The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of self-reported job stress on menstrual patterns among nurses. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of nursing staff from five psychiatric institutions and four general hospitals in Taiwan. A total of 746 participants were eligible for the final analysis, among whom, 72.3% were ascertained as having a self-perceived high level of job stress. ...

Background and aims: The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents is increasing worldwide. One of the key lifestyle behaviors that helps prevent obesity and being overweight among children and adolescents is to avoid drinking sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) or to take, at most, one serving per day. The present study intended to evaluate knowledge and perceptions of...

This paper investigates the impact of perceived job autonomy on job satisfaction. We use the fifth sweep of the National Educational Longitudinal Study (1988-2000), which contains personally reported job satisfaction data for a sample of individuals eight years after the end of compulsory education. After controlling for a wide range of personal and jobrelated variables, perceived job autonomy ...

Original scientific paper The current study explores the influence of perceived organizational support, psychological empowerment, and organizational learning on job performance in the bank industry. A sample of 280 employees was randomly selected from a pool of Iranian banks’ employees. The data were collected by the questionnaire and analysed using the structural equation model. The results s...

With a diverse sample (n = 231 paired responses) of employees from various organizations in Pakistan, we tested for the main effects of perceived organizational politics and psychological capital on turnover intentions, job satisfaction, and supervisor rated job performance. We also examined the moderating influence of psychological capital in the politics – outcomes relationships. Results prov...

This research aims to identify the relationship between Job Satisfaction, Psychological Well-being and Perceived Organizational Support amongst prison officials. 190 employees working in state facilities and privately-run prisons were evaluated using theS10/12 Job Satisfaction Form 1, the Psychological Well-being Scale 2 and the Scale of Perceived Organizational Support 3. Main results depict a...

This research aims to identify the relationship between job satisfaction, psychological well-being and Perceived Organizational Support amongst prison officials. 190 officials working in one state prison and one privately-run prison were evaluated using the Job Satisfaction Questionnaire¹, Psychological Well-being Scale² and Scale of Perceived Organizational Support³. The main results show a si...

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the nursing unit design on stress and job satisfaction. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Demand-Control-Support Questionnaire (DCSQ) were administered to 40 nurse participants to evaluate staff stress, job satisfaction, and perceptions of work environment. In addition, two follow-up focus groups were conducted to expand upon the collec...

The present study applies partial least square (PLS) algorithm to identify key antecedents that influence perceived job satisfaction due to the implementation of an ERP-enabled shared platform by emergency services organizations. Using data collected from 193 ERP users we developed and tested two research models primarily based on extending technology acceptance (TAM) model taking contextual ta...