotion-focused moderates the relationship between psychological safety and employee silence.Based on a two-wave sampling design from 311 innovative enterprises employees,the results of Structural Equation Model by AMOS 22.0 and Mplus 7.0 supported all the hypotheses.Results revealed that positive workplace gossip can decrease the employee silence through the mediating role of psychological safety and moderating role of promotion-focused.Thesefindings provided theoretical implications and practical sugges-tions for enterprise managers to create positive communication climate to reduce employee silence.
摘要Background Workplace violence(WPV)is an emerging problem for health workers(HWs)and a global concern in health systems.Scientific literatures infer that WPV against HWs is often attributed to workplace injuries and absenteeism,leading to a series of adverse consequences.Therefore,this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among Bangladeshi HWs and its association with factors related to health facilities,work environments,and rotating shift work.Methods This study used participants who had experienced WPV,including medical doctors,nurses,or any form of medical staff.A total of 468 victim HWs were added in the analytical exploration.Participants were generated from our previous cross-sectional study of 1081 Bangladeshi HWs.A logistic regression model was used to find the association between workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among HWs and associated factors.Results The prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism due to WPV among HWs were 14.10%(95%CI 11.23-7.57)and 22.44%(95%CI 18.87-26.45),respectively.Injury incidence was higher among males(17.67%)and young HWs(20.83%).Workplace absenteeism was more common among male HWs(25%)and those working in public hospitals(23.46%).The magnitude of injuries and absenteeism varied significantly by hospital departments.Workplace injury was significantly higher among HWs who worked in the emergency(AOR=21.53,95%CI 2.55-181.71),intensive care(AOR=22.94,95%CI 2.24-234.88),surgery(AOR=17.22,95%CI 1.96-151.39),and gynecology&obstetrics departments(AOR=22.42,95%CI 2.25-223.07)compared with other departments.The burden of work-related absenteeism was significantly associated with HWs who worked in the emergency(AOR=4.44,95%CI 1.56-12.61),surgery(AOR=4.11,95%CI 1.42-11.90),and gynecology and obstetrics departments(AOR=5.08,95%CI 1.47-17.50).Conclusions This study observed a high prevalence of workplace injuries and absenteeism among HWs due to WPV across hospital departments,including emergency,surgery,intensive care and gynecology&obstetrics units.Policymakers should incorporate suitable strategies into Bangladesh’s national health policy to combat violence in healthcare settings.
摘要Workplace isolation has been recognized as a critical issue in organizational theory. Studies have found that employees who felt isolated might also show low performance in their organizations. However, there is very little empirical research about the relationship between perceived isolation and job performance, and most of the studies were conducted on salespeople working in the virtual offices. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the relationship between workplace isolation and job performance in terms of productivity and emotional outcomes of carpet weaver women. In order to do this, job performance of a sample of 238 employees who were exposed to a radical workplace change was analyzed. The means of the performance variables before and after five years of the workplace change were statistically compared via paired sample t-tests and the results indicated significant differences between pre and post means of the performance variables. A qualitative research was also carried out through a number of in-depth interviews with the carpet weavers to enrich the breadth and depth of the findings. Findings of the qualitative study replicated the results of the quantitative study that monotonous and unsocial working conditions lowered the job performance of the employees.
摘要Objectives:This study aimed to explore the reporting of workplace violence against nurses and the reasons why they did not reported.Methods:A self-designed questionnaire regarding workplace violence and reporting was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey on nurses who submitted a manuscript to a Chinese nursing journal from 2016 to 2017.A total of 324 nurses agreed to participate in this study and 266 participants from 165 hospitals in 72 cities returned questionnaires.Results:A total of 172 nurses(64.7%)experienced violent incidents during the past year.Of these incidents,45.5%were reported;and the reporting rate of physical assaults(69.0%)was higher than those of verbal abuse(36.9%),threatening behavior(51.7%),and sexual harassment(60.0%).Formal reporting accounted for 25.4%(15.4%in written form and 10.0%through a computer-assisted reporting system).Almost half of the nurses(49.6%)stated that the hospital had no reporting system or they were uncertain about the reporting system.For reasons of not reporting,51.9%of the nurses were unware of how and what types of violence to report,and 50.6%of the nurses believed that the hospital paid greater attention to patients rather than staff.Conclusions:A clear definition of workplace violence and reporting procedures,establishment of a facile system for reporting,and supervisory support following a reporting are urgently required.