OBJECTIVES Previous studies examining the association between job stress and blood lipids have produced mixed findings. We sought to investigate the association between job stress and blood lipids among Chinese workers. METHODS A total of 544 subjects (367 men and 177 women) without known diseases from the Stress and Health in Shenzhen Workers (SHISO) cross-sectional study were analyzed. Job ...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that individual job characteristics have a significant impact on job burnout, and the process is subject to the regulation of demographic variables. However, the influence path of job characteristics on job burnout is still a "black box". SUBJECTS AND METHODS On the basis of a systematic literature review by employing Pub Med, Science Direct, Web of Science, G...

The quest to obtain job satisfaction is not an easy task. Most of the time it will comes together with job stress. Managing and handling job stress is a must and it is a challenging task. Able to control job stress will increase the productivity while failure to manage will lead to many problems in the workplace. A challenging career as an engineer usually leads to many types of job stress. Job...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the relationship between perceived responsibilities by workers and job characteristics and experiences of stress. OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between job stress and work responsibilities and job characteristics. METHODS We analyzed data from 2737 adults who were labor force participants in the province of Alberta, Canada. A logistic regression ...

the goal of this study was to assess the result of solution- based group counseling in reducing job stress in the female employees of the educational foundation  of ghalamchi in 2009.the target group included the entire female employees of that foundation. a group of 24 women were selected  and  randomly grouped as the control and experimental groups. the data was collected using pillip l-rice`...

conclusions the effects of rp knowledge, attitude, and practice on job stress were significant. in order to reduce job stress in radiation environments, ongoing training programs related to self-care and protection principles are recommended. results the prevalence rate of job stress was 22.5% based on calculation formulas and possible scores on the jcq. sex, rp-knowledge, attitude, practice, a...

BACKGROUND Doctors especially house officers are under a great deal of stress related to a variety of occupational stressors. Occupational stressors contribute to organizational inefficiency, high staff turnover, absenteeism due to sickness, decreased quality, and quantity of practice, increased costs of health care, and decreased job satisfaction. One of the organizational outcomes that affect...

background & aim: organizational citizenship behavior (ocb) is a voluntary, organizationally desirable action that is not part of the employee’s formal job requirements. job satisfaction and stress can affect mental health of midwives, and investigating the relationship between these variables can improve the quality of healthcare services. this study, therefore, was conducted to identify the r...