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Staal, Wästerlund Dianne. "Heat stress in forestry work /." Umeå : Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniv.), 2001. http://diss-epsilon.slu.se/archive/00000016/.
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Larsson, Sandra, and Sara Olsson. "Arbetsrelaterad stress hos sjuksköterskor / Work related stress among nurses." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Omvårdnad, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-4753.
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Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att belysa arbetsmiljöfaktorer som påverkar stress och stresshantering hos sjuksköterskor på arbetsplatsen. Metod: Denna litteraturöversikt innefattar 18 studier av både kvalitativ och kvantitativ ansats som söktes via databasen Wiley InterScience och därefter granskades och analyserades. Resultat: Tre teman konstaterades som berörde; organisatoriska, psykosociala och professionsrelaterade faktorer som bidrog till arbetsrelaterad stress. Av de organisatoriska faktorerna var löneaspekten, inadekvat organisationsuppbyggnad och inadekvat personalbemanning av stor betydelse för den arbetsrelaterade stressen. Psykosociala miljöfaktorer som bristande möjlighet till konsultation och stöd från arbetskollegor och höga arbetskrav var faktorer som genererade stress på arbetsplatsen. Professionellt var bristande kunskap och erfarenhet i yrket samt fysiskt krävande arbetsbelastning betydande faktorer. Flera studier rapporterade dessutom att stor del av sjuksköterskorna övervägde att lämna sitt yrke på grund av den arbetsrelaterade stressen.
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Scanlon, Thomas Joseph. "Work and non-work stress among solicitors : modelling the work-home interface." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2005. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/22005/.
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Focusing upon solicitors working in private law firms in England and Wales, the study investigates the interrelationships between domain-specific and work-home interference factors and their predictive value in relation to different categories of strain symptomatology and satisfaction outcomes. The research also examines the moderating influences of gender and family type on the interface between work and home, and their differential impacts on well-being. Data were gathered in two stages. Stage one involved 20 interviews that allowed respondents to identify sources of work and home pressures for themselves. Content analysis of the interview transcripts facilitated the development of separate work and home pressure inventories. In addressing the difficulties associated with construct measurement, stage two developed an unorthodox approach for measuring both forms of work-home interference, which was part of an extensive survey instrument that included established outcome measures. The sample group was devised using a cluster sampling strategy whereby legal firms were grouped according to their size and then by regional cities. Nearly 2,500 surveys were distributed with a return rate of nearly 30%. The data set was split into two sub-sets via a cluster sampling strategy based on gender and family type to allow for a series of exploratory and confirmatory analyses in the development and testing of structural equation models of the work and home domain. A distinguishing feature of this study is its examination of the work-home interface at the microlevel, which involved developing a series of structural equation models relevant to the most salient sources of work-home interference and domain-specific pressures experienced by solicitors. Through a series of exploratory and confirmatory analyses, the study' tested three differing sets of explanatory relations as to the interplay between specific aspects of the two domains, and the implications of this interplay for a range of outcomes. The findings provide strong empirical support to assert that work-to-home interference (e. g., concerns over ability) and home-to-work interference (e. g., unfulfilled domestic responsibilities) represent two distinct dimensions of individuals functioning with different rates of prevalence and different role related antecedents and outcomes that indicate that solicitors are being stretched in both domains. The empirical evidence indicates an increasing convergence in the public and private roles of male and female solicitors, highlighting the importance of both sexes having the opportunity to attain a balance between the domains of work and home. The study also demonstrates that work-home interference is not exclusively a problem for employees located in traditional nuclear families and shows that solicitors within differing familial situations (e. g., single persons) experience high levels of work-home interference that can exacerbate domainspecific pressures resulting in a poor state of health and low levels of work and home satisfaction.
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Angleman, Amy J. "Firefighter Stress: Association between Work Stress, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms and Cardiovascular Disease Risk." Thesis, NSUWorks, 2010. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_stuetd/2.
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The effects of occupational stress on public servants who seek to protect and maintain security for the general public have begun to receive more attention in recent years. Most of this research has focused on police officers. Much less attention has been directed towards other first responders (i.e., firefighters, paramedics) except in comparisons with police samples or inclusion in mixed first responder groups. Investigative efforts that specifically target firefighters and their unique responses to occupational stress, the vulnerabilities of negative responses to stress, and the variables that enhance and maintain resiliency in these first responders is limited. Moreover, cardiovascular risk has been recognized in firefighters. However research has been focused on examining physical variables related to this risk with little attention to psychological contributions, particularly the role of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on cardiovascular disease (CVD). The goals of the current investigation were to (1) review research that has been conducted on stress in firefighters, (2) examine the effects of job stress, length of service, and critical incidents on developing PTSD and CVD risk (3) evaluate the relationship between PTSD and CVD risk in firefighters (4) increase our understanding of the manifestations of stress in this population, and (5) provide organizations and treatment providers potentially useful information for developing and improving assessment and intervention strategies. Firefighters from the Broward Sheriff's Office special operations teams (N=87) were the participants. Self-report measures and annual physical examination data provided information regarding CVD risk (weight, height, blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, physical exercise), job stress, trauma exposure, service length, and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Results indicated statistically significant relationships between PTSD symptomatology and current smoking status, triglycerides levels, and the number of CVD risk factors. Neither the number of experienced critical incidents, nor the number of service years was associated with PTSD symptomatology. Organizational job stress variables were associated with PTSD symptoms, but not directly with CVD risk. Collectively these findings suggest the reaction to traumatic experiences may be a better indicator of PTSD symptom development, than the actual number of traumatic events experienced. Moreover, the presence of PTSD symptoms may negatively influence overall CVD risk.
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Smit, Estie. "Constructive dismissal and resignation due to work stress / Estie Smit." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8425.
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In terms of section 186(1)(e) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 constructive
dismissal occurs where an employee terminated a contract of employment with
or without notice because the employer made continued employment intolerable.
Work stress is becoming more and more imminent in the workplace. Some
employees feel that the amount of work stress also makes their continued
employment intolerable, and then they claim constructive dismissal.
This raises the question whether the courts should apply the same tests they
apply in constructive dismissal cases as well as in cases where the employee
resigns because of work stress. But, if the same tests that are used to determine
if there has been a constructive dismissal are used in a case where an
employee resigns because of work stress, a real danger exists because then it
can lead to the misuse of a claim of constructive dismissal by employees who
cannot handle a minimum amount of work stress.
Over the years the courts have indicated that they apply an objective test in
cases of constructive dismissal. This leads to the argument whether subjectivity
should play a role, and whether one should look at the subjective perspective of
both the employer and the employee.
This research looks at numerous court decisions, from both the South African
legal system as well as the United Kingdom legal system, in order to determine
which tests the South African courts need to apply when they are confronted with
a constructive dismissal claim where the employee resigned due to work stress.
Constructive dismissal – resignation – work stress – stress due to an excessive
workload – work stress and employee wellness – stress based claims.Thesis (LL.M. (Labour Law))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011
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Müller, Elsie Franscina. "Strategies for managing work related stress." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/742.
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The objective of this study was to identify the strategies (primary, secondary and tertiary) that can be employed to manage work related stress. A questionnaire, was designed based on the strategies found in a literature study on the topic and used to gather inputs from academic head of department and lecturers. The questionnaire was delivered by hand to 18 potential respondents. All 16 questionnaires returned could be used. These were processed and analysed using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. In general support was found for primary stress management strategies pertaining to work schedule, work load and work pace, job content, career development, the home-work relationship and work environment. Lifestyle management in terms of physical activities and a healthy diet were regarded as the preferred secondary stress management strategies. The strategies related to lifestyle management which were identified from the literature study were physical activities, healthy diet, relaxation techniques such as meditation and yoga. Support was found for tertiary stress management strategies but most of the respondents were not sure if their organisation offered any wellness, employee assistance or stress management programmes. Wellness programmes were indicated as a strategy that will have the most impact on reducing work related stress and employee assistance programmes (EAPs) ranked there after. Overall respondents indicated that they did not perceive their work as very stressful.
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Sparkes, Timothy James. "Personality, mood and daily work stress." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670246.
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Stone, Frederick J. "Measures to reduce stress at work." Thesis, Aston University, 1985. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/12303/.
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Shepherd, Brittnie Renae. "The Role of Recovery from Work in Work Stress-Related Drinking." PDXScholar, 2016. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3340.
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Alcohol consumption has been linked to numerous adverse health and well-being outcomes; therefore determining what motivates individuals to drink is of utmost importance. One reason individuals may drink is to cope with work demands and their associated strain. This may be especially relevant for correctional officers (COs) as this occupation has been associated with high levels of job stressors and strain and heavy drinking. Drawing primarily on the job demands-resources and ego depletion models, this study examined how emotional job demands contribute to CO exhaustion and alcohol use. Additionally, interactions between common recovery from work experiences and exhaustion were tested to determine if recovery experiences could serve as a protective influence against work stress-related drinking. Participants were 1,370 correctional officers from 14 correctional facilities within the state of Oregon. Results indicate that exhaustion was positively related to both drinking quantity and drinking frequency and that emotional job demands had significant indirect effects on both types of drinking behaviors through employee exhaustion. The recovery experiences relaxation and detachment significantly moderated the relationship between exhaustion and drinking quantity, but not drinking frequency. Mastery experiences did not influence the strength of the positive relationship between exhaustion and either drinking outcome. These findings suggest that engaging in certain recovery experiences may lead to drinking fewer drinks on days when drinking, however the frequency of those days remains unaffected.
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Millson, William A. "Predictors of work stress among correctional officers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ57920.pdf.
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Rodopman, Ozgun Burcu. "Proactive personality, stress and voluntary work behaviors." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001857.
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Houdmont, Jonathan. "Defining a case of work-related stress." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2009. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10682/.
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This thesis concerns case definitions for work-related stress; that is, the criteria used for the identification of a person as presenting a case. It has its focus on case definitions used as the basis for measurement in two related domains in the British context: large-scale nationally representative workforce surveys and personal injury litigation. Together, these contribute to informing policy and practice on tackling the challenge to occupational health presented by work-related stress. The thesis begins by placing the subject matter in its applied context through a consideration of research and policy imperatives for the development of case definitions for work-related stress. This is followed by a series of studies that employ a systematic review methodology and qualitative methodologies including template analysis and content analysis to explore the use, consequences and development of case definitions used in the two domains of interest. Relationships between both sets of case definitions are explored and implications for research, policy and practice considered. The studies culminate with a critical discourse analytic investigation into the media representation of the case definition used in personal injury litigation for work-related stress and its possible contribution to informing activities on tackling and defining work-related stress. The final chapter brings together the results and conclusions from preceeding chapters. It considers some possible ways forward in the study of case definitions for work-related stress that might contribute to improvements in the occupational health of the nation’s workforce.
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Millson, William A. (William Alexander) Carleton University Dissertation Psychology. "Predictors of work stress among correctional officers." Ottawa, 2000.
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Muñoz, Julie Ann Peters, and Elisa Collins Coronado. "Stress among Master of Social Work students." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2459.
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This study explores stress levels among a population of Master of Social Work (MSW) students enrolled at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). It is hypothesized that student stress is related to curriculum, finances, gender, and social roles.
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Christie, Maryann Denise. "Gender differences on coping with work stress and predicting work related outcomes." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1200.
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Tighezza, M'hamed. "Work stress and coping strategies : a study of perceived stress among production workers in an Algerian glass works." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1987. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/843888/.
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The present research was designed to investigate the relationships among perceived work stressors, coping strategies and psychological strain. To further the analysis of the stressor-coping-strain relationships, the hypothesized main effects, mediating and moderating roles of personality dimensions (i.e. Type A behaviour pattern, locus of control and self-esteem), socio-demographic characteristics (i.e. age, marital status, education, tenure, and income), and contextual variables (i.e. participation, supportive relationships and family-work interface) were examined. Literature review highlighted the paucity of researchers' concern with the production workers' stress and coping; the almost absence of stress and coping studies in the developing societies in general and Algeria in particular; and the lack of multivariate approach to the stressor-coping-strain relationships. Following the performance of a pilot study on a sample of 40 workers, the main study was designed and carried out in a glass-works in Algeria. The sample interviewed (using structured interviews) consisted of 110 full-time male production workers. Multivariate analysis of the data generally showed that: - Experience of work stressors originating from role conflict, task, pay, communications, career, and role overload was related to increased anxiety, depression, dissatisfaction and psychosomatic complaints (strain indices). - What makes most difference in the prediction of strain indices is not what people are (i.e. personality and socio-demographic characteristics), but rather, what they experience (i.e. perceived work stressors and contextual variables) and what they do (i.e. coping strategies). - Coping strategies (particularly "Withdrawal" and "Evaluation"), contextual variables, and personality variables (particularly. Type A behaviour and self-esteem) exert a mediating effect upon the work stressor-strain relationships, so that the aversive effect of experienced work stressors on strain is attenuated (e.g., by self-esteem and supportive relationships) or exacerbated (e.g., by withdrawal, Type A behaviour, and lack of participation). - The moderating role of coping strategies, contextual variables and personality was not supported. Socio-demographic variables were neither significant moderators nor mediators of the stressor-strain relationships. Results were discussed and implications examined.
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Holmberg, Rosanna, and Mathilda Zejak. "Stress! : Hur stress påverkar förskolans verksamhet." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-13941.
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Stressrelaterade långtidssjukskrivningar har ökat radikalt på senare år i Sverige. Vi vill med den här studien göra verksamma pedagoger medvetna om stress och hur det kan påverka deras arbete. Studiens syfte är att undersöka stress i förskolans verksamhet. Vi anser att stress är ett högaktuellt ämne eftersom det dagligen går att läsa om i media. I vår studie har vi använt oss av en kvalitativ metod med semistrukturerade intervjuer där vi intervjuat 6 pedagoger på 3 förskolor i södra Sverige. Studiens resultat visar på att pedagoger mer eller mindre upplever stress i någon form i förskolan. En utmärkande faktor är stora barngrupper då pedagogerna upplever att de inte räcker till i sitt arbete med barnen. Pedagogerna upplever att de ställer för höga krav på sig själva i arbetet. En annan faktor är att det lätt blir hög ljudvolym vilket skapar stress hos både pedagoger och barn. Pedagogerna upplever att de har kunskap om barns stressreaktioner och hur stress visar sig hos barnen. Några av pedagogerna i vår studie påtalar att det finns metoder och redskap för att minska stress som några arbetar aktivt med i verksamheten.
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Manderson, Cameron Carlton-Gregory. "Life stress, work stress, and job performance| Does conscientiousness make a difference?" Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1567953.
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As organizations become increasingly complex, research into the sources and effects of employee stress is increasingly warranted. The present study examined the relationship between personal life stress, work stress, and job performance. In addition, the role of conscientiousness as a possible moderating variable was analyzed. Several studies regarding the relationship between stress and work performance were reviewed. In the present study, participants completed measures of life stress, job stress, and personality. Supervisors rated the job performance of participants. A significant relationship was found between personal life stress and job stress such that each type of stress was higher when the other was present. Neither personal life stress nor job stress were related to job performance. Conscientiousness was not found to moderate the stress-job performance relationships. Implications of the study and future directions are explored.
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Dahlgren, Anna. "Work stress and overtime work - effects on cortisol, sleep, sleepiness and health." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Dept. of Psychology, Stockholm University, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1355.
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Vanagas, Giedrius. "Work characteristics and work-related psychosocial stress among general practitioners in Lithuania." Thesis, Nordic School of Public Health NHV, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-3278.
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Background. There are a number of studies showing that general practice is oneof the most stressful workplaces for health care workers. Since the Baltic States regained independence in 1990, a reform of the health care systems took place in which a new role and more responsibilities were allocated to general practitioners. This study aimed to explore the psychosocial stress level among Lithuanian general practitioners (GPs) and examine the relationship between their psychosocial stress and work characteristics. Methods. A cross-sectional study was madeof 300 Lithuanian general practitioners. Psychosocial stress was investigated with a questionnaire based on the Reeder scale. Job demands were investigated with the Karasek scale. The analyses included descriptive statistics, interrelationship analysis between the different characteristics, and multivariate logistic regression to estimate odd ratios for each of the independent variables in the model. Results. The study shows that 48% of the respondents could be classified as suffering from work related psychosocial stress by the Reeder scale. The highest job strain prevalence was among widowed, single and female GPs. The lowest job strain prevalence was among males and GPs of older age. Job strain occurs when job demands are high and jobdecision latitude is low. Conclusions. The greatest risk tophysical and mental health from stress occurs to general practitioners facing high psychological workload demands combined with low decision latitude in meeting those demands. High job demands, patient load more than 18 patients per day and young age of general practitioners can predict a statistically significant effect on job strain.ISBN 91-7997-095-8
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Bártová, Soňa. "Vyhodnocování, zvládání a snižování stresu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-223235.
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The thesis with title „Stress Evaluation, Coping and Reduction“ is dealing with this nowadays and often discussed problems focused on possibly purposes of work stress, influence of stress on health and techniques of stress coping. The theoretical part concerns on stress and relate topics. In the practical part I have made an analysis of stress load on some employees of dm drogerie markt limited liability company. In conclusion I have suggested proposals leading to stress reduction on this workplace.
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GOYAL, DEVENDRA. "EVALUATING WORK-FACTOR CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin990816550.
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Seidel, Jayna G. "Adolescent female stress management curriculum." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1585967.
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The purpose of this curriculum is to help adolescent females navigate the stress they experience during this developmental stage in a safe and effective way. The curriculum aims to increase adolescent females' self-esteem, increase their knowledge of effective communication strategies, and increase their ability to identify support systems in life. The curriculum includes eight 1 hour sessions designed to be delivered in a group setting. The curriculum was designed based on a review of the literature and research concerning adolescence, adolescent learning theories, interventions, relational aggression, conflict management, compassion and empathy, healthy relationships, self-esteem, and support systems. Curriculum limitations, implications for social work practice, and recommendations for future curriculums are also discussed.
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Moomaw, Michael E. "Work and nonwork stress : effects on job performance." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30287.
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Ayadurai, Viya Kumari. "Work-Life Balance, Work-Study Interface, Gender, Stress, and Satisfaction of Online Students." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5445.
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There is a likelihood of stress in working students' struggles to manage work, family, studies, and personal life, yet little is known about differences in stress levels between male and female online students. Previous studies suggested that more men than women balanced work and family owing to women's asymmetrical family responsibilities. The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effects of gender on the relationships of work-life balance and work-study interface of working online students and their perceived stress and satisfaction with life. In this quantitative study, the theoretical framework included social role theory and spillover theory. A convenience sample of 80 working online students (aged 20-60+ years) participated in an online survey. Particpants completed a demographic survey, work-life balance scale, work-study interface scale, perceived stress scale, and satisfaction with life scale. Collected data were analyzed using regression analysis. The results indicated that in both work-life balance and work-study interface, working female online students had higher levels of perceived stress than males, and women had a lower level of satisfaction with life than men in work-study interface. Understanding spillover experiences and gender social roles of working online students in their work-life balance and work-study interface may lead to positive social change by providing useful information for policy makers to support online students. The study may also provide an understanding of the dynamic of the work-life-study balance for the students themselves.
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Morgan, James Iain. "Stress and risk perception in safety critical work." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485313.
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Well-Being Audit' carried out at Eurostar (UK) Plc. in 2001. The results of this first survey suggested that specifically those individuals working in safety-critical departments reported lower levels of physiological and psychological well-being compared with other employees. Although this audit did not measure risk attitudes or behaviour, it was envisaged that these safety-critical workers may be subject to a number of additional stressors as a consequence of their specific working environment and the need for them to negotiate personal and general risk on a day-to-day basis. The present thesis examined the relationship between the appraisal of work characteristics, psychological well-being, and risk behaviour in the safety-critical environment. . The first exploratory study was a repetition of the original well-being audit. Using the' same measures as at time one, this afforded a comparison between ratings in 2001 and two years later, in 2003. New measures were also included in order to explore the potential relationships . of interest. The results of this survey suggested that while well-being had improved, high-risk ·attitudes were predicted by both work characteristics and dispositional affect. ~tings of anxiety . were associated with an increase in risky attitudes, a relationship which was not easily explained by a history ofcontradictory research findings. The remainder. of the thesis sought to evaluate some of these c'ontradictory findings. Firstly an experimental study conducted in a laboratory setting analysed the contribution of egodepletion to changes in risk behaviour (risk appraisal, and risky decision making) and incidental mood-risk relationships. The findings suggested that fluctuations in risk behaviour are not a direct consequence of the depletion of a self-regulatory resource. Any relationships between mood and risk were masked by the ego-depletion manipulation. In a second experimental study the use of the simulation heuristic was examined as a possible mediator/moderator of the moodrisk relationship. The findings revealed that wh;en par:ticipants were able to minimise uncertainty . during the. decision making process they were less likely to take a risk on the Personal Risk Inventory (PR!). The ability to simulate was not related to state or trait mood however. A final applied study used the findings of a concurrent participant observation, and . . accident statistics to develop a'specific Eurostar PersonalInventory (EPRl). The analysis of the relationship between mood and risk behaviour on this measure revealed a strong positive correlation for between both trait anxiety and trait fatigue, and risky decision .making, an association moderated by the ability to simulate. Trait happiness was related to a decrease in rlskydecision making, a direct relationship not affected by the ability t,o simulate, and explained in terms ofmood regulation. The findi~gs provide an insight into. risk behaviour in this specific setting and it is envisaged that there is a clear incentive for further research in this area.
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Wong, Imelda S. Y. "Shift work, stress and heart disease among paramedics." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43496.
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Shift work and work-related stress is a rising concern among the workforce population because of the potential link to cardiovascular disease (CVD). While these exposures are common in emergency services, there are few studies examining if these factors increase CVD risk among paramedics. The aim of this dissertation is to address this research gap.
The first study examined neuroendocrine activity related to shift work and job strain. Shift workers (n=14) reported higher job strain than daytime workers (n=7) and exhibited neuroendocrine dysregulation through salivary biomarkers (alpha-amylase and cortisol) and subclinical CVD indicators (heart rate variability and endothelial functioning). The sampling protocol developed in this study can be used for future, large-scale field studies.
The second and third studies used records of emergency runs attended by British Columbia (BC) paramedics between 1990/1 and 2002 to derive exposures, and administrative records from the BC Linked Health Database to ascertain CVD cases.
The second study used a nested case-control design with 11 years follow-up (n = 183 – 742). Three controls were matched per case by age, sex and first year of employment. Results of conditional logistic regression did not support hypotheses that shift work was associated with hypertension, chronic coronary syndrome nor acute coronary syndrome; nor that time away from shift work may reduce the risk of CVD. However, development of novel shift work metrics which incorporated periods of neuroendocrine dysregulation and recovery should be considered in future studies.
The third study used a case-crossover design to compare exposures during 4 days prior to onset of acute coronary events to exposures in 4 randomly chosen days in the month prior for each acute coronary case (n=65). Results suggest non-significant increased risks of acute coronary syndrome were associated with busy work days, high-stress emergencies and discrepancies between dispatched information and diagnosis at the scene. A delay in onset of acute coronary events was also observed. Results suggest current psychological debriefing sessions may not be effective and that considerations should be made to improve mental health programs to reduce psychological strain.
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Sprince, Alan. "Stress at work : can the common law cope?" Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.402859.
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Kingdom, Susan E. "Work-related stress in Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG)." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2011. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/55067/.
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The aim of this research was to gain an understanding of work-related stress in a previously unstudied occupational group, Her Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG). The overall level of stress was established at 11%, contrary to expectations and lower than the 17% found in general population comparison samples. Despite this relatively lower level, measures reflecting the Effort-Reward-lmbalance (ERI), Job Demands-Control-Support (JDCS) and Negative Occupational Factors Models of stress were all associated with seven negative outcomes (stress, anxiety, depression, number of sick days, perception that illness was caused or made worse from work, inability to "relax or wind down" and impact on family life) and up to a further nine, dependent upon the model. Significant predictors of stress included ERI, organisation change and exposure to physical agents (noise), with anxiety predicted by ERI, noise and bullying, and depression by ERI, bullying, noise, training and role conflict/ambiguity. The level of depression found was significantly higher than a general population comparison group. ERI was a consistent theme throughout and the most efficient model in explaining variance in the data. Those who had high effort- reward imbalance were nine times more likely to experience stress, 13 times more likely to experience anxiety and six times more likely to suffer from depression. Using the JDCS Model, HMCG were found to have significantly lower job demands and decision latitude but significantly higher levels of moderating social support. A second, pilot study, which focused on job specific factors, indicated that critical incidents involving death of a child might be the most stressful to handle but that frequency of exposure, amongst a range of other influences, were having a moderating effect. Whilst demonstrating that lower levels of stress are still harmful, there were also aspects of this group which may help with stress reduction elsewhere. Implications for further research are discussed.
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Fenton, Jane. "Ethical stress in Scottish criminal justice social work." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2013. https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/87fcb9e9-74d3-450c-a63c-83d88f57d83d.
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This thesis uses empirical data to explore criminal justice social workers’ experience of ‘ethical stress,’ which is the discomfort experienced by workers when they cannot achieve value/behaviour congruence in their practice. The research was operationalised via questionnaires distributed to criminal justice social workers in four Scottish local authorities, from which both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered. From the data, it appears that the more risk averse a workplace is perceived to be, and the less value-based the ethical climate is judged to be, the more ethical stress will be experienced. The approach to working with offenders, however, seems not to have a direct effect on ethical stress experienced. Rather, workers are very clear that public protection/risk work takes priority and this only becomes a source of stress when the ethical climate is such that any additional welfare, helping work the social worker is inclined to undertake, is thwarted. A worker’s experience of ethical stress may depend upon where they work, as levels vary significantly between local authorities, as do perceptions of ethical climate. Approaches taken to risk and to working with offenders, however, do not vary between local authorities, probably because of the strength of influence from government. A model of ethical stress in criminal justice social work (CJSW) is ultimately suggested, highlighting the connections and influences above, and depicting the important role of the senior social worker. Finally, significant differences on all variables were found between older, more experienced workers and younger, less experienced workers who appear to be happier with a ‘new penological’ approach to the management of (as opposed to engagement with) offenders. Less experienced workers seem to accept, more uncritically, the prioritisation of public protection and reduced autonomy and, although they do experience ethical stress when value based practice is impeded and risk aversion prevails, it is experienced to a significantly lesser degree. The culmination of these differences may well cast doubt upon CJSW’s continuing commitment to social work values.
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Schmaltz, Kathleen Marie. "Stress and Work-Task Satisfaction: School Counselors' Perspective." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28713.
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The study?s first purpose was to give school counselors a ?voice? regarding their perceived stress. The second purpose was to investigate the relationship between school counselors? work satisfaction across 12 counselor-related activities and perceived stress as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10). A question about stressors and the variables of gender, age, prior teaching experience, years of experience as a school counselor, school setting, and caseload added definition to the study. This research attempted a census of all North Dakota?s school counselors who had practiced for the last 30 days prior to completing the survey. Initially, participants self-administered and self-selected the survey mode via a URL, QR code, or hyperlink; later, a paper option was offered. When asked about their stressors, 64.6% (n = 204) of the school counselors reported that their greatest stressors in the last 30 days were work-related. The PSS-10 average score was 13.55 on a scale of 0-32, indicating a low-moderate level of stress. As the years of prior teaching experience and experience as a school counselor increased, the perceived stress decreased. No relationship was found between the school counselors? practice setting or caseload and their perceived stress. Overall, as school counselors? work satisfaction decreased, school counselors? perceived stress increased. This relationship was statistically significant for all twelve of the appropriate school counselor activities, but the strength of the relationships varied from a Spearman?s Rho of -.16 for classroom guidance to -.41 for individual academic advising. School counselors who were required to perform ASCA-defined inappropriate activities had a statistically significant, higher perceived stress score than school counselors who were not required to perform those activities. The results, limitations of this study, and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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Henshall, Claire. "Understanding stress reducing adaptation in the work place." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2978.
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Andersson, Malin, and Magnus Engervall. "The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Work-Related Stress." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-16840.
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Stress is both a health risk and an economic risk for our society. Employers search for ways to offer possible stress reducers for their employees. Mindfulness as a stress reducer is a fairly new research area but with a good amount of research papers suggesting that mindfulness programmes over several weeks are successful in reducing subjective perceived stress as well as physiological stress, such as blood pressure and cortisol levels. This study aims to examine whether mindfulness could show positive effects on stress at work, after only one mindfulness session, compared to being on an extended break. Measurements includes the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire (SMBQ), blood pressure and pulse. The results show that engaging in one single mindfulness session does have an effect on lowering blood pressure as well as lowering perceived tension, which is one of four parts of the SMBQ.
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O'Donnell, Emily Martin. "The Cardiometabolic Effects of Work and Family Stress." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:16121135.
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Work and family stress is increasingly pervasive in today’s workforce, and studies reveal that it may be related to worse employee cardiovascular health. However, it is unclear whether the combined stress from work and home relate to individual cardiometabolic risk factors over time and whether the workplace influences these risk factors. Further, no research has examined if these demands are associated with higher levels of inflammation in the body, which are meaningful indicators of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This dissertation seeks to address these gaps in the literature. We draw upon data from 1,524 predominantly female, ethnically and racially diverse extended-care employees who provide biological as well as self-reported data on a variety of sociodemographic, health and work and family variables at four study waves (baseline, 6 months, 12 months and 18 months). Specifically, Chapter 1 examines the observational effects of work and family conflict, conceptualized to represent perceived stress, on five cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure, glycosylated hemoglobin, cholesterol, body mass index and cigarette consumption) used to establish a cardiometabolic risk score (CRS) over the 18 month study period. Chapter 2 investigates the effects of a workplace intervention designed to increase flexibility, schedule control and workplace support on employee markers of inflammation from baseline to 12 months as part of a prospective, randomized field experiment. Chapter 3 assesses manager- and worksite-level influences on the aforementioned CRS and behavioral and biological variables representing CVD risk, all measured at the employee-level at baseline. We employ multilevel level modeling techniques to account for the nesting of employees within manager workgroups and worksites as well as multiple measures per employee where appropriate. Overall, we find that work and family conflict may relate to certain measures of cardiometabolic risk, such as BMI and cholesterol. Additionally, employees who work within the same worksite may have more similar cholesterol levels than employees working at different worksites. We do not find evidence that this particular workplace intervention lead to changes in employee levels of inflammation over time. Given the public health burden of CVD, we recommend that future research continue to examine the effects of work and family stressors on cardiovascular outcomes in a variety of settings.Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Lusung, Daisy. "SPIRITUALITY AND WORK RELATED STRESS IN SOCIAL WORKERS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/673.
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Social workers are subjected to experiencing job related stress due to high case loads, the severity of client cases, and vicarious trauma. In order to cope with these job stresses, it would be conducive for social workers to find alternatives to coping with job related stress. Practicing spirituality can be seen in many forms relating to religion, cultural practices, prayers, meditation, and to be one with nature to say the least. This research will explore the correlation between spirituality and job related stress among social workers. Quantitative data has been gathered amongst 133 social workers who have participated in answering the spirituality inventory and job stress questionnaire. Results from this data finds that spirituality brings forth positive attributes such as reducing stress and burnout. Furthermore, there is a negative correlation between spirituality and job stress. The greater spirituality is linked to lower levels of job stress. Therefore, it is vital to utilize spirituality as it may help with self care and lead to greater longevity in the social work field.
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Hildingsson, Emelie, and Jessica Magnusson. "Stress i hemtjänsten : En studie om enhetschefers hantering av stress hos vårdpersonalen." Thesis, Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-9108.
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A qualitative study of stress management within geriatric care
Authors: Hildingsson, Emelie & Magnusson, JessicaSupervisor: Hjorth Aronsson, Christina
Essay topic related to stress and stress management in the geriatric care. The purpose of this study is to ascertain how the unit managers, within care of elderly, in their role as manager and leader handle possible stress reactions among its nursing staff. Our purpose will generate the following issues;
How does the employer discover stress among the employees?
In what way is the stress taken care of among the geriatric care staff?
What opportunities are there to prevent stress?
The study is based on a qualitative research method. As a data collection method we've used semi-structured interviews and we have implemented them in five female heads in a medium-sized municipality in Sweden. We have used out of an interview guide where we divided the issues into three different themes; observation phase, taking care of phase and the possibility of prevention. In the analytical part, we have structured and categorized the material under each theme, and used us to further sub-headings to create a transparency. In addition to previous research, the theories about stress, work-related stress and stress from a gender perspective has been used as a basis for analysis of interview material. Our conclusion after study is that the unit managers in home care have a systematic approach for working with the environment in the workplace. Because there is a standing item on workplace meetings where the work is discussed it allows the heads of units to identify stress in the staff group. The action taken when the stress revealed by the Working Group is primarily supported calls from occupational health services, but also support from the Head of Unit in the form of adjustment of duties. There is no clear stress prevention in the workplace, but health and wellness, can be interpreted as a prevention effort. Lack of resources out as an explanation for the heads of units cannot handle the work-related stress in an ideal way.
Keywords: workrelated stress, stress, leadership, social care of elderly and stress management
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Spooner-Lane, Rebecca. "The influence of work stress and work support on burnout in public hosptial nurses." Queensland University of Technology, 2004. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15975/.
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Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) transactional stress-strain-coping theory provides the theoretical background for the present thesis. This theory proposes that strain (i.e., burnout) occurs when demands (i.e., work stressors) exceed coping resources (e.g., social support). The current thesis explores the influence of social support on the stress-burnout relationship in nurses. A sample of Australian nurses working across three public hospitals in Brisbane's metropolitan district were recruited to investigate the nature and level of burnout experienced by nurses. Burnout is characterised by emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced personal accomplishment. The present research addresses gaps in the empirical literature by investigating the key work stressors experienced by Australian nurses and by establishing nurses' referent levels of work stress, social support, and burnout. In addition, the research explores the complex relationships between work stress, social support and burnout. The majority of nursing studies have failed to consider how support from within the nurses' work environment mitigates burnout. The present research builds upon previous nursing literature by examining the "main&qout; and "buffering" effect hypotheses. Studies have consistently found support for the main effect model, however the hypothesis that social support buffers the negative effects of stress has resulted in highly conflicting findings. Some theorists (Cohen & Wills, 1985; Cutrona & Russell, 1990) propose that the buffering effects of social support will only be found if there is an adequate match between the needs elicited by the stressful event and the type of support an individual receives. The present study extends the stress or support matching theory by exploring the matching between specific types of stressors to specific types (i.e., emotional and instrumental) and sources (i.e.,supervisor and coworkers) of support. Cutrona (1990) suggests that the controllability of a stressor is the primary dimension in determining an appropriate match between stressors and types of support. Cutrona proposes that controllable stressful events elicit needs for instrumental support and uncontrollable events elicit needs for emotional support. Heeding Cutrona's advice, independent raters classified nurses' work stressors as controllable or uncontrollable stressful events prior to investigating the stressor-support matching theory. Three sequential studies were undertaken to explore the variables of interest to this research program. In Study 1, focus groups were conducted with 68 nurses (11 males, 34 females) from two public hospitals. The qualitative data was subjected to content analysis. The findings revealed that Australian nurses are exposed to a range of job-specific stressors (i.e., Job Conditions, Job Uncertainty, Interpersonal Conflict and a Lack of Professional Recognition and Support) and generic role stressors (i.e., Role Overload, Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity). The findings prompted the research to utilise Wolfgang's (1988) Health Professions Stress Inventory to measure nurses' job-specific stressors and Osipow and Spokane's (1987) Occupational Roles Questionnaire to measure nurses' role stressors in Study 2. The findings from Study 1 also confirmed that the way nurses perceive work support is consistent with current social support literature. Nurses indicated that their two main sources of support were their coworkers and their supervisor. Furthermore, nurses discussed social support from a multidimensional perspective, recognising different types of support that were broadly classified as emotional and instrumental support. Based on these findings, the researcher developed a work support measure specifically for the purpose of this research. Items were taken from established social support scales and were slightly modified to ensure that they were contextually relevant to nurses. In Study 2, 273 nurses (38 males, 235 females) completed a multi-measure questionnaire. While there was sufficient research evidence to indicate that the Occupational Roles Questionnaire (Osipow & Spokane, 1987) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach, Jackson, & Leiter, 1996) possess adequate levels of reliability and validity, less was known about Wolfgang's Health Professions Stress Inventory and the work support scales designed for this research program. Factor analysis of the Health Professions Stress Inventory revealed a four-factor solution: Lack of Professional Recognition and Support, Patient Care Uncertainty, Job Conditions, and Interpersonal Conflict. Cronbach's coefficient alphas ranged from .62 to .83. Factor analysis of the Coworker Support Scale revealed a two-factor solution, representing emotional and instrumental support. Cronbach's coefficient alphas for the Emotional Coworker Support and Instrumental Coworker Support were .92 and .88 respectively. Contrary to expectations, factor analysis of the Supervisor Support Scale revealed a one-factor solution. It was therefore deemed appropriate to examine Supervisor Support as a unidimensional construct in subsequent analyses. Cronbach's coefficient alpha for the Supervisor Support scale was .96. Overall, the results from Study 2 provided supporting evidence to suggest that the measures used in the current research program were psychometrically sound. In Study 3, the data collected in Study 2 was subjected to further statistical analysis. The findings from Study 3 indicated that overall, the sample of Australian nurses reported low to moderate levels of work stress, moderate levels of work support and moderately high levels of burnout. For Emotional Exhaustion, predictor variables accounted for 42.2% of the total variance. Sociodemographic factors explained a small but significant proportion of the variance (2.7%). Work stressors however, were the main predictors of Emotional Exhaustion, explaining 41.5% of the total variance. Role Overload, Job Conditions and Role Conflict were the main determinants of Emotional Exhaustion, with Role Overload explaining most of the variance. For Depersonalisation, the predictor variables accounted for 34.2% of the total variance. Sociodemographic factors (11.5%) and work stressors (33.6%) both explained a significant proportion of the variance. Role Conflict and Patient Care Uncertainty were the main determinants of Depersonalisation, with Role Conflict explaining most of the variance. For Personal Accomplishment, Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity explained 20.5% of the total variance, with Role Conflict explaining most of the variance. Sociodemographic factors and job-specific stressors were not significant Predictors of Personal Accomplishment. Evidence for main effects of work support on burnout were limited. There was no evidence to suggest that work support had significant main effects on Emotional Exhaustion. Supervisor Support had a small, but significant main effect on Depersonalisation (â = -.15, p < .05) and Personal Accomplishment (â = -.24, p < .01). There was no evidence of main effects for Emotional and Instrumental Coworker Support. Furthermore, the present research found no significant evidence to support the buffering effect of work support on burnout. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
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Backus, Lisa. "Sanctification of Work: A Potential Moderator of the Relationship between Work Stress and Health." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363199031.
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Lee, Wan-yun, and 李宛芸. "The Relationship between Work/family Boundary Penetration, work stress, Family Stress and Well-Being." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/hnqw8p.
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碩士國立中山大學
人力資源管理研究所
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Along with the society move forward, the work and life style are constantly changed with the trend of the times. Both men and women nowadays have to work, thus they take the both responsibilities of the family and job, it causes the boundary line between job and family becoming more and more indistinct. This thesis is based on the characteristics of the “Boundary Theory” and from the point of the permeability to explore the mutual permeability between the pressure of job and family, and the impact on happiness. And further to discuss whether the integration preference of individual work-family will affect the relationship of work, family and pressure, and the support from workers’ supervisor and families would affect the relationship of stress and happiness. This thesis uses the purposive sampling to collect workers who have married, there is 181 questionnaires returned and 167 are valid samples among this. Also use SPSS to analyze the data, descriptive statistical analysis, simple regression and hierarchical regression to verify the various hypotheses. The summary is described as the following. 1. The workers who are under the higher permeable of work and family also feel the higher working pressure. 2. The workers who feel the more pressure under work and family, they feel the less happiness.
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Löblová, Klára. "Přístupy k prevenci a zvládání pracovního stresu v organizacích v České republice a v severských státech." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-350537.
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The Master's thesis deals with work-related stress in its context; preventing and managing it; and compares approaches to preventing and managing work-related stress in the Czech Republic and the Nordic countries. Work-related stress may have a negative impact on physical and mental health or overall quality of life of an individual and it may bring negative implications for an organization. The thesis follows theoretical basis for work- related stress, its factors and consequences from the point of view of an individual as well as an organization. The attention is concentrated on the approaches to preventing and managing work-related stress in organizations in regard to the nature of a work activity, the management level or particular activities carried out by human resources management. It is focusing on stress management precautions taken on the European and national level and describes the process conducted during the development of a programme for preventing and managing work-related stress and its effectivity evaluation. The thesis deals with an analysis of the approaches to preventing and managing work-related stress in the Czech Republic in comparison to those employed in the Nordic countries. The analysis and the follow-up comparison pursues situation in handling the matter in the Czech...
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Naylor, Carol Anne. "Meaningful work and childhood stress." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9186.
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A multiple case study method was used to investigate the relationship between
adult experiences of meaningful work and childhood experiences of existential stress.
Three male participants were selected on the basis that they were engaged in personally
meaningful work. In-depth interviews were used to collect stories from their childhood
and current work life. Childhood and work narratives were transcribed from taperecorded
interviews. Each account was reviewed and validated by the case study
participants.
The accounts were analyzed by comparing the childhood and work narrative plots
and the participant's role within these plots. An analysis of the narratives revealed a
pattern of experience that was common to all three cases. Overall, participants were
found to play similar roles in their childhood and work narratives. In childhood,
participants did not feel equipped to fulfill the role in which they were cast. As a result,
participants were repeatedly cast in dramas in which the overriding stress of their
childhood was played out. In work, however, participants were able to fulfill their roles
and were engaged in activities that were instrumental in producing desired outcomes.
Those activities cited as meaningful were directly and symbolically related to the
resolution of the central stress from their childhood.
Several implications emerge from this study. First, the study supports the
findings of previous researchers who describe a relationship between childhood stress
and meaningful work. Second, it describes a very complex relationship that includes
such factors as an individual's sense of agency, enactments of family dramas, re-targeting
sources of resolution, and engagement in significant activities. Third, it lends support for the practicability and usefulness of narrative approaches to career counselling. Finally, it
supports the idea that meaningful work does not belong only to extraordinary or gifted
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Sharma, Shailja, and Taqdeer Singh. "WORK STRESS AND PEER SUPPORT." Thesis, 2020. http://dspace.dtu.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/repository/18011.
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Workplace is a place where a person spend most of its time and what will happen if that workplace exerts pressure over the mind of that individual the resultant will be, they will be reluctant to go there and as a overall impact there efficiency and productivity will be reduced to a much level. If particularly we talk about police and defence personnel than by seeing their nature of work, work stress seems to be very common.
As a person spends most of the time at workplace they develop interpersonal relationships with their colleagues and this gives rise to concept of peer support. For this study we are considering aspect of peer support and we are trying to establish relationship between work stress and peer support among police personnel and defence personnel. The data for the study was collected by using random sampling method by defence personnel and police personnel.
We developed a questionnaire to collect data and after collecting responses we applied reliability and validity to our data.
Then we Analyse our data with the help of SPSS and as a result we found that peer support was negatively correlated to work stress in both cases of defence personnel and police personnel. And we also found that stress level of defence personnel showed more variance as compared to police personnel.
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De, Sousa Michelle Fontainha. "Relationship between work and non-work stressors and work-life balance amongst global market trading professionals." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3427.
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In the financial industry, there is a high demand for employees to possess all the necessary skills and motivation to perform highly specialized functions, and handle demands that accompany increasing stress levels.
The aim of the research was to determine whether there is a relationship between work and non-work stressors and work-life balance in the Global Market Trading industry.
A cross-sectional survey design was used, with a sample of 72 global market trading professionals drawn from a financial institution in Gauteng. Two questionnaires and a biographical questionnaire were administered. The questionnaires proved to be reliable.
The power of the study was calculated. Descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation was used to organise, summarise and describe the data.
The findings of the study show that as global market trading professional’s intrinsic factors at work and stress regarding their personal time increases, their experience of negative WHI increase as well.Industrial and Organisational Psychology
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邱語樂. "The Relationships among Work Spirituality, Work Stress and Mental Health." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5bj728.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
應用外語系
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This study aims to explore the relationships among, workplace spirituality, job stress and mental health. The participants were employees in Yunlin Industrial Zone. In order to understand the work stress, work spirituality and well being of employees, the researcher to used purposive sampling and questionnaire to collect the research data. The researcher received 225questionnaires for analysis. The questionnaire included (a) Demographics, (b) Spirituality at Work Questionnaire (SWQ), (c) Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ), (d) Spontaneous Scale(SS),(e) Psychological Capital Scale(PCS),(f) Chinese Happiness Inventory(CHI). The analysis use (a) Descriptive Statistics (b) Reliability Analysis and T Test and(c)Stepwise Regession analysis. The study used Stepwise Regession to test the proposed research model. The result showed that work stress has significant relation with physical and mental health. Moreover, The workplace spirituality has significant relation with employees well-being. Finally, the limitation of the study and the recommendation of the study were discussed for future research. Key words: Work Stress, Workplace Spirituality, Well-being
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CHANG, PEI-MIN, and 張培敏. "The Influence of Work Stress on Work Satisfaction for SFC." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78015456378825992305.
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碩士萬能科技大學
經營管理研究所在職專班
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The research subject is to probe the interaction between working pressure and working satisfaction for the volunteer military personnel of Taiwan Armed Forces, and by using the way of analyzing the questionnaire result to get realized about the current situation of the interaction between working pressure and working satisfaction for the volunteer military personnel of TAF. It takes questionnaire way to study, and three hundred and thirty questionnaires were sent to the personnel aiming to the volunteer servicemen from Army Special Forces Command with the statistical methods like reliability quantization tables, descriptive statistics, Pearson product moment and regression analysis. The key findings of the research are as follows: (A) The “Itself Inherent”, “Pressure from Superiors”, “Workload” items of working pressure appear the middle-high degree situation for the TAF volunteer servicemen. (B) The “Colleague Relations”, “Characteristics of Promotion” items of working satisfaction appear the middle degree situation for the TAF volunteer servicemen. (C) The “Workload” item of working pressure appears negative correlation with the “Compensation & Benefits”, “Promotion”, “Characteristics of Person in Charge” and “Colleague Relations” items of working satisfaction, and appears positive correlation with the “Work Itself” item. (D) The “Communication & Coordination” item of working pressure appears both negative correlations with the “Compensation & Benefits”, “Work Itself”, “Promotion”, “Characteristics of Person in Charge” and “Colleague Relations” items of working satisfaction. (E) The “Working Environment” item of working pressure appears both negative correlations with the “Compensation & Benefits”, “Work Itself”, “Promotion”, “Characteristics of Person in Charge” and “Colleague Relations” items of working satisfaction. According to the study found above, the suggestions are respectively mentioned and offered to the troops of TAF and the following researchers for reference.
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HSU, PO-CHIEH, and 許柏傑. "The Influence of Work Stress on Work Burnout for SFC." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99387280403574273638.
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HUANG, YI-CHEN, and 黃怡珍. "Between work and family: The relations among employed mothers' work stress, perceived spousal coparenting and parenting stress." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07427858703240506812.
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碩士輔仁大學
兒童與家庭學系碩士班
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The purpose of this research was to understand the current situation of the employed mothers’ work stress, perceived spousal coparenting and parenting stress, and further explore the relation among the employed mothers’ work stress, perceived spousal coparenting and parenting stress. The research was conducted by using questionnaires. The sample of this study was mothers with children aged from 3-6 years old in the double-income families in Taipei Country. The major measurements included “Working Sress scale”, “Coparenting scale”, and “Parenting Stress scale”. 305 valid questionnaires were collected. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, Pearson Correlation, and Multiple Regression. The following findings were summarized： 1.The working stress of employed mothers included two dimensions. There were “workload” and “physical and psychological reactions”. Employed mothers generally have mid level working stress；as for the situation of coparenting, supportive coparenting behaviors surpass non-supportive coparenting behaviors. The employed mothers perceived medium level of parenting stress. There were “life and role maladjustment”, “development of children”, “decrease of social interactions”, and “alienation of parent-child relations”, accordingly. 2.The correlations showed that working stress was positively related to parenting stress. Supportive coparenting was negatively correlated toparenting stress；on the other hand, nonsupportive coparenting was positively correlated to parenting stress. 3.The regression analyses indicated that the working stress and coparenting of the employed mothers’ perception were significant predictors for parenting stress. The employed mothers’ perception of nonsupportive coparenting was an important factor contributing to all aspects of parenting stress. 4.This study found that coparenting can moderate employed mothers’ workload on the impact of decrease of social interactions. The results further showed that supportive coparenting have no significant buffer effect, but nonsupportive coparenting would strengthened the relationship.
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McCalister, Katherine Saunders. "Hardiness and support at work as predictors of work stress and job satisfaction." Thesis, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3110718.
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MIN-YI, CHIU, and 邱敏宜. "A Study Of Firewomen’s Work Stress and Work Satisfaction In Taiwan." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84536449539510475503.
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碩士國立臺北大學
公共行政暨政策學系碩士在職專班
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This study is mainly for analyzing the work stress and the work satisfaction of firewomen In Taiwan. The study focused on two subjects: one is to find out how firewomen’s different background variables effect their feeling about work stress and work satisfaction, and the other is to analyze and predict the relations between stress and satisfaction of these firewomen. The study adopts the method of questionnaire investigation. The target samples of this investigation are firewomen. The method of the investigation is stratified random sampling 338 persons, and effective questionnaire collected are 257 pieces out of 76% retuning rate. Statistic method of this study adopts T-test and one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation. The analyzed study results listed as below: 1.The integral work stress of firewomen is in higher medium grade 2.The integral work satisfaction of firewomen is in lower medium grade. 3.There are four background variables reach the obvious grade on the matter of work stress to firewomen under different background variables: seniority, office/field duty, marital status and issue condition. 4.There are seven backgrounds variables reach the obvious grade on the matter of work satisfaction to firewomen under different background variables: age, education level, seniority, office/field duty, appointment, marital status and issue condition. 5.There are obvious differences between work stress and work satisfaction of firewomen under different background variables. 6.There are obvious negative correlations between work stress and work satisfaction of firewomen. According to the findings above, this thesis proposes some suggestions and policy recommendations for the related policies and future research.
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Geldenhuys, Ilana. "Investigating work stress perceptions and its relation to theoretical explanations of work stress amongst a group of teachers." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57173.
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This study focuses on the relation between the work stress perceptions of Grade 3
teachers and the theoretical explanations of work stress. According to the data gathered
from the teachers, there are significant links between the work stress perceptions of Grade
3 teachers and the theoretical explanations of work stress specifically included in this
study. Recommendations are made based on the findings of the study, as well as
secondary notable information. Aspects that limit the results and findings of the study are listed and briefly discussed. In addition to this, Kinman and Jones (2005) assert that stress
does not exist in a vacuum and thus cannot be studied by extracting the individual from his
or her cultural and social context. It was therefore essential to investigate a specific group
of employees with a qualitative approach in order to determine whether the theoretical
explanations of work stress relate to the individuals experiencing the work stress
themselves.Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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