Stressful work characteristics, health indicators and work behavior: the case of machine operators.
This article shows the results of research on psychosocial risks for a group of machine and plant operators (n = 1014) from the construction, chemical, energy, mining, metal and food industries in Poland. The Psychosocial Risk Scale designed in Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine (NIOM) by Moscicka-Teske and Potocka was used to indicate the occurrence of general and specific occupational stressors and the level of their stressfulness. The results revealed that the studied machine and plant operators experience job context stress - related to working environment features concerning work organization - more frequently than job content stressors - related to the type of tasks they perform. Moreover, a correlation analysis between work features and the health and occupational functioning of the respondents revealed significant but weak relationships between the variables (from -0.08 to -0.23). Comparative analysis revealed the differences between the studied sectors. Such a comparison makes it possible to set goals for each sector and to attempt to improve the distinctive areas.
a SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities , Poland.
Agnieszka
A
Mościcka-Teske
b Poznań University of Technology , Poland.
Joanna
J
Sadłowska-Wrzesińska
b Poznań University of Technology , Poland.
Marcin
M
Butlewski
b Poznań University of Technology , Poland.
Agnieszka
A
Misztal
c Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine , Poland.
Aleksandra
A
Jacukowicz
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D000072499:Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000073397:Occupational Stress / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology
machine operators; mental strain; psychosocial risk; stress; working conditions