Utilization of Medical Services by Transferred Employees

The effects of involuntary residential relocation: A review

“…Glueck (1974) found that transfers were more favorably accepted the greater the number of previous moves, the higher the manager's rank, and the greater the desire to reach the top. In the Wilmuth et al (1975) study, job transfers had negative somatic effects for nonprofessional but not for professional employees. The explanation that the authors gave was that for the executive or professional a transfer is an essential or expected event necessary for advancement in rank, status, or salary.…”

“…These effects include increases in restriction of activity, hospitalization, health failure (Miller & Lieberman, 1965) and plasma cortisol (Kral et al, 1968) of elderly nursing home residents. In the one study which found increased use of company medical services by nonprofessional job transferees (Wilmuth et al, 1975) it was not clear if the finding was due to increased health problems or to greater reliance on company rather than community medical services.…”

“…Separation is often associated with feelings of helplessness and despair and concomitant medical symptoms. Increases in physical health problems have been reported following relocation (Kral, Grad, & Berenson, 1968;Mille'r & Lieberman, 1965;Wilmuth, Weaver, & Donlan, 1975;Marlowe, Note 3). These effects include increases in restriction of activity, hospitalization, health failure (Miller & Lieberman, 1965) and plasma cortisol (Kral et al, 1968) of elderly nursing home residents.…”

“…Job transfer and urban relocation studies have emphasized feelings of dissatisfaction and depression, loss of social contacts, and increased maladjustment after relocation. The disruptive influence of job transfers on engineers and nonprofessional employees has been described (Burke, 1972(Burke, , 1974Wilmuth et al, 1975). Of the engineers transferred in the last 5 years in Burke's (1972) sample, 53% made friends with their neighbors in their new community slowly or not at all, and 38% were now less active in community and neighborhood affairs than before.…”

“…Of the engineers transferred in the last 5 years in Burke's (1972) sample, 53% made friends with their neighbors in their new community slowly or not at all, and 38% were now less active in community and neighborhood affairs than before. In Wilmuth et al's (1975)study transferred nonprofessional employees reported difficulty in settling into the new location, loss of contact with friends, and loss of former close relations with an extended family.…”