Occupational health and safety management: managers ’ organizational conditions and effect on employee well-being
This study contributes to the existing literature in the field of OHSM by placing explicit focus on the role of organizational conditions for conducting OHSM. By studying not only the link between work environment and health, but also focus on the underlying organizational structures for OHSM, provides additional possibilities for prevention of the increasing work-related illness. As such, this paper contributes to a more holistic perspective in the field of OHSM. (Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - March 13, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Daniel Lundqvist Cathrine Reineholm Christian St åhl Mattias Hellgren Source Type: research

Remote work ’s impact on well-being: longitudinal analysis and the influence of gender, household size and childcare
Remote work’s impact on well-being: longitudinal analysis and the influence of gender, household size and childcare Gabriele Prati International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between remote work and subjective well-being and the potential moderating role of gender, household size and childcare.The current research used data from the 2016 and 2020 editions of the Survey on Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) of the Bank of Italy. Italian workers were asked to report their subjective well-being and how many days ...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - March 5, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Gabriele Prati Source Type: research

Designing secure hybrid living-working interior spaces in  post-pandemic period: a review
Designing secure hybrid living-working interior spaces in post-pandemic period: a review Sherly de Yong, Murni Rachmawati, Ima Defiana International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- This paper aims to identify aspects of how work-life interaction has changed in the post-pandemic situations and propose strategies of the security concept for living-working patterns in the post-pandemic interior as future disease prevention.We conducted a systematic literature search and review to select previous research systematically and relate concepts by coding the data and synthesisi...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - February 22, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sherly de Yong Murni Rachmawati Ima Defiana Source Type: research

Predictors of work-related cyberaggression in a random sample of the Swedish working population
Samuel Farley, Rebecka Cowen Forssell, Kristoffer Holm, Hanne Berthelsen International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- With greater numbers of employees using computer-mediated communication, cyberaggression is becoming a more pressing problem for employees and their organizations. However, while a growing body of research illustrates its harmful effects, little is known about the factors that drive its occurrence. The authors therefore sought to identify factors that increase the risk of cyberaggression among employees.A random sample of the Swedish working population...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - January 23, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Samuel Farley Rebecka Cowen Forssell Kristoffer Holm Hanne Berthelsen Source Type: research

Psychometric analysis of the German version of the management standards indicator tool (MSIT-D)
This study aims to develop a reliable and valid German/Deutsch version of the management standards indicator tool (MSIT-D) to broaden the pool of instruments available to practitioners and to support international collaborations regarding this workplace management issue.The MSIT-D was translated from English to German, then its psychometric properties examined using data from British employees (n = 321) and German employees (n = 358). Confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were used to evaluate the internal structure and measurement invariance, and Cronbach’s alpha was used to assess internal consistency. Comparisons we...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - December 22, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Ekaterina Uglanova Rosanna Cousins Jan Dettmers Source Type: research

Building a caring workplace: how managerial caring and perceived insider status shape subjective employee well-being
Hazem Aldabbas, Amel Bettayeb International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Although the study of factors that promote employee well-being is not a new research area, the impact of managerial caring and perceived insider status on subjective employee well-being is a relatively new and unexplored area within the management literature. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between managerial caring and subjective employee well-being while considering the mediating effect of perceived insider status. Based on social identity theory, the study hypothesized that p...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - December 22, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Hazem Aldabbas Amel Bettayeb Source Type: research

Healthcare digitalisation and its association with quality and  employee health, a mixed-methods study
This study's purpose was to (1) examine those associations in a public healthcare organisation and (2) explore and describe the association between digitalisation and employee health.An online questionnaire including indices to measure quality management values, employee health and digitalisation was answered by 118 managers in Swedish public healthcare. Correlation analysis was used to analyse the data. Based on the survey results, 12 qualitative, in-depth interviews were conducted with healthcare managers.The findings show that employee health is associated with quality management and digitalisation. Categories were defi...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - December 1, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Maria Qvarfordt Stefan Lagrosen Source Type: research

How and when psychological capital enhances well-being at  work: evidence from the Tunisian healthcare professionals
This study investigates how and when psychological capital (PsyCap) enhances well-being at work (WBW). Drawing on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model and the conservation of resource (COR) theory, an integrated model attempts to identify the relationship between PsyCap and employees' workplace well-being, mediated through work engagement (WE). Furthermore, the authors seek to understand how coaching-based leadership (CBL) moderates the relationship above.Data were obtained from healthcare professionals who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in Tunisian hospitals. An online survey was distributed anonymously. A t...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - November 13, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Amir Nasria Emna Gara Bach Ouerdian Source Type: research

Motivational drivers of heavy work  investment: intercultural comparison between USA and Egypt
Motivational drivers of heavy work investment: intercultural comparison between USA and Egypt Lydia Garas, Shahnaz Aziz, Karl Wuensch, Brian Waterwall International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The purpose is to identify the underlying motives of heavy work investment (HWI) types (i.e. workaholism and work engagement) based on self-determination theory, while controlling for job demands and resources. The role of four cultural differences (i.e. individualism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance and masculinity) in moderating the motivational correlated relationsh...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - November 2, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Lydia Garas Shahnaz Aziz Karl Wuensch Brian Waterwall Source Type: research

“Limping gallop”: leader resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
This study offers a rich description of the interaction among the behavioural, situational and individual factors influencing leaders during the various stages of the global COVID-19 crisis.Highlighting the role of leaders' personal reflections on the interaction between resilience factors and leaders' identity work, this paper contributes to the field by introducing an extended model of leader resilience. (Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management)
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - November 2, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Johanna Vuori Source Type: research

“I have to be always on” – managerial role and experience of work-life balance and regeneration practices during remote work
Katarzyna Mikołajczyk, Dorota Molek-Winiarska, Emily Kleszewski International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- The main aims of the paper were to explore the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in shaping the work-life balance of managers working remotely and to identify individual recovery strategies and organisational interventions to support digital managers. The theoretical background was based on the work-family border theory and the effort-recovery model.A semi-structured individual in-depth interview (IDI) was used as the research method. The ...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - November 1, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Katarzyna Miko łajczyk Dorota Molek-Winiarska Emily Kleszewski Source Type: research

Digital workplace health promotion: a pilot study during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Germany
Elisabeth Nöhammer, Wolfgang Fischmann International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- Preventing diseases and promoting health is most effective in large settings like the workplace. Digital workplace health promotion (DWHP) became more popular during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. While e-health appliances have received research interest, little is known regarding the target populations' perspective on and potentials of the DWPH.An online pilot study was done in Germany in June 2021. The study is representative regarding age, gender and education. The user perspective on DW...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - July 19, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Elisabeth N öhammer Wolfgang Fischmann Source Type: research

A step toward understanding the  association between depressive symptoms and workplace support: documenting the mediating roles of unproductivity and self-disclosure
A step toward understanding the association between depressive symptoms and workplace support: documenting the mediating roles of unproductivity and self-disclosure Samantha Reynolds, Brian Manata International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.- In this manuscript, the authors argue that those suffering from depressive symptoms are prone to experiencing bouts of unproductivity. The authors argue further that such conditions promote instances of self-disclosure regarding related symptoms in the interest of procuring workplace support, i.e. the effect of depressive sympto...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - July 14, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Samantha Reynolds Brian Manata Source Type: research

Exploring technostress in disruptive teaching practices
In this study, the authors explore teachers' experiences of work during the pandemic using the analytic lens of technostress. More specifically, the authors investigate how the sudden transition to distance education induces technostress among teachers in relation to their teaching practice.The data gathering method constitutes a questionnaire that explores how teachers' work situation was affected by shifting to distance education. 286 Swedish teachers answered the open-ended questionnaire.The results demonstrate how technostress creators, technostress strains and teachers' coping strategies are expressed in teaching prac...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - July 13, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Sara Willermark Karin H ögberg Pernilla Nilsson Source Type: research

Preparing to work with artificial intelligence: assessing WHS when using AI in the workplace
This study identifies risks and hazards that AI systems may pose to the work health and safety (WHS) of those engaging with or exposed to them. A conceptual framework of organisational measures for minimising those risks is proposed.Adopting an exploratory, inductive qualitative approach, the researchers interviewed 30 experts in data science, technology and WHS; 12 representatives of nine organisations using or preparing to use AI; and ran online workshops, including with 12 WHS inspectors. The research mapped AI ethics principles endorsed by the Australian government onto the AI Canvas, a tool for tracking AI implementa...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - July 12, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Andreas Cebulla Zygmunt Szpak Genevieve Knight Source Type: research