This study aims to analyze the moderating role of problem-focused coping style in the relationship between trait anger and employees‟ withdrawal and taking-charge behaviors. Our sample included 254 employees from two middle-sized organizations, i.e. a medical facility and a financial company, in Northern California. To reduce the common-source and desirability biases, the data regarding taking-...

background: in-service educational courses have made the organization employees more capable of solving problems, making decisions and analyzing the job. educational programs should be based on educational needs. so aim of present research was to determinate educational need assessments of employees affiliated to dezful university of medical sciences regarding in-service educational courses in ...

evaluating the impact of organizational factors andmanagement of deviant workplace behavior is an important issue. it helpsto explain the situation to senior managers in order to plan and makedecision to prevent or mitigate such a behavior. this study evaluates theimpact of organizational factors and management (unfair laws,organizational culture, compensation/ remuneration structure, negative ...

Despite its complexities, the health savings account (HSA) is a powerful and growing element of the U.S. financial landscape. In the future, employers will likely be expected to provide tax-advantaged savings programs for employees' current and future medical expenses. This article discusses investment lineup issues that must be addressed in order to optimize HSAs to help participants achieve s...

AIMS To study supervisory behaviour as a predictive factor for return to work of employees absent due to mental health problems; and to explore the association between conditional factors and supervisory behaviour. METHODS Eighty five supervisors of employees were interviewed by telephone. Questionnaires providing information on person related factors, depressive symptoms, and sickness absenc...

OBJECTIVES On December 1, 2015, the Japanese government launched the Stress Check Program, a new occupational health policy to screen employees for high psychosocial stress in the workplace. As only weak evidence exists for the effectiveness of the program, we sought to estimate the risk of stress-associated long-term sickness absence as defined in the program manual. METHODS Participants wer...

We examine whether role plays have the potential to advance process-oriented behaviour (i.e. employees perform their activities while considering other activities and colleagues in the process) of employees in daily work practices. Process-oriented behaviour is difficult to achieve. In our paper we argue that role plays in which participants take over fictitious roles are a promising learning m...