Occupational stress and health outcome among British and German managers

Kirkcaldy, Bruce; Trimpop, Rüdiger; Williams, Stephen

doi:10.1108/02683940210439405

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“…It may reflect high workloads and organisational culture and pressure, where laptops and portable devices allow work wherever and whenever, including outside the office; and particularly for front‐line service provision and jobs that require travel. These themselves are particularly stressful and associated with other causes of stress—lack of social support, insufficient communication, inadequate work environment, feelings of isolation, and lack of involvement in decision making and so on (DeFrank et al ., 2000; Kirkcaldy et al ., 2002; Ongori and Agolla, 2008). Greater laptop and portable device use could be symptomatic of personality or behavioural types, such as individuals with Type‐A behaviour who are more prone to experience stress (Chida and Hamer, 2008).…”

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Information and communications technology use, e-government, pain and stress amongst public servants

Goldfinch

Gauld

Baldwin

2011

New Technology, Work and Employment

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This paper examines information and communications technologies use, work intensity, technology preference, respondent characteristics, pain and stress in 240 New Zealand public servants across six agencies. In particular, we find that four variables are the most consistent predictors of pain-hours using a cell phone, stress, female gender and one's salary.A large and growing body of research finds a link between computer use and musculoskeletal symptoms, stress and other discomfort. Many of the studies on computer use and symptoms have been on call operators, data entry and/or lower skill workers, however. Increasing penetration of computers into professional life has seen a shift in the focus of more recent studies, including towards academics (Kay, 2003). Professional and managerial staff are high users of information and communications technologies (ICT), with the vast majority using computers at work. This is compounded by the increasing use of ICT in of other aspects of life, the use of portable devices such as personal digital assistant (PDA) and cell phones and their integration with other devices, the shading of work and home life, and the use of Internet at home (Carayon, 2007). However, the impact of ICT on professionals, and most notably public servants, is still comparatively under-studied. The effects of ICT devices other than computers has been little studied in general.This paper aims to address this lacuna by examining the implications of ICT use for 240 New Zealand public servants across six agencies, particularly focusing on musculoskeletal symptoms and stress and their relationship to ICT use, reported work load and perceived work load, preference for technology, and job and personal characteristics. This is contextualised within a reform rhetoric seeing ICT as central to 'transforming' governments. This rhetoric shifts much of the focus on reform of government to often overblown claims for what is called 'e-government'-broadly the use of ICT in government-where e-government is seen as promoting more effective provision of 'high quality services . . . at a lower overall cost' (Executive Office, 2009); 'joined-up services' (Cabinet Office, 2005); even a 'transformation of government' (SSC, 2006);

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Information and communications technology use, e-government, pain and stress amongst public servants

Goldfinch

Gauld

Baldwin

2011

New Technology, Work and Employment

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“…(ii) Between person attributes such as gender (Greenglass, 2001; Hyde, 2004; Tokar, Fischer, Schaub, & Moradi, 2000), ethnic groups (Bernardi, 2003; Kirkcaldy, Trimpop, & Williams, 2002; Moradi & Hasan, 2004), age (Weist, Freedman, Paskewitz, Proescher, & Flaherty, 1995; Wheaton & Clarke, 2003), occupation (Jamal & Baba, 2001; Simmons, Nelson, & Neal, 2001), and other demographics (Bacchini & Magliulo, 2003; Bernardi, 2003; Christie & Barling, 2009); or…”

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2014

Human Resource Development Review

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This article proposes that the variation in perceived job stress by individuals is explained by the interaction between the situational “Other 3” dimensions (locus of control, self-monitoring, and self-efficacy) and the “Big 5” personality traits. Situational stressors primarily impact the “Other 3” dimensions in the general model. The “Other 3” dimensions mediate the stressor–job stress relationship, while the “Big 5” dimensions moderate the “Other 3”–job stress relationship. In the sequential process model, the “Other 3” dimensions and job stress are cross-lagged related to define subsequent variations in the “Other 3” dimensions of personality and job stress. This perspective is consistent with the interactional perspective, wherein personality mediates the relationship of the individual with the environment. We offer several research propositions and conclude with implications for research and practice.

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“…Work stress is negatively associated with job satisfaction and organization commitment (Chiu et al, 2005). Managerial work is stress also reported negatively related with job satisfaction (Kirkcaldy, Trimpop, & Williams, 2002) and organization (Lu, Tseng, & Cooper, 1999). Work stress affects job satisfaction and organization, meanwhile it also has inversed relationship with manager's mental and physical well-being (Siu, Lu, & Spector, 2007;Kirkcaldy et al, 2002).…”

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Work Stress and Outcome of Stress Among Malaysian Managers

Wong¹,

Omar²,

Mahmud³

2011

JPR

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Work stress is always associated with managers' satisfaction, mental and physical well-being. Nevertheless, there are limited studies on causal relationship of stressors, satisfaction, organization and mental and physical well-being by using SEM (structural equation modeling) analysis among managers in Malaysia. The purpose of the present study is to ascertain the causal relationship of stress and the outcome of stress on managers' well-being. This was a cross sectional research, which consisted of 338 managers from various private sectors in Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pressure management indicator questionnaire was used as the measurement instrument in this study. The SEM results indicate that work stress has direct effect on satisfaction, mental and physical well-being. Meanwhile, satisfaction has direct effect on organization and mental well-being, organization has direct effect on mental well-being and mediators also have been identified in the study. The impact of work stress shows that mental well-being has greater effect on physical well-being compared to work stress.

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Occupational stress and health outcome among British and German managers

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Information and communications technology use, e-government, pain and stress amongst public servants

Information and communications technology use, e-government, pain and stress amongst public servants

Extending Theory on Job Stress

Work Stress and Outcome of Stress Among Malaysian Managers

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