Psychosocial Factors in the Workplace

Piecework, musculoskeletal pain and the impact of workplace psychosocial factors.

AIM To investigate the impact of piecework on musculoskeletal pain and general health, and the influence of perceived workplace psychosocial factors on any such associations, in a general UK population. METHODS A questionnaire was mailed to an age-stratified random sample of 10 000 adults aged 18-75 in North Staffordshire, UK. Respondents reporting a current main job were asked if this job wa...

Workplace Psychosocial Factors and Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Discussion Paper

Psychosocial factors and health: community and workplace study.

The effects of psychosocial factors on health have drawn growing attention. An important prerequisite for epidemiologic studies is that instruments to measure psychosocial factors be reliable and valid based on psychometric properties. The introduction of occupational stress models has made breakthroughs in conceptualizing real-life complex phenomena in the workplace. This article describes som...

Psychosocial Workplace Factors and Healthcare Utilization: A Study of Two Employers

Background While a large literature links psychosocial workplace factors with health and health behaviors, there is very little work connecting psychosocial workplace factors to healthcare utilization.   Methods Survey data were collected from two different employers using computer-assisted telephone interviewing as a part of the Work-Family Health Network (2008-2013): one in the information te...

the most important demotivating factors among efl teachers in private english language institutes in mashhad

just as motivation is important in sla research, demotivation constitutes an important factor, too. there are many studies done on demotivation and burnout of teachers. many of these studies have been conducted on one or two aspects of english instruction. consequently, there are few studies which have been done on more than two aspects of english teaching. the aim of this study is to find out ...