Work Stress - Science topic

I have my doubts- sounds too much like the "I am fine" you have to tell the computer in the movie Ad Astra.

You list:

1. Knowledge and technical skill (knowing how to do the task)

2. Experience (having done it repeatedly and under various conditions)

3. Tools and external conditions (availability of necessary resources)

4. Mental and physical readiness (being in a functional state to act effectively)

However, in most of the events I was involved in investigating - number 2 played a negative role. In one event I was told "we do that all the time". When I asked when was the last time the work group did it, the answer turned into "two years ago". When you are successful only due to luck, experience is the enemy,.

I think you overlook the system the worker(s) are under. That is more than just tools and external conditions. It is the management philosophy "do it or you are fired" or "do it and you get a monetary bonus". I would highly recommend viewing Dr. Deming's Red Bead Experiment. I recorded one at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBW1_GhRKTA

I do agree that the team leader should be attentive to the mental and physical condtion of their workers. Yes, if a worker is distracted or in poor physical condition (not of their own making) perhaps they should be held off the job for the day. But I'd hate to see an AI doing that call, I could see all sorts of lawsuits, especially if a union employee was denied working overtime (and getting overtime pay) on the basis of an AI decision only.

Steve Prevette, dealt with safety and quality at several nuclear facilties.

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Dear Abid Shah,

I suggest you look at the following relevant links:

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Dear Yowakim,

Yes, you can pick only scales that you believe are useful for you.

These factors are independent and inclusive the analysis conducted to show evidence of validity allowed/support independence of the factors.

Thus, it is possible to use oly part of the scale.

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Doing Relaxation Techniques, Deep Breathing, learning to Cope and Manage Problems and through a style of behavior BASED ON ASSERTIVITY (for which you may need Training in Social Skills -TSS-); without forgetting to do adequate Physical Exercise and a Good Diet ... in this regard, we would advise you to read, here in "RG", our contributions about Stress, Work Stress, Burnout, Prevention and Intervention in Work Stress , etc. Thanks.

You can do a Difference of Means Test to determine whether there are significant differences between those who participated consistently across all time periods and those who may have dropped out between time periods. You want to ensure that there are no significant differences as far as possible.

You can use Management Standards of the HSE(UK)

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Hello,

I work with CLA and CESQT.

Kindly check https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-016-2800-z

Simply because deflection is a serviceability limit state.

The Occupational Stress Indicator (OSI) by Cooper, Sloan and Williams is a validated instrument for measuring work stress. It measures six stressors related to the work environment and has adequate reliability.

Cooper, C.L., Sloan, S.L., & Williams, S. (1988). Occupational Stress Indicator Management Guide. Windsor: NFER- Nelson.

Work stress has been identified as a risk factor for hypertension, diabetes, upper extremity musculoskeletal problems, back problems and cardiovascular disease.

High demands and low decision control have predicted heart disease in white collar workers (Kuper & Marmot, 2003).Job strain has been shown to increase blood pressure in men of low SES (Landsbergis, Schnall, Pickering, Warren, & Schwartz, 2003).Exposure to cumulative job strain in white collar workers revealed modest increases in systolic blood pressure (Guimont et al., 2006).Fatigue and sleep deprivation are correlated to mandatory and voluntary overtime and are also associated with work-related accidents in blue collar workers (Barger et al., 2005; Cochrane, 2001).Smoking prevalence among blue collar workers is double that of white collar workers. This difference may be explained by the additional psychological stressors low income brings (Barbeau, Krieger, & Soobader, 2004; Sorensen, Barbeau, Hunt, & Emmons, 2004).Male infertility has been associated with job burnout for persons working in industry and construction (Sheiner, Sheiner, Carel, Potashnik, & Shoham-Vardi, 2002).

I follow this question.

You can contact Indian Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack in this regard.

While I agree with the importance of developing a strong foundation in the theoretical and empirical literatrue, I would urge you to focus first on developing a more focused research question that can be sharpened through a lit review. Reading a wide range of literature without taking the time to attempt to develop a sharper research question can easily lead you down many unproductive paths. You can then use the lit review to refine your question. BTW as you start reading you may abandon the original question if you find it will add little to the field.

The General Work Stress Scale (9 items); see https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/vital/access/services/Download/uj:6564/CONTENT1

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I can't help you. Sorry. Good luck

I do not know any such a theories but maybe the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model might helps? It is quite heuristic and flexible  (see Taris, Schaufeli 2016)

If we understand job demands as a potential stressors:

"Job demands refer to those aspects of a job that require sustained physical and/or psychological effort and are therefore associated with certain physiological and/or psycho- logical costs"

Then

Based on JD-R we possibly might predict that work stres will act as a moderator in the relationship between job resources and performance.

Please find attached publication on JD-R model.

That would be interesting and useful to know. 

Dear Krishnan, I have been studying gamification and the effects, it is interesting to me to see that the extrinsic motivator for the teacher adds an intrinsic motivation for the student. The approaches the teachers take must have been creative. In reality I can see how this is possible, and a great idea that has been used for retail management positions to maintain quotas and performance. I am going to read the article, thank you for adding it.

Dear Sulbha, 

Check these papers out if they help you: 

Hello Felicitas Bauer,

For students’ achievement goals I usually use the Pattern of Adaptive Learning Scales (i.e., PALS; Midgley et al., 2000), a well-known instrument that had been repeatedly validated (and was mentioned is previous responses). Another commonly used measure is the Achievement Goal Questionnaire – Revised (AGQ-R; Elliot & Murayama, 2008). The full versions of both are available online.

For employees’ achievement goals measure I know a paper by Janssen and Van Yperen (2004) that includes the full scale, but I have never used it myself.

References:

Elliot, A. J., & Murayama, K. (2008). On the measurement of achievement goals: Critique, illustration, and application. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100(3), 613.

Janssen, O., & Van Yperen, N. W. (2004). Employees' goal orientations, the quality of leader-member exchange, and the outcomes of job performance and job satisfaction. Academy of management journal, 47(3), 368-384.

Midgley, C., Maehr, M. L., Hruda, L. Z., Anderman, E., Anderman, L., Freeman, K. E., et al. (2000). Manual for the patterns of adaptive learning scales. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan.

With warm regards,

Nir

Dear Boris, 

Check these papers out: 

There are 5 popular dimensions of OCB at work as suggested by Organ, Podsakoff etc such as altruism, conscientious, sportsmanship, courtesy and civic virtue

Dear Matthew, 

Check these out: 

Engagement, Flow, Self-Efficacy, and Eustress of University Students: A Cross-National Comparison Between the Philippines and Argentina.

Mesurado B, Richaud MC, Mateo NJ. J Psychol. 2015 Apr 27:1-24

Television watching and effects on food intake: distress vs eustress.

Benedict C, Schiöth HB, Cedernaes J. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Mar;175(3):468.

Effect of stress on academic performance in medical students--a cross sectional study.

Kumar M, Sharma S, Gupta S, Vaish S, Misra R.

Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 2014 Jan-Mar;58(1):81-6.

Stress: perceptions, manifestations, and coping mechanisms of student registered nurse anesthetists.

Chipas A, Cordrey D, Floyd D, Grubbs L, Miller S, Tyre B.

AANA J. 2012 Aug;80(4 Suppl):S49-55.

I have not seen any publication on physiological work load  of Quarry workers Of Nigerian Quarry Industry but Indian work is available in Ergonomics journal around 1988 to 1999 during this period.   

Jehn, K.A. (1995), “A multimethod examination of the benefits and detriments of intragroup conflict”, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 40, pp. 256-82.