A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effort-reward imbalance model of workplace stress with indicators of immune function

Eddy, Pennie; Heckenberg, Rachael A.; Wertheim, Eleanor H.; Kent, Stephen; Wright, Bradley J.

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.10.003

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“…However, studies on rewards have found the interaction effect of effort and rewards on workers’ somatic and psychological health to be inconsistent. Meta‐analysis of previous literature showed that the imbalance of effort–reward is associated with poor immune functioning (Eddy, Heckenberg, Wertheim, Kent, & Wright, ), but some research revealed that the interaction of effort and rewards does not affect workers’ psychological health (Preckel, Meinel, Kudielka, Haug, & Fischer, ; Rasmussen et al ., ). Despite this, some empirical evidence shows the interaction between effort and rewards and its influence on employees’ psychological distress and physical health longitudinally (Shimazu & de Jonge, ).…”

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Psychosocial safety climate as a moderator of the moderators: Contextualizing JDR models and emotional demands effects

Loh

Idris

Dollard

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J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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Psychosocial safety climate (PSC) is a facet‐specific aspect of organizational climate that pertains to employees’ psychological health. We sought to deepen our understanding of how and when resources function by considering the role of PSC as a contextual factor for job demands‐resources model. We explained this using two different mechanisms – PSC as a resource passageway (i.e., channelling, supplying, bolstering, complementing, compensating resources) or PSC as a safety signal (i.e., enabling resource use) effect. Using longitudinal data from 429 Malaysian health care workers from 53 teams and hierarchical linear modelling (HLM), we found team PSC was a stronger moderator of emotional demands than control or rewards on psychological health problems (emotional exhaustion and somatic symptoms), after controlling for the baseline outcomes. A three‐way interaction of team PSC at Time 1 with demands and resources (rewards only) at Time 2 showed that PSC is able to moderate the moderation relationship of demands and resources. Specifically, PSC, as a resource passageway, is providing a range of resources, that likely to compensate and complement low rewards. Hence, when both PSC and rewards were low, emotional demands had the strongest effect on psychological health. This result is robust as it was validated using HLM and split samples of PSC at the upper level. Given the important contextual role of PSC as a ‘moderator of the moderators’, building PSC should be the focus of workplace interventions to protect the psychological health of workers. Practitioner points Psychosocial safety climate may compensate for job resources, particularly rewards in an organization to protect workers’ psychological health. Psychosocial safety climate buffers the detrimental effect of emotional demands on workers’ psychological health better than rewards and control.

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Psychosocial safety climate as a moderator of the moderators: Contextualizing JDR models and emotional demands effects

Loh

Idris

Dollard

et al. 2018

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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“…First, substantial literature exists relating effort-reward imbalance to health outcomes such as cardio-vascular problems, musculoskeletal pain, vital exhaustion, and burnout, as well as to behavioural outcomes, such as sickness absence (Eddy, Heckenberg, Wertheim, Kent, & Wright, 2016;GilbertOuimet, Trudel, Brisson, Milot, & Vézina, 2014;Koch, Schablon, Latza, & Nienhaus, 2014;Van Vegchel, De Jonge, Bosma, & Schaufeli, 2005). However, most of these studies used a cross-sectional design, thus providing no evidence for possible causal relationships.…”

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Effort-reward imbalance and work-home interference: a two-wave study among European male nurses

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“…However, that study did not statistically synthesise the associations. To our knowledge, only one meta-analysis of the association between effort–reward imbalance and inflammatory markers (k=7, n=9952) found a negative association with immunity (r=−0.09; CI −0.14 to −0.05; p<0.001) 13. These systematic reviews and meta-analyses included cross-sectional studies.…”

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Psychosocial factors at work and inflammatory markers: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

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IntroductionChronic inflammation may be a mediator for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), metabolic diseases and psychotic and neurodegenerative disorders. Meta-analytic associations between work-related psychosocial factors and inflammatory markers have shown that work-related psychosocial factors could affect the flexibility and balance of the immune system. However, few systematic reviews or meta-analyses have investigated the association between work-related psychosocial factors and inflammatory markers. Based on prospective studies, the present investigation will conduct a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between work-related psychosocial factors and inflammatory markers.Methods and analysisThe systematic review and meta-analysis will include published studies identified from electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Web of Science and Japan Medical Abstracts Society) according to recommendations of the Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology guideline. Inclusion criteria are studies that: examined associations between work-related psychosocial factors and increased inflammatory markers; used longitudinal or prospective cohort designs; were conducted among workers; provided sufficient data for calculating ORs or relative risk with 95% CIs; were published as original articles in English or Japanese; and were published up to the end of 2017. Study selection, data extraction, quality assessment and statistical syntheses will be conducted by 14 investigators. Any inconsistencies or disagreements will be resolved through discussion. The quality of studies will be evaluated using the Risk of Bias Assessment Tool for Non-randomized Studies.Ethics and disseminationThe investigation study will be based on published studies, so ethics approval is not required. The results of this study will be submitted for publication in a scientific peer-reviewed journal. The findings may be useful for assessing risk factors for increased inflammatory markers in the workplace and determining future approaches for preventing CVD, metabolic diseases and psychotic and neurodegenerative disorders.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42018081553.

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effort-reward imbalance model of workplace stress with indicators of immune function

Cited by 93 publications

References 28 publications

Psychosocial safety climate as a moderator of the moderators: Contextualizing JDR models and emotional demands effects

Psychosocial safety climate as a moderator of the moderators: Contextualizing JDR models and emotional demands effects

Effort-reward imbalance and work-home interference: a two-wave study among European male nurses

Psychosocial factors at work and inflammatory markers: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

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