Dear Editor,I am writing in response to the article“Assessment of nurses’workplace silence behavior motives:A cross-sectional study”by Alhojairi et al.published in the September 2024 issue of the International Jour...Dear Editor,I am writing in response to the article“Assessment of nurses’workplace silence behavior motives:A cross-sectional study”by Alhojairi et al.published in the September 2024 issue of the International Journal of Nursing Sciences[1].This is a letter written by a nurse with 10 years of clinical work experience and a personal interest in team dynamics.I appreciate the authors'recommendations on mitigating workplace silence among nurses to enhance clinical work development,and I believe their proposals could be expanded further.展开更多
This study examined the relationships among workplace spirituality,mindfulness,mental well-being,and organizational commitment in professional female dancers.A total of 424 dancers from the United States participated ...This study examined the relationships among workplace spirituality,mindfulness,mental well-being,and organizational commitment in professional female dancers.A total of 424 dancers from the United States participated in the survey.Structural equation modeling indicated that workplace spirituality was positively associated with both mental well-being and organizational commitment,whereas mindfulness was significantly related only to organizational commitment.Mental well-being was a significant predictor of organizational commitment and mediated the relationship between workplace spirituality and organizational commitment,but not between mindfulness and commitment.These results suggest that workplace spirituality functions as a psychological resource that enhances emotional health and strengthens organizational engagement.Thesefindings are consistent with self-determination theory,highlighting the role of value congruence and intrinsic purpose in sustaining motivation in high-performance contexts.Moreover,the studyfindings underscore the importance of fostering spiritually supportive work environments to promote psychological well-being and long-term organizational commitment.展开更多
Objective:This study aims to identify the prevalence of bullying in the workplace and to examine its association with turnover(TO)intention and secondary traumatic stress(STS)among Jordanian nurses employed in Emergen...Objective:This study aims to identify the prevalence of bullying in the workplace and to examine its association with turnover(TO)intention and secondary traumatic stress(STS)among Jordanian nurses employed in Emergency Departments(EDs)and critical care units(CCUs).Nurses employed in the EDs and CCUs are exposed to high levels of bullying behaviors that may contribute to STS,leading to high rates of TO.Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional design was used.A sample of 150 Jordanian nurses working in CCUs and EDs completed the study.Data collection was performed using the Demographical Questionnaire,the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised(NAQ-R),ProQOL scale,and TO scale.The IBM SPSS software was used to analyze data.Results:About 10.7%and 89.3%were categorized as“occasionally bullied”and“victims of workplace bullying”subsequently.Workplace bullying was positively associated with TO intention(r=0.46,P<0.001)and STS(r=0.36,P<0.001).TO was positively associated with STS(r=0.36,P<0.001).Bullying was a unique significant predictor of TO intention(t=4.59,B=0.34,P<0.001)and STS(t=4.15,B=0.34,P<0.001).Conclusions:Bullying behavior has negative adversarial effects on TO and the experience of STS.The prevalence of bullying behavior in the EDs and CCUs remains high despite the increasing awareness of its negative impacts.Healthcare organizations should put systems in place to ensure that zero-tolerance policy are monitored in terms of the effectiveness of its implementation.展开更多
Objectives:Recently,how family-related factors influence employees’mental health has garnered increasing attention from researchers and practitioners.Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress,this study aim...Objectives:Recently,how family-related factors influence employees’mental health has garnered increasing attention from researchers and practitioners.Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress,this study aims to examine how and when family financial stress affects the employees’mental health and investigate the mediating role of performance stress and the moderating role of workplace competition.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 23,520 Chinese employees by using a voluntary and anonymous structured questionnaire,which included family financial stress,performance stress,symptom checklist 90(SCL-90)scale,and workplace competition.The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 software and macro PROCESS.Results:The analysis of the mediating effect showed that performance stress mediated the relationship between family financial stress and psychological depression(b=0.064,SE=0.002,p<0.0001)and physical somatization(b=0.042,SE=0.002,p<0.0001),indicating spillover effects of stress from home to workplace.The moderating mediation analysis revealed that the crossover effects were amplified by workplace competition.For psychological depression,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.012,SE=0.001,p<0.001;For physical somatization,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.008,SE=0.001,p<0.001.Conclusion:Performance stress acts as a mediator in the link between family financial stress and mental health.Furthermore,the mediating effects was amplified by workplace competition.These findings suggest that workplace competition may serve to exacerbate the negative spillover effects from home to work through the mechanism of workrelated stress.Organizations should consider implementing supportive measures to mitigate family financial stress,such as providing financial counseling and fostering a collaborative work environment,to reduce the adverse effects of family financial stress on employees’mental health.展开更多
This study tested a multilevel model of the workplace territorial behaviors and employees’knowledge sharing relationship,with team identification serving as a mediator and task interdependence as a moderator.Data wer...This study tested a multilevel model of the workplace territorial behaviors and employees’knowledge sharing relationship,with team identification serving as a mediator and task interdependence as a moderator.Data were collected from 253 employees(females=128,mean age=28.626,SD=6.470)from 40 work teams from different industries in China.Path analysis results indicated that workplace territorial behaviors were associated with lower employee knowledge sharing.Team identification enhanced employee knowledge sharing and partially mediated the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and employee knowledge sharing.Task interdependence enhanced knowledge sharing and strengthened the relationship between team identification and knowledge sharing.Thesefindings extend the proposition of social information processing theory by revealing the mediating role of team identification in the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and knowledge sharing,and clarifying the boundary conditions of team identification.Practical implications of thesefindings include a need for managers to foster collaborative atmospheres,design interdependent tasks,and mitigate territorial behaviors to enhance team identification and knowledge sharing.展开更多
Objective:Sick building syndrome(SBS)is a significant health concern among healthcare workers,exacerbated by prolonged exposure to indoor air pollutants and inadequate environmental conditions.Our study aims to explor...Objective:Sick building syndrome(SBS)is a significant health concern among healthcare workers,exacerbated by prolonged exposure to indoor air pollutants and inadequate environmental conditions.Our study aims to explore the prevalence of SBS and its association with indoor air quality and workplace environments among healthcare workers in five hospital departments in Nakhon Si Thammarat,Thailand.Methods:Indoor air quality was assessed over eight days,measuring microbial concentrations(bacteria,fungi),temperature,humidity,and carbon dioxide levels.Demographic data and SBS symptoms were also collected from healthcare workers.Results:The findings revealed that fungal concentrations were highest in the pharmacy(51.95±37.59)colony forming units(CFU)per m^(3),while bacterial concentrations peaked in the outpatient department(265.06±49.46)CFU/m3.The study identified Staphylococcus hominis and Micrococcus luteus as the dominant microbial species in the air environment.A moderate positive correlation was found between bacterial concentrations and humidity(r=0.43,P=0.046).SBS symptoms were prevalent among healthcare workers,with 75.58%reporting issues like dry eyes and fatigue.The total complaint score for SBS correlated positively with indoor pollutant levels,especially fungi(r=0.38,P<0.001).Frequent cleaning reduced SBS complaints significantly(P<0.001).Conclusion:Hospital departments with more frequent cleaning practices exhibited lower SBS complaints,highlighting the importance of cleaning frequency in reducing SBS-related issues.These findings provide actionable insights for improving workplace safety and indoor air quality in healthcare settings.展开更多
Background:In the field of organizational behavior,various aspects that have an impact on employee well-being gradually become a focus of attention.Among them,performance pressure,which is a component of workplace str...Background:In the field of organizational behavior,various aspects that have an impact on employee well-being gradually become a focus of attention.Among them,performance pressure,which is a component of workplace stressors that has a great influence on employees’job performance as well as well-being,has been little studied.Therefore,this paper constructs a research model,which uses workplace anxiety as a mediating variable and vocational delay of gratification as a moderating variable,to explore the impact of performance pressure on employee well-being.Methods:Reliable data were collected by questionnaire method and data analysis was conducted with the help of SPSS 26.0.In this paper,the data statistics are carried out by correlation analysis,mediation effect analysis,and moderating effect analysis,and the regression analysis is further studied.Results:The finding shows that performance pressure impacts employee well-being negatively,and workplace anxiety has a significant negative impact on employee well-being.When the workplace anxiety variable is added,the negative impact of performance pressure on employee well-being is still significant.Therefore,it can be verified that workplace anxiety plays an intermediary role in the influencing mechanism of performance pressure on employee well-being.While high vocational delay satisfaction weakens the influence of performance pressure on employee well-being.It’s interesting that under the adjustment of low delayed gratification,low-performance pressure will lead to higher employee well-being,and the organization’s conscious reduction of performance pressure is conducive to improving employeewell-being,and under the adjustment of high delayed gratification,low-performance pressure leads to higher employee well-being,and high-performance pressure leads to lower employee well-being,which shows the weakening effect of high delayed gratification,that means vocational delay gratification plays a negative regulating role in the influencing mechanism of performance pressure and employee well-being.Conclusion:Under the mediating role of workplace anxiety,performance pressure has a significant negative impact on employee well-being,and in this influence mechanism,vocational delay gratification plays a significant negative moderating role.展开更多
Background Both medication and non-medication therapies are effective approaches to control blood pressure (BP) in hypertension patients.However,the association of joint changes in antihypertensive medication use and ...Background Both medication and non-medication therapies are effective approaches to control blood pressure (BP) in hypertension patients.However,the association of joint changes in antihypertensive medication use and healthy lifestyle index (HLI)with BP control among hypertension patients is seldom reported,which needs to provide more evidence by prospective intervention studies.We examined the association of antihypertensive medication use and HLI with BP control among employees with hypertension in China based on a workplace-based multicomponent intervention program.Methods Between January 2013 and December 2014,a cluster randomized clinical trial of a workplace-based multicomponent intervention program was conducted in 60 workplaces across 20 urban areas in China.Workplaces were randomly divided into intervention (n=40) and control (n=20) groups.Basic information on employees at each workplace was collected by trained professionals,including sociodemographic characteristics,medical history,family history,lifestyle behaviors,medication status and physical measurements.After baseline,the intervention group received a 2-year intervention to achieve BP control,which included:(1) a workplace wellness program for all employees;(2) a guidelines-oriented hypertension management protocol.HLI including nonsmoking,nondrinking,adequate physical activity,weight within reference range and balanced diet,were coded on a 5-point scale (range:0-5,with higher score indicating a healthier lifestyle).Antihypertensive medication use was defined as taking drug within the last 2 weeks.Changes in HLI,antihypertensive medication use and BP control from baseline to 24 months were measured after the intervention.Results Overall,4655 employees were included (age:46.3±7.6 years,men:3547 (82.3%)).After 24 months of the intervention,there was a significant improvement in lifestyle[smoking (OR=0.65,95%CI:0.43-0.99;P=0.045),drinking (OR=0.52,95%CI:0.40-0.68;P<0.001),regular exercise (OR=3.10,95%CI:2.53-3.78;P<0.001),excessive intake of fatty food (OR=0.17,95%CI:0.06-0.52;P=0.002),restrictive use of salt (OR=0.26,95%CI:0.12-0.56;P=0.001)].Compare to employees with a deteriorating lifestyle after the intervention,those with an improved lifestyle had a higher BP control.In the intervention group,compared with employees not using antihypertensive medication,those who consistent used (OR=2.34;95%CI:1.16-4.72;P=0.017) or changed from not using to using antihypertensive medication (OR=2.24;95%CI:1.08-4.62;P=0.030) had higher BP control.Compared with those having lower HLI,participants with a same (OR=1.38;95%CI:0.99-1.93;P=0.056) or high (OR=1.79;95%CI:1.27~2.53;P<0.001) HLI had higher BP control.Those who used antihypertensive medication and had a high HLI had the highest BP control (OR=1.88;95%CI:1.32-2.67,P<0.001).Subgroup analysis also showed the consistent effect as the above.Conclusion These findings suggest that adherence to antihypertensive medication treatment and healthy lifestyle were associated with a significant improvement in BP control among employees with hypertension.展开更多
Starting from the issues related to the construction and management of customs supervision places for railway and water transportation,this paper systematically analyzes the problems and challenges in the facility lay...Starting from the issues related to the construction and management of customs supervision places for railway and water transportation,this paper systematically analyzes the problems and challenges in the facility layout of customs operation places,the construction of a public platform for customs and port logistics monitoring,the utilization of information and data,and the intensity of technological innovation.Based on in-depth research,this paper attempts to propose improvement strategies and suggestions in terms of scientifically planning the layout of customs supervision places for railway and water transportation,improving the operation of the logistics monitoring public platform,developing and utilizing the information and data system,building a smart customs,and innovating the supervision mode.This aims to further optimize the customs supervision process,improve supervision efficiency and accuracy,and provide a reference for the facilitation and safe development of international trade.展开更多
Objectives:This study aimed to develop and validate the Nurse’sWorkplace Mental Health Questionnaire(NWMHQ).Methods:The questionnaire was developed based on the two continua model of mental illness and health propose...Objectives:This study aimed to develop and validate the Nurse’sWorkplace Mental Health Questionnaire(NWMHQ).Methods:The questionnaire was developed based on the two continua model of mental illness and health proposed by Keyes.The initial questionnaire was generated through literature review,two rounds of Delphi expert consultation,followed by a pilot survey.Finally,the reliability and validity of the questionnaire were validated through an online survey of 2,815 registered nurses selected from the public hospitals in 11 provinces from June to July 2020.Results:The item-content validity index(I-CVI)of the questionnaire ranged from 0.750 to 1.000 and the average scale-level content validity index(S-CVI/Ave)was 0.906.Cronbach’s a coefficient was 0.948 and test-retest reliability was 0.850.The self-rating depression scale score was negatively related to the NWMHQ score(r=0.664,P<0.01).The exploratory factor analysis(EFA)yielded six factors(emotional status,psychological security,positive relationship,resilience,self-efficacy,and subjective well-being),consisting of 32 items.The cumulative variance contribution rate was 65.58%.Confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)showed an acceptable fit.Conclusion:The NWMHQ developed in this study showed good reliability and validity.This questionnaire may help assess the mental health status of nurses and help nursing managers to develop appropriate targeted psychological interventions.展开更多
The prevalence of mental health problems in both Malaysian and global workplaces has significantly increased due to the presence of the coronavirus disease(COVID-19)pandemic,globalization,technology advancement in Indu...The prevalence of mental health problems in both Malaysian and global workplaces has significantly increased due to the presence of the coronavirus disease(COVID-19)pandemic,globalization,technology advancement in Industry 4.0,and other contributing factors.The pervasiveness of the issue poses a huge challenge to improving the occupational safety and health(OSH)of workers in various industries,especially in the digital industry.The emergence of the innovative industry is evident mainly due to the rapid development of Industry 4.0 and the rele-vant demands of multiple businesses in the digital transformation.Nonetheless,limited studies and academic dis-cussions were conducted on the OSH topic of digital employees.Hence,the current study serves tofill the existing gap and provide academic contributions by scrutinising the perceptions of digital workers regarding their work-place well-being,mental health literacy,and the impression of employing e-mental health.The objectives of this study are:1)To examine the mental health literacy and workplace wellness of digital workers,2)to explore the e-mental health usage intention and actual e-mental health utilization,and 3)to identify digital workers’feedback on e-mental health.In the current context,e-mental health focuses on three dimensions,namely,1)“health in our hand(HIOH)”,2)“interacting for health(IFH)”,and 3)“data enabling health(DEH)”.The present study employed an online cross-sectional survey and received 326 digital workers’completed responses.Variables,such as“mental health literacy(MHL)”,“workplace wellness(WW)”,and e-mental health intention and usage were explicated by analysing the data through descriptive statistics.The study results indicated a moderate to a high level of the MHL and the WW.More than half of the workers possessed a high intention level to employ e-mental health,with the HIOH dimension being the most prevalent domain.Nevertheless,the actual e-mental health usage was very low,owing to the online resources being a new concept amongst digital employees.Numerous confounding factors also existed in affecting the low usage,such as privacy concerns,data security levels,and health verification issues.In addition,the mental health issue has not been openly and widely discussed in Malay-sian workplaces due to stigmatisation.As such,the currentfindings could provide additional insights into the OSH literature;it could serve as a guideline for the OSH decision-makers,employers,and eHealth developers when establishing a feasible framework for the practical adoption of e-mental health services by digital workers.展开更多
Workplace stress is a common problem with broad effects in professional life. This study aimed to understand how workplace stressors affect job satisfaction among biologics development professionals. A cross-sectional...Workplace stress is a common problem with broad effects in professional life. This study aimed to understand how workplace stressors affect job satisfaction among biologics development professionals. A cross-sectional survey was conducted at a biologics development organization. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed using years of experience, ambiguity, job conflict, perceived control, social support, job demands, self-esteem, and self-rated workplace stress as independent variables and job satisfaction as dependent variable (response). The regression model indicated that the workplace stressors and their two-level interactions significantly predicted employees’ job satisfaction, which explained 89% of the variance in level of job satisfaction (R2 = 0.89, F(17, 16) = 7.251, p = 0.0001). The interaction between perceived control and job demand and interaction between self-rated stress and job conflict had the biggest effect size on job satisfaction. This model was further used in Monte Carlo simulation to predict the outcome of job satisfaction under different work conditions. The findings will help the management to develop strategies to improve employee job satisfaction.展开更多
Background: The ability of managers of small-scale enterprises (SSEs) to prioritize health, working conditions, and their own physical fitness is an important issue for workplace health promotion in Norway and Sweden,...Background: The ability of managers of small-scale enterprises (SSEs) to prioritize health, working conditions, and their own physical fitness is an important issue for workplace health promotion in Norway and Sweden, where most owner-manager positions are in SSEs. Aim: To assess the physical fitness status of SSE managers compared to a norm population and to study changes in physical fitness status, self-reported physical activity, and sickness outcomes after workplace health interventions. Methods: The study allocated SSE managers to either an intervention or a reference group. The intervention, over twelve months, consisted of motivational input related to lifestyle and physical activity through tests and feedback, individual support, and courses on health and psychosocial working conditions. The participants (N = 28) completed health screening checks, questionnaires and testing before and after the intervention. Results: SSE managers in the study had positive outcomes for BMI levels and strength compared to the norm population, while percentage of fat for both men and women indicated poor results. There were no further improvements in the intervention group after comparison with the reference group. Separately, both groups seemed to improve strength and body composition. Conclusion: Workplace health interventions with essentially motivational components may increase SSE managers’ attention to physical fitness, but appear to have limited effects on objective and subjective physical fitness outcomes.展开更多
The current project provides a systemic literature review on the self-regulation theory analyzing the history,the main concepts,and an integrated model of analyzing the theory.Following,emotional resilience is describ...The current project provides a systemic literature review on the self-regulation theory analyzing the history,the main concepts,and an integrated model of analyzing the theory.Following,emotional resilience is described and linked with the self-regulation theory proving their connection,through emotional regulation.The literature review provides tangible resources for individuals to understand and apply in everyday life tactics that will assist them in fostering greater emotional resilience in the workplace,utilizing the self-regulation theory.Finally,a brief discussion is provided in terms of how to evaluate critically the concepts mentioned while limitations and future research are also indicated.This paper aims to invite conversation and collaboration in discovering a relatively new field that could in the future reimagine the workplace.展开更多
It is a discussion of how to secure the workplace happiness by interviews of a professional and two employees.It addresses that making an employee feel valued to the company,good working relationships,achievements rec...It is a discussion of how to secure the workplace happiness by interviews of a professional and two employees.It addresses that making an employee feel valued to the company,good working relationships,achievements recognized and leadership are significant to maintain employee satisfaction and well being.展开更多
文摘Dear Editor,I am writing in response to the article“Assessment of nurses’workplace silence behavior motives:A cross-sectional study”by Alhojairi et al.published in the September 2024 issue of the International Journal of Nursing Sciences[1].This is a letter written by a nurse with 10 years of clinical work experience and a personal interest in team dynamics.I appreciate the authors'recommendations on mitigating workplace silence among nurses to enhance clinical work development,and I believe their proposals could be expanded further.
文摘This study examined the relationships among workplace spirituality,mindfulness,mental well-being,and organizational commitment in professional female dancers.A total of 424 dancers from the United States participated in the survey.Structural equation modeling indicated that workplace spirituality was positively associated with both mental well-being and organizational commitment,whereas mindfulness was significantly related only to organizational commitment.Mental well-being was a significant predictor of organizational commitment and mediated the relationship between workplace spirituality and organizational commitment,but not between mindfulness and commitment.These results suggest that workplace spirituality functions as a psychological resource that enhances emotional health and strengthens organizational engagement.Thesefindings are consistent with self-determination theory,highlighting the role of value congruence and intrinsic purpose in sustaining motivation in high-performance contexts.Moreover,the studyfindings underscore the importance of fostering spiritually supportive work environments to promote psychological well-being and long-term organizational commitment.
文摘Objective:This study aims to identify the prevalence of bullying in the workplace and to examine its association with turnover(TO)intention and secondary traumatic stress(STS)among Jordanian nurses employed in Emergency Departments(EDs)and critical care units(CCUs).Nurses employed in the EDs and CCUs are exposed to high levels of bullying behaviors that may contribute to STS,leading to high rates of TO.Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional design was used.A sample of 150 Jordanian nurses working in CCUs and EDs completed the study.Data collection was performed using the Demographical Questionnaire,the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised(NAQ-R),ProQOL scale,and TO scale.The IBM SPSS software was used to analyze data.Results:About 10.7%and 89.3%were categorized as“occasionally bullied”and“victims of workplace bullying”subsequently.Workplace bullying was positively associated with TO intention(r=0.46,P<0.001)and STS(r=0.36,P<0.001).TO was positively associated with STS(r=0.36,P<0.001).Bullying was a unique significant predictor of TO intention(t=4.59,B=0.34,P<0.001)and STS(t=4.15,B=0.34,P<0.001).Conclusions:Bullying behavior has negative adversarial effects on TO and the experience of STS.The prevalence of bullying behavior in the EDs and CCUs remains high despite the increasing awareness of its negative impacts.Healthcare organizations should put systems in place to ensure that zero-tolerance policy are monitored in terms of the effectiveness of its implementation.
基金upported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(project no.72272117).
文摘Objectives:Recently,how family-related factors influence employees’mental health has garnered increasing attention from researchers and practitioners.Drawing on the cognitive appraisal theory of stress,this study aims to examine how and when family financial stress affects the employees’mental health and investigate the mediating role of performance stress and the moderating role of workplace competition.Methods:A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 23,520 Chinese employees by using a voluntary and anonymous structured questionnaire,which included family financial stress,performance stress,symptom checklist 90(SCL-90)scale,and workplace competition.The data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 software and macro PROCESS.Results:The analysis of the mediating effect showed that performance stress mediated the relationship between family financial stress and psychological depression(b=0.064,SE=0.002,p<0.0001)and physical somatization(b=0.042,SE=0.002,p<0.0001),indicating spillover effects of stress from home to workplace.The moderating mediation analysis revealed that the crossover effects were amplified by workplace competition.For psychological depression,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.012,SE=0.001,p<0.001;For physical somatization,index of moderated mediation was:b=0.008,SE=0.001,p<0.001.Conclusion:Performance stress acts as a mediator in the link between family financial stress and mental health.Furthermore,the mediating effects was amplified by workplace competition.These findings suggest that workplace competition may serve to exacerbate the negative spillover effects from home to work through the mechanism of workrelated stress.Organizations should consider implementing supportive measures to mitigate family financial stress,such as providing financial counseling and fostering a collaborative work environment,to reduce the adverse effects of family financial stress on employees’mental health.
文摘This study tested a multilevel model of the workplace territorial behaviors and employees’knowledge sharing relationship,with team identification serving as a mediator and task interdependence as a moderator.Data were collected from 253 employees(females=128,mean age=28.626,SD=6.470)from 40 work teams from different industries in China.Path analysis results indicated that workplace territorial behaviors were associated with lower employee knowledge sharing.Team identification enhanced employee knowledge sharing and partially mediated the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and employee knowledge sharing.Task interdependence enhanced knowledge sharing and strengthened the relationship between team identification and knowledge sharing.Thesefindings extend the proposition of social information processing theory by revealing the mediating role of team identification in the relationship between workplace territorial behaviors and knowledge sharing,and clarifying the boundary conditions of team identification.Practical implications of thesefindings include a need for managers to foster collaborative atmospheres,design interdependent tasks,and mitigate territorial behaviors to enhance team identification and knowledge sharing.
基金Undergraduate Research Grants,Walailak University.
文摘Objective:Sick building syndrome(SBS)is a significant health concern among healthcare workers,exacerbated by prolonged exposure to indoor air pollutants and inadequate environmental conditions.Our study aims to explore the prevalence of SBS and its association with indoor air quality and workplace environments among healthcare workers in five hospital departments in Nakhon Si Thammarat,Thailand.Methods:Indoor air quality was assessed over eight days,measuring microbial concentrations(bacteria,fungi),temperature,humidity,and carbon dioxide levels.Demographic data and SBS symptoms were also collected from healthcare workers.Results:The findings revealed that fungal concentrations were highest in the pharmacy(51.95±37.59)colony forming units(CFU)per m^(3),while bacterial concentrations peaked in the outpatient department(265.06±49.46)CFU/m3.The study identified Staphylococcus hominis and Micrococcus luteus as the dominant microbial species in the air environment.A moderate positive correlation was found between bacterial concentrations and humidity(r=0.43,P=0.046).SBS symptoms were prevalent among healthcare workers,with 75.58%reporting issues like dry eyes and fatigue.The total complaint score for SBS correlated positively with indoor pollutant levels,especially fungi(r=0.38,P<0.001).Frequent cleaning reduced SBS complaints significantly(P<0.001).Conclusion:Hospital departments with more frequent cleaning practices exhibited lower SBS complaints,highlighting the importance of cleaning frequency in reducing SBS-related issues.These findings provide actionable insights for improving workplace safety and indoor air quality in healthcare settings.
基金funded by the Hebei Provincial Party School of the CPC(Hebei Institute of Administration)Innovation Engineering Research Project(National Social Science Fund Cultivation Special)Nanjing University of Finance and Economics Major Special Teaching Reform Project“Research on Personalized Learning Mode and Implementation Path for College Students under the Background of Smart Education”the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant number:2019M662309).
文摘Background:In the field of organizational behavior,various aspects that have an impact on employee well-being gradually become a focus of attention.Among them,performance pressure,which is a component of workplace stressors that has a great influence on employees’job performance as well as well-being,has been little studied.Therefore,this paper constructs a research model,which uses workplace anxiety as a mediating variable and vocational delay of gratification as a moderating variable,to explore the impact of performance pressure on employee well-being.Methods:Reliable data were collected by questionnaire method and data analysis was conducted with the help of SPSS 26.0.In this paper,the data statistics are carried out by correlation analysis,mediation effect analysis,and moderating effect analysis,and the regression analysis is further studied.Results:The finding shows that performance pressure impacts employee well-being negatively,and workplace anxiety has a significant negative impact on employee well-being.When the workplace anxiety variable is added,the negative impact of performance pressure on employee well-being is still significant.Therefore,it can be verified that workplace anxiety plays an intermediary role in the influencing mechanism of performance pressure on employee well-being.While high vocational delay satisfaction weakens the influence of performance pressure on employee well-being.It’s interesting that under the adjustment of low delayed gratification,low-performance pressure will lead to higher employee well-being,and the organization’s conscious reduction of performance pressure is conducive to improving employeewell-being,and under the adjustment of high delayed gratification,low-performance pressure leads to higher employee well-being,and high-performance pressure leads to lower employee well-being,which shows the weakening effect of high delayed gratification,that means vocational delay gratification plays a negative regulating role in the influencing mechanism of performance pressure and employee well-being.Conclusion:Under the mediating role of workplace anxiety,performance pressure has a significant negative impact on employee well-being,and in this influence mechanism,vocational delay gratification plays a significant negative moderating role.
基金supported by grant 2011BAI11B01 from the Projects in the Chinese National Science and Technology Pillar Program during the 12th Five-year Plan Periodby grant 2017-I2M-1-004 from the Chinese Academy of Medical Science Innovation Fund for Medical Sciencesby the Major science and technology special plan project of Yunnan Province (202302AA310045)。
文摘Background Both medication and non-medication therapies are effective approaches to control blood pressure (BP) in hypertension patients.However,the association of joint changes in antihypertensive medication use and healthy lifestyle index (HLI)with BP control among hypertension patients is seldom reported,which needs to provide more evidence by prospective intervention studies.We examined the association of antihypertensive medication use and HLI with BP control among employees with hypertension in China based on a workplace-based multicomponent intervention program.Methods Between January 2013 and December 2014,a cluster randomized clinical trial of a workplace-based multicomponent intervention program was conducted in 60 workplaces across 20 urban areas in China.Workplaces were randomly divided into intervention (n=40) and control (n=20) groups.Basic information on employees at each workplace was collected by trained professionals,including sociodemographic characteristics,medical history,family history,lifestyle behaviors,medication status and physical measurements.After baseline,the intervention group received a 2-year intervention to achieve BP control,which included:(1) a workplace wellness program for all employees;(2) a guidelines-oriented hypertension management protocol.HLI including nonsmoking,nondrinking,adequate physical activity,weight within reference range and balanced diet,were coded on a 5-point scale (range:0-5,with higher score indicating a healthier lifestyle).Antihypertensive medication use was defined as taking drug within the last 2 weeks.Changes in HLI,antihypertensive medication use and BP control from baseline to 24 months were measured after the intervention.Results Overall,4655 employees were included (age:46.3±7.6 years,men:3547 (82.3%)).After 24 months of the intervention,there was a significant improvement in lifestyle[smoking (OR=0.65,95%CI:0.43-0.99;P=0.045),drinking (OR=0.52,95%CI:0.40-0.68;P<0.001),regular exercise (OR=3.10,95%CI:2.53-3.78;P<0.001),excessive intake of fatty food (OR=0.17,95%CI:0.06-0.52;P=0.002),restrictive use of salt (OR=0.26,95%CI:0.12-0.56;P=0.001)].Compare to employees with a deteriorating lifestyle after the intervention,those with an improved lifestyle had a higher BP control.In the intervention group,compared with employees not using antihypertensive medication,those who consistent used (OR=2.34;95%CI:1.16-4.72;P=0.017) or changed from not using to using antihypertensive medication (OR=2.24;95%CI:1.08-4.62;P=0.030) had higher BP control.Compared with those having lower HLI,participants with a same (OR=1.38;95%CI:0.99-1.93;P=0.056) or high (OR=1.79;95%CI:1.27~2.53;P<0.001) HLI had higher BP control.Those who used antihypertensive medication and had a high HLI had the highest BP control (OR=1.88;95%CI:1.32-2.67,P<0.001).Subgroup analysis also showed the consistent effect as the above.Conclusion These findings suggest that adherence to antihypertensive medication treatment and healthy lifestyle were associated with a significant improvement in BP control among employees with hypertension.
文摘Starting from the issues related to the construction and management of customs supervision places for railway and water transportation,this paper systematically analyzes the problems and challenges in the facility layout of customs operation places,the construction of a public platform for customs and port logistics monitoring,the utilization of information and data,and the intensity of technological innovation.Based on in-depth research,this paper attempts to propose improvement strategies and suggestions in terms of scientifically planning the layout of customs supervision places for railway and water transportation,improving the operation of the logistics monitoring public platform,developing and utilizing the information and data system,building a smart customs,and innovating the supervision mode.This aims to further optimize the customs supervision process,improve supervision efficiency and accuracy,and provide a reference for the facilitation and safe development of international trade.
基金This study was funded by the Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(No.C2019046)the Guangdong Health Economics Association(No.2020-WJMZ-23).
文摘Objectives:This study aimed to develop and validate the Nurse’sWorkplace Mental Health Questionnaire(NWMHQ).Methods:The questionnaire was developed based on the two continua model of mental illness and health proposed by Keyes.The initial questionnaire was generated through literature review,two rounds of Delphi expert consultation,followed by a pilot survey.Finally,the reliability and validity of the questionnaire were validated through an online survey of 2,815 registered nurses selected from the public hospitals in 11 provinces from June to July 2020.Results:The item-content validity index(I-CVI)of the questionnaire ranged from 0.750 to 1.000 and the average scale-level content validity index(S-CVI/Ave)was 0.906.Cronbach’s a coefficient was 0.948 and test-retest reliability was 0.850.The self-rating depression scale score was negatively related to the NWMHQ score(r=0.664,P<0.01).The exploratory factor analysis(EFA)yielded six factors(emotional status,psychological security,positive relationship,resilience,self-efficacy,and subjective well-being),consisting of 32 items.The cumulative variance contribution rate was 65.58%.Confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)showed an acceptable fit.Conclusion:The NWMHQ developed in this study showed good reliability and validity.This questionnaire may help assess the mental health status of nurses and help nursing managers to develop appropriate targeted psychological interventions.
基金This research is supported by the Malaysia Ministry of Higher Education’s Fundamental Research Grant Scheme(FRGS)[FRGS/1/2019/SS09/MMU/02/3]MMUE/190073 led by the second author.
文摘The prevalence of mental health problems in both Malaysian and global workplaces has significantly increased due to the presence of the coronavirus disease(COVID-19)pandemic,globalization,technology advancement in Industry 4.0,and other contributing factors.The pervasiveness of the issue poses a huge challenge to improving the occupational safety and health(OSH)of workers in various industries,especially in the digital industry.The emergence of the innovative industry is evident mainly due to the rapid development of Industry 4.0 and the rele-vant demands of multiple businesses in the digital transformation.Nonetheless,limited studies and academic dis-cussions were conducted on the OSH topic of digital employees.Hence,the current study serves tofill the existing gap and provide academic contributions by scrutinising the perceptions of digital workers regarding their work-place well-being,mental health literacy,and the impression of employing e-mental health.The objectives of this study are:1)To examine the mental health literacy and workplace wellness of digital workers,2)to explore the e-mental health usage intention and actual e-mental health utilization,and 3)to identify digital workers’feedback on e-mental health.In the current context,e-mental health focuses on three dimensions,namely,1)“health in our hand(HIOH)”,2)“interacting for health(IFH)”,and 3)“data enabling health(DEH)”.The present study employed an online cross-sectional survey and received 326 digital workers’completed responses.Variables,such as“mental health literacy(MHL)”,“workplace wellness(WW)”,and e-mental health intention and usage were explicated by analysing the data through descriptive statistics.The study results indicated a moderate to a high level of the MHL and the WW.More than half of the workers possessed a high intention level to employ e-mental health,with the HIOH dimension being the most prevalent domain.Nevertheless,the actual e-mental health usage was very low,owing to the online resources being a new concept amongst digital employees.Numerous confounding factors also existed in affecting the low usage,such as privacy concerns,data security levels,and health verification issues.In addition,the mental health issue has not been openly and widely discussed in Malay-sian workplaces due to stigmatisation.As such,the currentfindings could provide additional insights into the OSH literature;it could serve as a guideline for the OSH decision-makers,employers,and eHealth developers when establishing a feasible framework for the practical adoption of e-mental health services by digital workers.
文摘Workplace stress is a common problem with broad effects in professional life. This study aimed to understand how workplace stressors affect job satisfaction among biologics development professionals. A cross-sectional survey was conducted at a biologics development organization. Multiple linear regression analysis was performed using years of experience, ambiguity, job conflict, perceived control, social support, job demands, self-esteem, and self-rated workplace stress as independent variables and job satisfaction as dependent variable (response). The regression model indicated that the workplace stressors and their two-level interactions significantly predicted employees’ job satisfaction, which explained 89% of the variance in level of job satisfaction (R2 = 0.89, F(17, 16) = 7.251, p = 0.0001). The interaction between perceived control and job demand and interaction between self-rated stress and job conflict had the biggest effect size on job satisfaction. This model was further used in Monte Carlo simulation to predict the outcome of job satisfaction under different work conditions. The findings will help the management to develop strategies to improve employee job satisfaction.
文摘Background: The ability of managers of small-scale enterprises (SSEs) to prioritize health, working conditions, and their own physical fitness is an important issue for workplace health promotion in Norway and Sweden, where most owner-manager positions are in SSEs. Aim: To assess the physical fitness status of SSE managers compared to a norm population and to study changes in physical fitness status, self-reported physical activity, and sickness outcomes after workplace health interventions. Methods: The study allocated SSE managers to either an intervention or a reference group. The intervention, over twelve months, consisted of motivational input related to lifestyle and physical activity through tests and feedback, individual support, and courses on health and psychosocial working conditions. The participants (N = 28) completed health screening checks, questionnaires and testing before and after the intervention. Results: SSE managers in the study had positive outcomes for BMI levels and strength compared to the norm population, while percentage of fat for both men and women indicated poor results. There were no further improvements in the intervention group after comparison with the reference group. Separately, both groups seemed to improve strength and body composition. Conclusion: Workplace health interventions with essentially motivational components may increase SSE managers’ attention to physical fitness, but appear to have limited effects on objective and subjective physical fitness outcomes.
文摘The current project provides a systemic literature review on the self-regulation theory analyzing the history,the main concepts,and an integrated model of analyzing the theory.Following,emotional resilience is described and linked with the self-regulation theory proving their connection,through emotional regulation.The literature review provides tangible resources for individuals to understand and apply in everyday life tactics that will assist them in fostering greater emotional resilience in the workplace,utilizing the self-regulation theory.Finally,a brief discussion is provided in terms of how to evaluate critically the concepts mentioned while limitations and future research are also indicated.This paper aims to invite conversation and collaboration in discovering a relatively new field that could in the future reimagine the workplace.
文摘It is a discussion of how to secure the workplace happiness by interviews of a professional and two employees.It addresses that making an employee feel valued to the company,good working relationships,achievements recognized and leadership are significant to maintain employee satisfaction and well being.
