title: Employee reactions to ergonomic job design: the moderating effects of health locus of control and self-efficacy.
abstract: A field survey of 180 municipal government office employees (82% women, 21-75 years old) investigated the potential moderating effects of internal health locus of control (HLOC) and self-efficacy on employees' reactions to ergonomic job design. Internal HLOC moderated the associations between ergonomic job design and somatic complaints and turnover intentions, and, to a lesser extent, job satisfaction. Self-efficacy moderated the associations between job design and job satisfaction, somatic complaints, and, to a lesser extent, persistent pain. Employees with low self-efficacy or low internal HLOC were influenced more by their physical job conditions than those with high self-efficacy or high internal HLOC. Implications for the ergonomic design of offices are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68588-0491, USA. dmay@unlinfo.unl.edu
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Schwoerer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Potter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D006804:Ergonomics; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*