First line vs. senior managers: Concurrent influences on job characteristics and employee work-related outcomes

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Karanika-Murray ◽  
N. Mellor ◽  
T. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Job Characteristics ◽  
First Line ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Work Related

scholarly journals Challenging Cognitive Demands at Work, Related Working Conditions, and Employee Well-Being

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 2911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie-Charlotte Meyer ◽  
Lena Hünefeld
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Work Characteristics ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Cognitive Demands ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Cognitive Work ◽  
The Individual

In times of digitalized workplaces the extent of challenging cognitive demands at work is rising and employees increasingly have to manage new and unlearned tasks. Yet, these work characteristics have received little attention on how they relate to the worker’s well-being. Thus, we analyze associations between cognitive work demands—also in interaction with other job characteristics—and indicators of employee well-being. The analyses are based on the BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey 2018, a cross-section that is representative for the German working population and covers approximately 20,000 employed individuals. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions suggest that cognitive demands are associated with a higher probability of feeling fatigued. In contrast, the results with respect to the employees’ self-rated health status and job satisfaction are ambiguous, depending on which cognitive demand is considered. Overall, the findings indicate that cognitive demands might be related to both resource and demand, depending on the individual resources of employees.

scholarly journals Upper Limb Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Operating Room Nurses: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (16) ◽  
pp. 2844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Clari ◽  
Giacomo Garzaro ◽  
Matteo Di Maso ◽  
Francesca Donato ◽  
Alessandro Godono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Dash Score ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Scrub Nurse ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Operating Room Nurses ◽  
Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

This study aimed to evaluate the association between personal and job characteristics and the risk of upper limb work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among operating room nurses (ORNs). To this end, we collected data from 148 ORNs working at 8 Italian hospitals and measured any upper limb disabilities experienced in the previous year using the Italian version of the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) questionnaire. The associations between personal and job characteristics and risk of upper limb WMSDs were estimated by unconditional logistic regression models. The prevalence of upper limb WMSDs was 45.9%. Multivariate analysis showed the “female gender” and “monthly hours spent working as a scrub nurse” to be directly associated with a higher DASH score (adjusted OR for gender = 5.37, 95% CI: 1.65–17.51, p < 0.01; adjusted OR for monthly hours as scrub nurse = 3.09, 95% CI: 1.33–7.19, p < 0.01). Overall, our findings indicate that a full-time job (>120 h/month) as a scrub nurse significantly increases the risk of developing upper limb WMSDs among female ORNs. Thus, to reduce such risk in this particularly sensitive population, we recommend urgent implementation of ergonomic interventions on surgical equipment alongside job rotation and medical surveillance programs.

scholarly journals Management perceptions of competencies essential for middle managers

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bongani Mbokazi ◽  
Deléne Visser ◽  
Linda Fourie
Keyword(s):  
Middle Managers ◽  
Interpersonal Competence ◽  
First Line ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Interpersonal Competencies ◽  
Different Levels

The aim of the study was to establish whether managers at different levels of the organisational hierarchy perceive different managerial competencies as important for middle managers, and whether there were differences between the perceptions of males and females. The participants consisted of 444 senior, middle and first-line managers from a parastatal organisation in Botswana. They completed a questionnaire that assessed their opinions on the importance of six broad competencies for middle managers. It was found that senior managers rated interpersonal competence as more important than middle managers, whereas first-line managers rated operational competence as more important than middle managers. Females perceived analytical and operational competencies as more important than males, whereas males perceived interpersonal competencies as more important than females. Opsomming Die doel van die studie was om vas te stel of bestuurders op verskillende vlakke van die organisatoriese leer verskillende bestuursbevoegdhede belangrik ag vir middelvlakbestuur en of die persepsies van vroue van dié van mans verskil. Die deelnemers was 444 senior, middel- en eerstevlakbestuurders van ’n semi-staatsorganisasie in Botswana. Die bestuurders het ’n vraelys voltooi waarin hulle hul menings oor die belangrikheid van ses breë bevoegdhede vir middelvlakbestuurders moes aandui. Daar is bevind dat senior bestuurders meer klem op interpersoonlike bevoegdheid as middelbestuurders plaas. Daarteenoor het eerstelyntoesighourers operasionele bevoegdheid as belangriker geag as middelbestuurders. Vroue het analitiese en operasionele bevoegdhede as belangriker beskou as mans en mans het interpersoonlike bevoegdhede as belangriker beskou as vroue.

The impact of job characteristics on work-related well- being of handicapped employees in relation to pain

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarine J van Oel ◽  
Sonja H Schmidt ◽  
Dorothee Oort-Marburger ◽  
Theo F Meijman
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Impact

Precarious work and the risk of receiving a disability pension

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satu Ojala ◽  
Pasi Pyöriä
Keyword(s):  
Disability Pension ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Precarious Work ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazard ◽  
Hazard Ratios

Aims: Precarious employment is an emerging determinant of occupational health, but its association with work-related disability remains little understood. We operationalised precarious work as a multidimensional construct and examined how the accumulation of precarious job features predicts the incidence of receiving a disability pension (DP). Methods: The study comprised 13,228 employees aged 20–54 who had been interviewed for the Finnish Quality of Work Life Surveys in 1984, 1990, 1997, or 2003. We measured precarious work with five variables that reflect both subjective and objective job insecurity: the threat of dismissal/unemployment; poor employability; low earnings; previous unemployment; and temporary contract. An eight-year follow-up was merged with the pooled cross-sectional data, and Cox proportional hazard ratios (HR) for receiving a DP were compared between the insecurity measures, controlling for sociodemographic covariates, job characteristics and health at the baseline with a step-wise procedure. Results: Precarious employees had an elevated risk of receiving a DP (all covariates adjusted for). The risk of receiving a DP was associated with subjective job insecurity, with the strongest indicator being poor employability. The association between the threat of unemployment and receiving a DP was weak before controlling for health. Among objective insecurity measures, low earnings and earlier unemployment were weakly connected to receiving a DP before controlling for sociodemographic covariates, job characteristics and health. Conclusions: We recommend the evaluation of several precarious job features in future studies. The risk of receiving a DP could potentially be offset by improving individuals’ employability.

scholarly journals Not Extent of Telecommuting, But Job Characteristics as Proximal Predictors of Work-Related Well-Being

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (10) ◽  
pp. e180-e186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinne Vander Elst ◽  
Ronny Verhoogen ◽  
Maarten Sercu ◽  
Anja Van den Broeck ◽  
Elfi Baillien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Work Related

Employment status, job characteristics, and work-related health experience of people with a lower limb amputation in The Netherlands

2001 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanneke Schoppen ◽  
Annemarijke Boonstra ◽  
Johan W. Groothoff ◽  
Jaap de Vries ◽  
Ludwig N.H. Göeken ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Lower Limb Amputation ◽  
Limb Amputation ◽  
Work Related

An empirical investigation of the professional identification of sales managers and their ethical intentions

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Vocino ◽  
Nicholas McClaren
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Occupational Commitment ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Sales Managers ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Professional Identification ◽  
Ethical Intentions ◽  
Work Related

Purpose The purpose of this study is to show how senior management can create work environments conducive to ethical behavior in organizations through the use of sales managers’ professionalism and professional identification. The study also aims to demonstrate the influence of professional identification in occupations other than those requiring certification. Design/methodology/approach This study conceptualizes and tests a model using data collected from a survey panel of 350 sales managers. To test the hypotheses, this study makes use of covariance structured analysis. Findings The results demonstrate the importance of developing sales managers’ professionalism as an antecedent to professional identification. The findings also show professional identification positively affects professional ethical values, work-related norms and occupational commitment. This study finds that work-related norms moderate the relationship between professional ethical values and ethical intentions and directly and positively influence ethical intentions. Research limitations/implications This study used a panel sampling technique and these findings cannot be generalized to other populations. This study recommends that this study is replicated not only with sales managers but also with other categories of marketers. This study also highlights that more work using methods such as longitudinal panel data and experimentation is required to validate the current findings. Practical implications The findings are of particular interest to senior managers and managers of professional associations, as well as other sales practitioners. Because ethical intentions are affected by work-related norms and from an interaction between work-related norms and professional ethical values, senior managers need to ensure both the work activities in which their staff are involved and the professional ethical values of their employees contribute to appropriate ethical intentions. Originality/value This study introduces professional identification into the sales ethics literature and theorize relationships among the professionalism of sales managers and their professional identification, work-related norms, professional ethical values, occupational commitment and ethical intentions. This study empirically measures the professionalism of sales managers.

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