The authors tested a model of antecedents and outcomes of newcomer adjustment using 70 unique samples of newcomers with meta-analytic and path modeling techniques. Specifically, they proposed and tested a model in which adjustment (role clarity, self-efficacy, and social acceptance) mediated the effects of organizational socialization tactics and information seeking on socialization outcomes (j...

Studies have not previously considered postdisaster adjustment in the context of psychiatric disorders. After the Oklahoma City bombing, a volunteer sample of 181 firefighters who served as rescue and recovery workers was assessed with a structured diagnostic interview. The firefighters had relatively low rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and described little functional impairment, ...

For Veterans managing PTSD symptoms, returning to vocational functioning is often challenging; identifying modifiable variables that can contribute to positive vocational adjustment is critical to improved vocational rehabilitation services. Workplace social support has proven to be important in vocational adjustment in both general population and vocational rehabilitation samples, but this are...

Abstract Background: In Egypt, there are various problems facing the health care system in which of individuals should be protected and ensured. The roles nurses have influenced quality delivery effectiveness; these largest portion hospital staff, so they grow their profession continuously. aim study:  identify effect occupational adjustment on nurses' counterproductive work behavior job burnou...

OBJECTIVE To examine independent associations of job strain (high demands and low control) and job insecurity with mental and physical health outcomes. DESIGN Cross sectional general population study conducted in 2000 using a self completed questionnaire. SETTING Two adjoining cities in south east Australia. SUBJECTS 1188 employed professionals, aged 40-44 years, 55% (n = 655) male. MAI...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To examine whether psychosocial factors at work are related to self rated health in post-communist countries. DESIGN AND SETTINGS Random samples of men and women in five communities in four countries were sent a postal questionnaire (Poland, Czech Republic and Lithuania) or were invited to an interview (Hungary). Working subjects (n=3941) reported their self rated health in t...

Objective: To examine independent associations of job strain (high demands and low control) and job insecurity with mental and physical health outcomes. Design: Cross sectional general population study conducted in 2000 using a self completed questionnaire. Setting: Two adjoining cities in south east Australia. Subjects: 1188 employed professionals, aged 40–44 years, 55% (n = 655) male. Main ou...

Objective: In Trinidad and Tobago, younger hospital-based registered nurses are at risk of leaving the hospital and the country altogether. Therefore, there is a need to investigate the factors that contribute to turnover intention among younger nurses. The literature on newcomer adjustment has been predominantly used to study the integration and adjustment of younger nurses. However, we focus ...

We examine changes in work adjustment among 179 expatriates from 3 multinational organizations from predeparture through the first 9 months of a new international assignment. Our 10-wave results challenge classic U-shaped theories of expatriate adjustment (e.g., Torbiorn, 1982). Consistent with uncertainty reduction theory, our results instead suggest that expatriates typically experience a gra...