Diabetes and Job Performance: An Empirical Investigation

Greene, David S.; Geroy, Gary D.

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“…With respect to hearing loss, some studies focused on social interactions at work, (11) while others only dealt with noise-induced hearing loss (12)(13)(14)(15) or registered the effects of early intervention from the doctor's perspective (16). Although there are many studies on work-related problems associated with diabetes mellitus, they do not relate to the patient's experience of working with a chronic illness, but focus on functional and mental abilities (17)(18)(19)(20)(21).…”

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What employees with rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus and hearing loss need to cope at work

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What employees with rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus and hearing loss need to cope at work

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“…21 Waclawski and Gill (2000) also underline the fact that the work record of people with diabetes is good and that they are perfectly satisfactory employees. 22 This was confirmed by research of Greene and Geroy (1993), who studied the effect of diabetes on job performance. They dealt with four aspects of job performance: task behaviors, interpersonal behaviors, absenteeism, and hazardous behaviors (a measure of hypoglycemia-related injury).…”

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Diabetes at work, fatigue in relation to job characteristics, diabetes symptoms and self-management

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Job stress, fatigue and diabetes mellitusJob stress and fatigue are widely known phenomena that have been studied extensively. Most studies have been performed in the general working population, or in specific work segments. There are studies aimed at determining risk groups for developing fatigue that focused especially on differences between men and women, different age groups, specific professions (such as interpersonal professions, like nurses and teachers) and educational levels. 1 However, in organizational psychology, not enough research has been carried out into employees with diabetes, especially because in the Netherlands, 70% to 75% of the people with diabetes have employment. 2 This thesis is dedicated to employees with insulin-treated diabetes and focuses specifically on the relationships between job stress, diabetes symptoms, diabetes self-management and fatigue.Every employee has to deal with job demands. Under particular circumstances such demands may develop into stressors that lead to health complaints such as chronic fatigue and related psychological disorders such as burnout and depression. Employees with a chronic disease have to deal not only with ordinary job demands, but with the burden of their disease and its treatment as well. This might easily turn job demands into stressors. Hence, it is expected that -compared to employees without a chronic medical problem -their risk of fatigue and fatigue-related health complaints will be higher.Fatigue is a strong predictor of future work disability and the risk of receiving workers' compensation is even higher in the case of people with a chronic condition. 3 In the Netherlands, one third of those who are incapacitated for work (under the Disablement Insurance Act, Dutch abbreviation: WAO) suffer from mental problems, 4 of which chronic fatigue is a core aspect. Fatigue is not only related to mental problems, but also to physical problems 5,6 So, it is important from a psychological as well as a socio-economic perspective to prevent chronic fatigue and work disability.Social security is a valued privilege of employees in the Netherlands and many other industrialized societies. It is often of essential value to employees with chronic diseases. However, early retirement is costly from an economic point of view and disabling from a psychosocial perspective. In the Netherlands, there were and there are still many debates about the WAO, due to the large number of Dutch inhabitants who receive WAO compensation and the considerable costs involved. Recent Dutch occupational disability legislation ('Wet Verbetering Poortwachter') provides stricter rules for admission to occupational disability benefits. Its focus is on abilities rather than on disabilities. Both employees and employers have a responsibility to reduce work-related health complaints, sickness absence and work disability. A greater insight 21. Meijman TF. Over vermoeidheid: arbeidspsychologische studies naar beleving van belastingseffecten [Fatigue: studies on the perception of workload ...

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“…For example, studies have shown that individuals with diabetes perform well or even better in the job compared to individuals without diabetes. 224,270 In addition, hypoglycemic events during work are unlikely 262,271 and if they do occur, they typically do not result in any significant disruptions at work, 272 and are particularly less common among adults with type 2 diabetes. 208,273 Thus, the notion that diabetes is an impediment in the workplace has to be rethought.…”

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Glycemic Control: Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Workforce Participation, and Mortality Among US Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

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Diabetes and Job Performance: An Empirical Investigation

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What employees with rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus and hearing loss need to cope at work

What employees with rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus and hearing loss need to cope at work

Diabetes at work, fatigue in relation to job characteristics, diabetes symptoms and self-management

Glycemic Control: Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Workforce Participation, and Mortality Among US Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

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