The impact of shift-work and organizational climate on health outcomes in nurses von Treuer, Kathryn and Little, Glenn 2014, The impact of shift-work and organizational climate on health outcomes in nurses, Journal of occupational health psychology, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 453-461, doi: 10.1037/a0037680. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The impact of shift-work and organizational climate on health outcomes in nurses Author(s) von Treuer, Kathryn Little, Glenn Journal name Journal of occupational health psychology Volume number 19 Issue number 4 Start page 453 End page 461 Total pages 9 Publisher American Psychological Association Place of publication Washington, D.C. Publication date 2014-10 ISSN 1076-8998 1939-1307 Summary Shift workers have a higher rate of negative health outcomes than day shift workers. Few studies however, have examined the role of difference in workplace environment between shifts itself on such health measures. This study investigated variation in organizational climate across different types of shift work and health outcomes in nurses. Participants (n = 142) were nursing staff from a metropolitan Melbourne hospital. Demographic items elicited the type of shift worked, while the Work Environment Scale and the General Health Questionnaire measured organizational climate and health respectively. Analysis supported the hypotheses that different organizational climates occurred across different shifts, and that different organizational climate factors predicted poor health outcomes. Shift work alone was not found to predict health outcomes. Specifically, permanent night shift workers had significantly lower coworker cohesion scores compared with rotating day and evening shift workers and significantly higher managerial control scores compared with day shift workers. Further, coworker cohesion and involvement were found to be significant predictors of somatic problems. These findings suggest that differences in organizational climate between shifts accounts for the variation in health outcomes associated with shift work. Therefore, increased workplace cohesion and involvement, and decreased work pressure, may mitigate the negative health outcomes of shift workers. Notes Abstract originally published in Proceedings of the 8th Australian Conference on Quality of Life, 2006. Language eng DOI 10.1037/a0037680 Field of Research 170107 Industrial and Organisational Psychology 1503 Business and Management 1701 Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920210 Nursing HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal HERDC collection year 2007 Copyright notice ©2014, APA Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30008064 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 04 Mar 2009, 15:36:20 EST Mon, 03 Aug 2009, 09:46:17 EST Mon, 03 Aug 2009, 09:51:33 EST Mon, 03 Aug 2009, 09:54:52 EST Mon, 03 Aug 2009, 09:58:22 EST Mon, 03 Aug 2009, 10:21:22 EST Mon, 03 Aug 2009, 10:25:51 EST Thu, 10 Sep 2009, 12:43:03 EST Thu, 10 Sep 2009, 13:03:54 EST Fri, 11 Dec 2009, 13:03:27 EST Fri, 16 Mar 2012, 16:22:58 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2015, 13:20:15 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2015, 16:38:10 EST Wed, 12 Apr 2017, 08:52:23 EST Wed, 12 Apr 2017, 08:57:11 EST Wed, 12 Apr 2017, 08:58:21 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 8 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 711 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 09:04:07 EST

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