Organizational justice evaluations, job control, and occupational strain.

Elovainio, Marko; Kivimäki, Mika; Helkama, Klaus

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“…This refers to the extent to which employees are treated justly in their workplace and consists of two components: justice concerning decision-making procedures and interpersonal treatment 25) . Previous studies have shown that lower levels of justice are associated with lower well-being, higher self-reported morbidity, higher medically certified absences, increased mental health problems, and a greater likelihood of maladaptive coping [25][26][27][28] . Hence, the introduction of a health program that improves active coping may be useful for improving the levels of perceived justice.…”

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The Association of the Reporting of Somatic Symptoms with Job Stress and Active Coping among Japanese White‐collar Workers

Nomura

Nakao

Sato

et al. 2007

Journal of Occupational Health

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The Association of the Reporting of Somatic Symptoms with Job Stress and ActiveCoping among Japanese White-collar Workers: Kyoko NOMURA, et al. Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine-To assess the associations between job stress and somatic symptoms and to investigate the effect of individual coping on these associations. In July 2006, a cross-sectional study was conducted during a periodic health check-up of 185 Japanese male office workers (21-66 yr old) at a Japanese company. Job stress was measured by job demand, control, and strain (=job demand/control) based on the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). Major somatic symptoms studied were headache, dizziness, shoulder stiffness, back pain, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, general fatigue, sleep disturbance, and skin itching. Five kinds of coping were measured using the Job Stress Scale: active coping, escape, support seeking, reconciliation, and emotional suppression. Comorbidities of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, depression, and anxiety were also evaluated. The most frequently cited somatic symptom was general fatigue (66%), followed by shoulder stiffness (63%) and sleep disturbance (53%). Of the five kinds of coping, only "active coping" was significantly and negatively associated with the number of somatic symptoms. The generalized linear models showed that the number of somatic symptoms increased as job strain index (p=0.001) and job demand (p=0.001) became higher, and decreased as active coping (p=0.018) increased, after adjusting for age and comorbidities. There was no statistical interaction among active coping, the number of somatic symptoms, and the three JCQ scales. Reporting somatic symptoms may be a simple indicator of job stress, and active coping could be used to alleviate somatization induced by job stress. (J Occup Health 2007; 49: 370-375)

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The Association of the Reporting of Somatic Symptoms with Job Stress and Active Coping among Japanese White‐collar Workers

Nomura

Nakao

Sato

et al. 2007

Journal of Occupational Health

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“…The ERI model shares elements with the distributive justice model, another work motivation theory (10), and taps features of postmodern flexible worklife, such as temporary employment and job insecurity (61). The most recent developments in work motivation theories involve procedural and relational justice at work (11,13), which has been shown to be an important moderator of employee responses (62)(63)(64)(65). A further parallel between work motivation theories and stress models is the application of the organizational injustice concept in studies of stress as an etiological factor for CHD.…”

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Work stress in the etiology of coronary heart disease—a meta-analysis

Kivimäki¹,

Virtanen²,

Elovainio³

et al. 2006

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Kivimäki M, Virtanen M, Elovainio M, Kouvonen A, Väänänen A, Vahtera J. Work stress in the etiology of coronary heart disease-a meta-analysis. Scand J Work Environ Health 2006;32(6 special issue):431-442.Objectives This study focused on estimating the relative risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in association with work stress, as indicated by the job-strain model, the effort-reward imbalance model, and the organizational injustice model. MethodsA systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies were carried out. Studies were eligible if they had published a quantitative estimate of the association between work stress and incident CHD or cardiovascular mortality by January 2006.Results Fourteen prospective cohort studies were identified. For a total of 83 014 employees, the age-and gender-adjusted relative ratio of CHD for high versus low job strain was 1.43 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.15-1.84], but the ratio decreased to 1.16 (95% CI 0.94-1.43) after adjustment for risk factors and potential mediators. The age-and gender-adjusted risk ratio for a combination of high efforts and low rewards was 1.58 (95% CI 0.84-2.97) for 11 528 employees, and no reduction in the risk ratio was seen after further adjustments. For organizational injustice, the age-and gender-adjusted, and multiple-adjusted relative risks were 1.62 (95% CI 1.24-2.13) and 1.47 (95% CI 1.12-1.95), respectively, for a population of 7246 men and women. There was little standardization in the assessment of work stress within all three stress models, and significant heterogeneity in the effects of stress was observed between studies. Few studies were available for female samples. ConclusionsObservational data suggest an average 50% excess risk for CHD among employees with work stress. Further research is needed to confirm that a reduction in work stress will lead to a reduction in CHD risk.Key terms cardiovascular disease; effort-reward imbalance; job strain; mortality; organizational justice; prospective cohort study; psychosocial factors; systematic review; working population. Activation of the stress system in the hypothalamus and the brain stem helps the body to overcome the influence of short-term physical stressors. However, prolonged overactivity of these systems may cause wear and tear and play a role in coronary heart disease (CHD), infection, and accelerated aging (1). The recognition that the physiological reactions to stress cannot only protect, but also damage the body has provided a basis for epidemiologic research on work stress.Three models for work stress and coronary heart disease Work-stress models aim at describing factors that are likely to elicit harmful stress at work in a large proportion of employees. These factors are conceptualized at a level of generalization that allows for their identification in a wide range of occupations. The stress model most often cited and most widely tested is the two-dimensional job-strain model (2-4) ( Work stress in the etiology of coronary heart disease strain model adds...

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“…These components of justice have been used as a theoretical framework in a wide range of contexts (e.g. Elovainio, Kivima¨ki, & Helkama, 2001;Folger & Konovsky, 1989;McFarlin & Sweeney, 1992;Moorman, 1991;van den Bos, Vermunt, & Wilke, 1997).…”

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Combined effects of uncertainty and organizational justice on employee health: Testing the uncertainty management model of fairness judgments among Finnish public sector employees

Elovainio

Bos

Linna

et al. 2005

Social Science & Medicine

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We examined whether the combination of uncertainty (lack of work-time control, and negative changes at work) and organizational justice (i.e., justice of decision-making procedures and interpersonal treatment at work) contributes to sickness absence. A total of 7083 male and 24,317 female Finnish public sector employees completed questionnaires designed to assess organizational justice, workload and other factors. Hierarchical regression showed that after adjustment for age, income, and health behaviors low procedural and interactional justice were related to long sickness absence spells. In accordance with the uncertainty management model, these associations were dependent on experienced work-time control and perceived changes at work. r

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Organizational justice evaluations, job control, and occupational strain.

Cited by 219 publications

References 64 publications

The Association of the Reporting of Somatic Symptoms with Job Stress and Active Coping among Japanese White‐collar Workers

The Association of the Reporting of Somatic Symptoms with Job Stress and Active Coping among Japanese White‐collar Workers

Work stress in the etiology of coronary heart disease—a meta-analysis

Combined effects of uncertainty and organizational justice on employee health: Testing the uncertainty management model of fairness judgments among Finnish public sector employees

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