OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess whether workplace bullying mediates between job strain, evaluated by the job demand-control model, and symptoms of depression and sleep disturbance. METHODS The subjects in this cross-sectional study were recruited from all the workers (N=2,634) at 50 organizations in Japan. Due to missing data, the numbers of subjects included in the analyses...

PURPOSE Research on the prospective association of job demands and job resources with work engagement is still limited in Asian countries, such as Japan. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the prospective association of job demands (i.e., psychological demands and extrinsic effort) and job resources (i.e., decision latitude, supervisor support, co-worker support, and extrinsic ...

BACKGROUND Previous research suggests that social workers experience high levels of stress and burnout but most remain committed to their work. AIMS To examine the prevalence of stress and burnout, and job satisfaction among mental health social workers (MHSWs) and the factors responsible for this. METHOD A postal survey incorporating the General Health Questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Invent...

In order to examine the relationship between the intention to stay on the job and job satisfaction among Japanese nurses, and to obtain clues for preventing turnover, we conducted a questionnaire survey. The subjects involved in the survey included 625 female nurses (registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and assistant nurses) working in 4 small and medium-sized private hospitals, excludi...

the aim of this study was to predict job burnout based on employees’ participation in sport and youth general offices in great khorasan. this study used a descriptive correlation approach. the statistical population included all staff in sport and youth general offices in great khorasan. due to the limited size of population, census sampling method was used. in fact, the sample equaled the popu...

introduction: today, the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (msds) is considered as a vital issue and one of the highest national priorities. this study was conducted with the aim of evaluating occupational postures and the prevalence of msds among porcelain industry workers of the city of rasht, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was done in 2015 on 66 wo...

We examined the prospective association of psychosocial job characteristics with employee job performance among 777 full-time employees at a manufacturing company in Japan, using data from a one-year follow-up survey. Psychosocial job characteristics were measured by the Job Content Questionnaire in 2008; job performance was evaluated using the item from the World Mental Health Survey Instrumen...