the aim of this study was to explore the associations between occupational stress measured through job demand control (jdc), and burnout among lawyers in sri lanka. the job demand-control model and the burnout model are among the most used theoretical frameworks that relate job characteristics to health and well-being of individuals. this study included 290 respondent lawyers practicing in the ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between job stress with personality characteristics and organizational commitment. This study is descriptive and correlational. The study population comprised all nurses in 13-Aban hospital of Ghods city. The sample group consisted of 120 nurses who were selected through convenience sampling. Research instruments were HSE job stress ques...

BACKGROUND The UK Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Management Standards (MS) approach has been developed to help organizations manage potential sources of work-related stress. Although there is general support for the assessment model adopted by this approach, to date, there has been no empirical investigation of the relationship between the actual MS (as measured by the final revised versio...

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to investigate the levels of psychosocial stress, job stress and their related factors among medical doctors practicing at local clinics. METHODS A survey using a self administered questionnaire was administered to 1,456 doctors practicing at private clinics via post for 2 months (2006. 1 - 2006. 3). Psychosocial stress, job stress,demographic factors, job ...

Teachers and staff members engaged in nursing activity experience more stress than other workers. However, it is unknown whether teachers engaged in nursing activity in schools for handicapped children experience even greater stress. This study evaluated job stressors and job stress among such teachers using a cross-sectional study design. The subjects were all 1,461 teachers from all 19 prefec...

BACKGROUND In recent years, much attention has been paid to occupational stress, but relatively little or no research has been conducted on the influence of knowledge, attitude, and practice of radiation protection (RP-KAP) on job stress among radiation workers. OBJECTIVES This study aims to assess job stress among health care workers in Iran who are occupationally exposed to radiation in ord...

background: job environment is a strong stimulus for creating of emotions and there are several stressful situations which could cause dissatisfaction, low work performance, leave or changing job. the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between sensations seeking with job stress among emergency medicine workers. methods: in this correlational study, 60 emergency medicine wor...

Stability of Factor Structure and Correlation with Perceived Job Stress in General Health Questionnaire: a Three-wave Survey over One Year in Japanese Workers: Jun SHIGEMI, et al. Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Okayama University Medical School—A crosssect ional s tudy was conducted to examine psychological symptoms and job stress in Japanese workers. To assess the stability of ...

The objective of this study was to test a causal model of work wellness for engineers, technicians and electricians in an electricity supply organisation. An ex post facto correlational design was used. The participants included 38 engineers, 86 technicians and 91 electricians in an electricity supply organisation. The Maslach Burnout Inventory – General Survey, the Utrecht Work Engagement Scal...