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Too stressed to de-stress? The experience of work stress among legal professionals

Too stressed to de-stress? The experience of work stress among legal professionals

Using a mixed-methods approach, our study examined views of stress and recovery among a sample of attorneys. In open-ended data, attorneys commonly expressed that their job is very demanding and it impacts their health. Quantitative findings added that stressors and attitudes toward stress (comparing ones stress to another, feeling guilt for taking time for breaks) all are associated poor recovery experiences. Our findings suggest that practical interventions to support the health and well-being of legal professionals (and likely many other high-stress occupations) may need to first target attitudes and beliefs about the normalness of high stress and insufficient recovery.

Understaffing and Turnover Among Nurses

Understaffing and Turnover Among Nurses

Due to an ongoing nursing shortage within the United States, there are numerous healthcare facilities that understaffed, in which understaffed work environments have numerous consequences for both nurses and patients. The purpose of this study is to examine burnout as a linking mechanism between perceptions of understaffing and both occupational and organizational turnover intentions among nurses. Further, forms of support (organizational support and coworker support) are examined as potential buffers for the relationship between understaffing and burnout. The study sample consists of 365 full-time nurses, simple mediation analyses will be conducted to determine if burnout is the linking mechanism between understaffing and both forms of turnover intentions, and moderated mediation analyses will be conducted to determine if organizational and/or coworker support buffer the relationship between understaffing and burnout.

Implications of Role Stressors: Do Challenge and Hindrance Appraisals Matter?

Implications of Role Stressors: Do Challenge and Hindrance Appraisals Matter?

We study the mediating role of stressor appraisal on the relationship between role stressors (RS) and psychological strains (anxiety and tedium) and subsequent organizational outcomes. We also extend the nomological net to include other linkages between psychological strains and organizational outcomes in Lazarus and Folkman?s (1984) transactional model of stress. We expected the relationship between RSs (conflict and overload) at T1 and intention to leave the organization (IL) at T2 would be mediated by hindrance and challenge appraisals at T1, psychological strains at T1 and T2, and organizational attitudes: affective organizational commitment (AOC) and job satisfaction (JS) at T2, however, the expectation was partially met. An SEM showed that appraisal was not a relevant mediator in the nomological net, but the outcome due to stressors as mediated by psychological strains (at T1) and organizational attitudes were impactful.

Screening of cognitive impairment in patients with job stress: associations with subsequent employment status

Screening of cognitive impairment in patients with job stress: associations with subsequent employment status

Cognitive impairment is common in long-term work-related stress and may contribute to limited work ability. This study assesses performance-based and self-report tools for screening of objective cognitive impairment and prediction of subsequent employment among patients with work-related stress. The performance-based Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry, Danish version (SCIP-D) was superior to the self-report Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ) for correct classification of objective cognitive impairment and prediction of employment status six months later. We propose that cognitive impairment is assessed with a brief objective cognitive screener in addition to subjective cognitive difficulties among patients with work-related stress.

Well-being and quality of working life in the political and administrative field: a qualitative research on the mayors of Italian municipalities during Covid-19

Well-being and quality of working life in the political and administrative field: a qualitative research on the mayors of Italian municipalities during Covid-19

The recent world events related to Covid-19 pandemic, have brought to the forefront the role of public policy experts. In particular, at the local political level, mayor has been one of the most directly involved figure in the covid-19 emergency management, both from a social and administrative point of view. The role of leadership played by Italian mayors implies the management of a high level of stress. Nevertheless, these themes are still deepened for political and administrative leadership. In order to fill this gap in literature, the present study investigated the themes of well-being and quality of working life in relation to the mayor?s role. In total, 17 Italian mayors were interviewed for approximately 30 minutes. The research employed a qualitative design, referring to the Template Analysis (King, 1998) approach to develop the interview?s check-list and analyze the data. The findings of this analysis revealed that the management of pandemic emergency has increased stress levels already experienced by the mayors. Moreover, the mayors, feeling a stronger sense of responsibility towards the administered communities, were most exposed to negative spillover from work to private life (both strain-based and time-based). From a practical perspective, these findings suggest that it could be useful the development of training activities to support the mayors in managing stress psychosocial risks to which they are exposed during their work.

The influence of stress appraisals on hospitality worker’s intentions to return to their organization during COVID-19

The influence of stress appraisals on hospitality worker’s intentions to return to their organization during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a drastic effect on the hospitality industry. Our study investigated how furloughed and laid-off hospitality workers? stress appraisals (challenge, hindrance, and threat) of future workload intensification were related to their desire to return to their organization in the context of COVID-19. Consistent with the challenge and hindrance framework, challenge appraisals of future workload were positively related to hospitality workers? intention to return to their organization, whereas hindrance appraisals were negatively related to their intention to return to their organization, but the relationship between threat appraisal and their intention to return to their organization was not significant. Our findings suggest that organizations in the hospitality industry should provide employees with the necessary resources to foster challenge appraisals of their workload as organizations start to bring back their employees in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Return-to-Work Threat Appraisal: A Study of Hospitality Workers  Purpose/objectives

Return-to-Work Threat Appraisal: A Study of Hospitality Workers Purpose/objectives

This study examined laid-off and furloughed hospitality workers? worries about COVID-19-instigated workplace changes. Our investigation was grounded in NIOSH?s Total Worker Health (TWH) framework, and found that two types of worry predicted return-to-work threat appraisal: (1) worry about guest mistreatment and (2) worry about workload intensification.

Examining the factor structure of workaholism through scale development: Preliminary evidence of dimensionality and construct validity

Examining the factor structure of workaholism through scale development: Preliminary evidence of dimensionality and construct validity

The present study describes the preliminary development of a new measure designed to integrate conflicting conceptual perspectives in the workaholism literature. Based on prior research, we constructed items to represent five hypothesized dimensions of workaholism, administered digitally, and collected data from 203 respondents. Exploratory factor analysis using principal axis factoring with oblique rotation revealed three, rather than five, related factors representing affective pleasure, work intensity, and compulsive effort. Relations with existing measures of workaholism and job involvement are examined and future directions, discussed.

Worry about COVID-19 Vaccination and Mental Health

Worry about COVID-19 Vaccination and Mental Health

The purpose of this research was to examine hospitality employees? worries about guest vaccination status, and its impact on mental health. Participants of a short survey included 219 laid-off or furloughed hospitality workers from Prolific.com. This study found that hospitality employees? worry about COVID-19 exposure partially mediated the relationship between worry about guest vaccination status and mental health. Employees who were more concerned about guest vaccination had worsened mental health, and some of this effect was explained by worry about COVID-19 exposure.

The development and preliminary validation of a Work Anxiety Scale (WAS): Integrating prior research, dimensionality, and construct validity

The development and preliminary validation of a Work Anxiety Scale (WAS): Integrating prior research, dimensionality, and construct validity

The present study describes the initial development of a workplace anxiety scale intended to assess the outcome of affective job strain and identify its dimensionality. Based a review of existing literature, we hypothesized five dimensions of anxiety reflecting anticipatory unease and tension regarding performance, coworkers, supervisor, and the physical worksite. Exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors of anxiety explaining 66% of scale variance that we characterized as generalized worry, affective discomfort, and performance unease. To illuminate these dimensions, factor relations with nine work-related external constructs are reported along with discussion of organizational implications.