This study examined disclosing sexual orientation at work for 220 gay men and 159 lesbians. Self-acceptance, the centrality of one's identity, how "out" one is to friends and family, employer policies, and perceived employer gay-supportiveness were associated with disclosure behaviors at work for gay/lesbian employees. Disclosing at work and working for an organization perceived to be more gay ...

From early on in his thinking, Sigmund Freud was attentive to the issue of helplessness in psychic functioning. Whereas Freud linked helplessness primarily to the affect of anxiety, later theoreticians like Edward Bibring conceptualized it as linked to depressive affects. The idea that helplessness is connected to depression is now well established in both psychiatry and psychology. Within a co...

BACKGROUND US healthcare organizations increasingly use physician satisfaction and attitudes as a key performance indicator. Further, many health care organizations also have an academically oriented mission. Physician involvement in research and teaching may lead to more positive workplace attitudes, with subsequent decreases in turnover and beneficial impact on patient care. This article aime...

BACKGROUND It is important to learn how employers in European countries can prevent nursing staff from changing occupation or taking early retirement in order to counteract expected nursing shortages. However, to date research on nursing staff's ability to remain working until retirement age has been limited. The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the associations between different ...

PURPOSE To determine the effect of job insecurity based on repeated measurements on ischemic heart disease (IHD) and on antihypertensive medication. METHODS The study population consists of 12,559 employees aged 18-59 years of the Danish Work Environment Cohort Study. With an open cohort design, data from up to four representative waves were linked to four registers. Poisson regression with t...

BACKGROUND The ongoing economic crisis in Greece has affected both stress and quality of life (QoL) at all socioeconomic levels, including professionals in the police force. The aim of this study was to examine perceived stress, job satisfaction, QoL, and their relationships in a sample of police officers in Greece. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted during the first trimester of 2...

A model hypothesizing relationships between work environment variables (perceived coworker support, task interdependence) and work outcome variables (job satisfaction, job performance, organizational citizenship behavior) through a mediator variable (felt responsibility) was tested. Data from 141 law enforcement officers supported the hypothesized relationships. Perceived coworker support and t...