Work - Volume 72, issue 3

Authors: Tsai, Jui-Chen | Chang, Wen-Pei

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Establishing strategies for improving nursing shortages, which are labor challenges in the current health care industry. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the correlation between workplace bullying and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) in nurses and the mediating effects of job satisfaction on this relationship. METHODS: A total of 164 valid samples were obtained. The Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised, the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, and an OCB scale were measured. RESULTS: The results indicate that a significantly larger proportion of nurses working in operating rooms (Δ odds ratio, odds = 2.30, p  = 0.043), the emergency room, and …the ICU (Δ odds = 2.79, p  = 0.019) had suffered workplace bullying compared with nurses working in patient wards. No experience of workplace bullying exerted a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction (p  < 0.001), and job satisfaction exerted a positive and significant effect on overall OCB (p  < 0.001). No experience of workplace bullying exerted a significant mediating effect on the influence of job satisfaction on overall OCB (p  < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The department of service in which a nurse works influences the occurrence of workplace bullying, previous experience with bullying reduces job satisfaction, and greater job satisfaction promotes higher OCB performance. Based on the study results, we advise that nursing executives address and prevent workplace bullying to increase the job satisfaction of nurses so that nurses are willing to display OCB, apply their expertise, and expand the role and functions of nursing. Show more

Keywords: Organizations, workplace bullying, satisfaction, staff nurse

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-210036

Citation: Work, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 1099-1108, 2022

Authors: Mehdi, Zafar | Nasser, Ramzi | Theobald, Hildegard

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: This study compares Canadian and German healthcare workers employment status and wages based on age, gender, and educational training. The German and Canadian healthcare systems are rarely compared, that if such a comparison between the two countries is available, can provide an insight of health workers employment status and how that might affect the wellbeing of elderly. OBJECTIVES: The study investigates the relation of age, gender and post-basic training with annual employment and income of health care workers in Canada and Germany. METHODS: Secondary data on age, gender, post-basic education training, employment status and average …monthly wages/salary was obtained from the German Socioeconomic Panel and the Canadian Survey of Labor and Income Dynamics data. The German dataset comprised 571 healthcare workers, including 219 nurses, 231 elder carers and 121 care assistants. The Canadian dataset comprised 2,580 healthcare workers, including 947 nurses, 493 elder carers and 1,140 care assistants. RESULTS: Primarily, there was a strong relationship between post-basic training and wages for both the Canadian and German samples among elder carers and care assistants. Older healthcare workers (46 years old and above) were generally employed, and age had no predictive power on annual labor earnings. This difference in age was significant among the Canadian than the German nurses. Post-basic training had a significant relation with annual earnings and monthly wages in both the Canadian and German samples. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that the socio-demographics of healthcare workers as age, gender and advanced training are associated with their employment opportunities, financial rewards, and better career opportunities. The relationship between demographic variables helps understand the relation of healthcare workers employment dispositions and how it might improve the quality of life of older people in nursing homes, hospitals and elderly private homes in Canada and Germany. Show more

Keywords: Elderly patient care, socio-demographics, employment status, gender, occupational and further training

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-213645

Citation: Work, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 1109-1118, 2022

Authors: Kanaan, Saddam F. | Almhdawi, Khader A. | Khader, Yousef S. | Jain, Tarang Kumar | Jaber, Alaa F. | Almomani, Fidaa

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Many cross-sectional studies have examined the predictors of neck pain among adolescents and working-age populations, but there are limited studies included undergraduate students. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the predictors of neck disability among undergraduate students. METHODS: A cross-sectional study using a self-administered online survey. Students completed the survey that included socio-demographic factors, academic-related factors, health and lifestyle factors, and standardized questionnaires including Neck Disability Index (NDI), 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12), Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Students who reported an NDI score higher than 15 were considered as having a …neck disability. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify the significant predictors of neck disability. RESULTS: Of all students (n  = 1292), 20.8% reported neck disability. Among all possible predictors, students’ major satisfaction (OR 1.46 [95% CI 1.06–2.01]; p  = 0.019), DASS-21 anxiety score (OR 1.06 [95% CI 1.03–1.09]; p  < 0.001), SF-12 total score (OR 0.89 [95% CI 0.86–92]; p  < 0.001), and PSQI score (OR 1.21 [95% CI 1.15–1.28]; p  < 0.001) were the only significant predictors of neck disability. CONCLUSIONS: Increased levels of academic stressors and anxiety, and decreased levels of quality of life and sleep quality are associated with increased neck disability among undergraduate students. Show more

Keywords: Spine, academic stress, sleep quality, anxiety, quality of life

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-213643

Citation: Work, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 1119-1128, 2022

Authors: Dopolani, Fatemeh Nemati | Arefi, Maryam Feiz | Akhlaghi Pirposhteh, Elham | Ghalichi Zaveh, Zahra | Salehi, Ali Sahlabadi | Khajehnasiri, Farahnaz | Hami, Mahsa | Poursadeqiyan, Mohsen | Khammar, Alireza

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Nursing is associated with many stressful situations that can lead to fatigue, reduced efficiency, and physical and mental illness. Safety climate is one of the most important indicators of safety management performance assessment that assesses employees’ attitudes towards safety issues. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between safety climate and occupational fatigue in nurses. METHOD: This descriptive-analytical study was performed on nurses working in hospitals affiliated to Zabol University of Medical Sciences in 2019. 143 nurses were selected by the proportional sampling method and entered the study. Demographic questionnaires, Occupational …Fatigue Inventory (SOFI), and Nurses’ Safety Assessment Questionnaire were used for data collection. Statistical tests, including Independent T -Test, ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were used to analyze the results using SPSS software version 21, and the multivariate structural equation was used for modeling. RESULTS: The mean scores of safety climate and occupational fatigue were 67.15±12.73 and 85.09±41.49, respectively. Job and demographic variables except for the second job (P -value = 0.065) had a significant effect on the variables of safety climate and occupational fatigue. There were also higher scores for occupational fatigue and all of its subscales in the group of women compared to the group of men. CONCLUSION: The results showed that occupational and demographic variables have significant effects on safety climate and occupational fatigue. There was a significant relationship between demographic variables of age, work experience, and education level with safety climate. There was also a significant relationship between education level, job satisfaction, satisfaction with colleagues and work experience with occupational fatigue. Therefore, paying attention to fatigue and safety climate of nurses in workplaces is recommended. Show more

Keywords: Safety culture, burn out, job satisfaction, health care

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-213648

Citation: Work, vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 1129-1139, 2022