OBJECTIVE In this study, we tested an expanded model of Kanter's structural empowerment, which specified the relationships among structural and psychological empowerment, job strain, and work satisfaction. BACKGROUND Strategies proposed in Kanter's empowerment theory have the potential to reduce job strain and improve employee work satisfaction and performance in current restructured healthca...

the present study aimed to study guidelines for jihad-e-keshavarzi organization of gilan province to become learning organization through strengthening organizational citizenship behavior and attitudes of employees. a questionnaire based survey was applied to 159 employees estimated through stratified random sampling. the face and content validity of questionnaire was confirmed by panel of expe...

This study focuses this study surveying the impact of organization structure on employees' job satisfaction of agricultural bank in Ardebil province. Data has collected from 105 employees of agricultural bank in Ardabil Province by two questionnaires with study of variables. Organizational structure Questionnaire, an18 item scale according to Robins (2000) theory and A Structured, closedended q...

OBJECTIVE An intervention existing of an evidence-based medicine (EBM) course in combination with case method learning sessions (CMLSs) was designed to enhance the professional performance, self-efficacy and job satisfaction of occupational physicians. METHODS A cluster randomized controlled trial was set up and data were collected through questionnaires at baseline (T0), directly after the i...

BACKGROUND Organizational culture refers to the beliefs and values that have existed in an organization for a long time, and to the beliefs of the staff and the foreseen value of their work that will influence their attitudes and behavior. Administrators usually adjust their leadership behavior to accomplish the mission of the organization, and this could influence the employees' job satisfacti...

OBJECTIVES This paper has two primary objectives. First, the paper proposes methodological strategies for analyzing multiscale vagal cardiac control based on the Stress Disequilibrium Theory (SDT) using high frequency power of heart rate variability (HFP) and short term variance of HFP. Second, the paper provides evidence of reduced vagal cardiac control range and variability in high strain job...

BACKGROUND The Health & Safety Executive Management Standards Indicator Tool (HSE-MS IT) is a questionnaire commonly used to assess work-related stress risks at an organizational level. A critical factor in determining whether this instrument is actually useful is that higher levels of stress risk in the work-design domains should predict higher levels of stress and stress-related outcomes in w...

OBJECTIVE To examine the construct validity of different formulations of job strain based on the demand-control(-support) model in the context of a hospital-based survey. METHODS We defined the best measure of job strain as the one that would be better predicted by professional status and job characteristics and better predict health outcomes, stress and back-pain leave. We received 1,298 res...

OBJECTIVES Professional burnout is closely related to work stress but less frequently associated with disturbed sleep. This study determines whether job strain and sleep disturbances are associated risk factors of burnout among financial workers. DESIGN Observational study. PARTICIPANTS 1300 employees (725 female) of a financial company. PRIMARY MEASURES Self-reported questionnaires (Masl...