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Is occupational stress associated with work engagement ?

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Padula, Rosimeire Simprini | Chiavegato, Luciana Dias | Cabral, Cristina Maria Nunes | Almeid, Talita | Ortiz, Thais | Carregaro, Rodrigo Luiz

Affiliations: Masters in Physical Therapy Program, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil | School of Physical Therapy Program, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil | School of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Brazil ``Rosimeire Padula, [São Carlos]’’ [email protected]

Note: [] Corresponding author. Rosimeire Padula. , R. Cesário Galeno, 448, São Paulo, Brazil

Keywords: Enviroment, Mental Health, Ergonomics, Work engagement, Workplace

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0549-2963

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 2963-2965, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

The occupational stress is associated with dissatisfaction, excessive demand at work and personal factors. Those factors can reduce work performance and can predispose workers to various diseases. Workers’ health may be protected if there is encouragement to face challenges, which may lessen the impact on psychological and somatic stress and thus have greater personal and professional satisfaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between occupational stress and work engagement. Participated in this study 457 male and female workers of a metallurgical industry. Subjects answered personal data, and the Job Stress Scale and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were applied. Results showed an association between occupational stress and work engagement (P=0,001). The way the individual deals with his frustrations, or rather the work engagement, is associated with the occupational stress.

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