In Europe, the Council Directive 89/391 for improvement of workers' safety and health has emphasized the importance of addressing all occupational risk factors, and hence also psychosocial and organizational risk factors. Nevertheless, the construct of "work-related stress" elaborated from EU-OSHA is not totally corresponding with the "psychosocial" risk, that is a broader category of risk, com...

the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between job stress with personality characteristics and organizational commitment. this study is descriptive and correlational. the study population comprised all nurses in 13-aban hospital of ghods city. the sample group consisted of 120 nurses who were selected through convenience sampling. research instruments were hse job stress ques...

background: occupational stress takes place in relationship between person and environment. it’s created by three major factors including characteristics personal, working conditions, relationships between them. stress is caused by psychological imbalances and has different outcomes on health. this study examined the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction in health care staff. met...

background: occupational stress occurs when job needs do not comply with the abilities, support, and needs of the employee. in addition to negatively affecting the physical and mental health of individuals, occupational stress can reduce their efficiency and productivity in organizations. this paper investigated the rate of job stress and its relation to absenteeism in workers. methods: in this...

BACKGROUND Stress and stress-related illnesses are increasing among medical specialists. This threatens the quality of patient care. In this study we investigated (a) levels of job stress and job satisfaction among medical specialists, (b) factors contributing to stress and satisfaction and (c) the effect of stress and satisfaction on burnout. METHODS A questionnaire was mailed to a random sa...

PURPOSE This research applies a stress and support conceptual model to investigate the effects of background characteristics, personal and job-related stressors, and workplace support on direct care workers' (DCW) job satisfaction. DESIGN AND METHODS Researchers collected survey data from 644 DCWs in 49 long-term care (LTC) organizations. The DCWs included nurse assistants in nursing homes, r...

Despite executives' important positions in organizations, their attitudes have not received much research attention. To remedy this deficiency, the authors tested a hypothesized model of executive attitudes involving job satisfaction, life satisfaction, job stress, and work-family conflict. Using data from a large, representative sample of male executives (because of the small number of female ...