Perceived organizational support, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and stigma in soldiers returning from combat.

Kelley, Christie L.; Britt, Thomas W.; Adler, Amy B.; Bliese, Paul D.

doi:10.1037/a0034892

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“…Consistent with these arguments, we found that implementing a social support training that aims to increase supervisors’ knowledge of the positive attributes veterans bring to work promotes more positive views of veteran employees. Military employees have reported feeling discriminated against in the civilian workforce (Keeling, Kintzle, & Castro, ), and in part, veterans’ perceived workplace stigma is thought to explain poor well‐being outcomes among veterans (Kelley, Britt, Adler, & Bliese, ). Veteran‐perceived stigma is in general also associated with poor health behaviours, including problem drinking (Miller, Pedersen, & Marshall, ).…”

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Training supervisors to support veterans at work: Effects on supervisor attitudes and employee sleep and stress

Hammer

Brady

Perry

2019

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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The present study evaluates the effectiveness of a supervisor support training programme on both supervisor attitudes and employee sleep and stress outcomes by drawing on a multi-level rigorous randomized controlled trial in 35 organizations. Utilizing theory from the social support and training literatures, the purpose of the current study was to understand ways to improve the transition, and ultimately the health and well-being, of military veteran employees in the workplace via a supervisor support training intervention. Drawing on a sample of 982 supervisors and a subsample of 189 matched supervisor-employee dyads, the current study demonstrated that supervisor support training led to improved supervisor attitudes towards veteran employees. Additionally, supervisors' attitudes towards veteran employees at baseline significantly moderated the effects of the training on employee sleep and stress outcomes, suggesting that the training was more effective when supervisors started out with more positive attitudes towards veterans. These results demonstrate the importance of training supervisors to support employed veterans and employees more generally, and have implications for research, practice, and theory development. Practitioner pointsThe Veteran Supportive Supervisor Training (VSST) promotes more positive supervisor attitudes towards veteran employees. When supervisor attitudes towards veteran employees are more positive, the supportive supervisor training improves sleep and stress outcomes for veteran employees. The VSST effects suggest that the training has promise to be extended to other leadership support domains, such as supervisor support for health; to other types of vulnerable and underserved workers, such as those with disabilities; and to other employee well-being outcomes, such as engagement and satisfaction at work and at home.With tens of thousands of U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and millions of international veterans residing worldwide, surprisingly little attention has been concentrated on their post-deployment transition into the civilian workforce.

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Training supervisors to support veterans at work: Effects on supervisor attitudes and employee sleep and stress

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Brady

Perry

2019

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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“…Thus, POS in highrisk organizations indicates to members that the organization will act in good faith in case their actions end in failure and this makes them more willing to accept vulnerability (Neves & Eisenberger, 2014), which should strongly influence their affective responses related to morale and well-being. In addition, organizational support helps to overcome psychological symptoms and trauma, which are more likely to manifest from daily working conditions in high-risk organizations (Kelley, Britt, Adler, & Bliese, 2014;Maguen, Vogt, King, King, & Litz, 2006). Lastly, no studies have explored POS as a mediator of justice perceptions, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction using Hayes' (2004, 2008) approach that uses bootstrapping procedures to test for indirect effects, which is preferred over the traditional causal steps approach.…”

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Leveraging Justice: How Leaders Influence Performance Determinants in the Fire Service

Huntsman¹,

Greer²,

Murphy³

2020

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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Disasters are increasing in both number and severity. Thus, effective emergency response is becoming increasingly important to lessen human and economic impacts from disasters. Little research has been performed, however, on how leaders influence the attitudes of responders that motivate them toward increased performance and overall effectiveness. Using survey data from two separate fire departments, this study explores the relationships between distributive and procedural justice, and the affective outcomes of organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Perceived organizational support is also tested for mediation using bootstrapping procedures for indirect effects. Overall, the results for both departments show that perceived organizational support mediates the positive and significant relationships between the justice dimensions and affective outcomes. In turn, this suggests that leaders in the fire service may build more successful fire departments by providing fair treatment, procedures, and outcomes to firefighters as favorable treatment is reciprocated to benefit the organization.

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“…Perceived organizational support (i.e., belief that one's organization values his or her contributions and cares about his or her well-being) may be able to lessen stigma among soldiers return-ing from combat and could serve as a protective factor for soldiers (Kelley et al, 2014;Barnes et al, 2013). Researchers have also suggested that educating key power groups and changing policy or legislation to modify or counter the stigma or discrimination toward PWMHDs could, in theory, be impactful by reducing discriminatory behavior toward PWMHDs and improving the mental health literacy of military leaders who often set the climate within units and the military institution as a whole ).…”

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Mental Health Stigma in the Military

Acosta¹,

Becker²,

Cerully³

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Perceived organizational support, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and stigma in soldiers returning from combat.

Cited by 39 publications

References 46 publications

Training supervisors to support veterans at work: Effects on supervisor attitudes and employee sleep and stress

Training supervisors to support veterans at work: Effects on supervisor attitudes and employee sleep and stress

Leveraging Justice: How Leaders Influence Performance Determinants in the Fire Service

Mental Health Stigma in the Military

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