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Sources of well-being and commitment of staff in the Australian Disability Employment Services
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posted on 2008-03-01, 00:00 authored by Andrew NobletAndrew Noblet, Joe Graffam, John Mc WilliamsThis study examined the role of working conditions in predicting the psychological health, job satisfaction and organisational commitment of personnel responsible for helping people with disabilities gain employment in the mainstream Australian labour market. The working conditions were assessed using two theories: the Job Strain Model (job demand, social support and job control) and Psychological Contract Theory (unwritten reciprocal obligations between employers and employees). In the case of the Job Strain Model, the generic dimensions had been augmented by industry-specific sources of stress. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken in June and July 2005 with 514 staff returning completed questionnaires (representing a response rate of 30%). Comparisons between respondents and non-respondents revealed that on the basis of age, gender and tenure, the sample was broadly representative of employees working in the Australian disability employment sector at that time. The results of regression analyses indicate that social support was predictive of all of the outcome measures. Job control and the honouring of psychological contracts were both predictive of job satisfaction and commitment, while the more situation-specific stressors - treatment and workload stressors - were inversely related to psychological health (i.e. as concern regarding the treatment and workload stressors increased, psychological health decreased). Collectively, these findings suggest that strategies aimed at combating the negative effects of large-scale organisational change could be enhanced by addressing several variables represented in the models - particularly social support, job control, psychological contracts and sector-specific stressors.
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Health and social care in the communityVolume
16Issue
2Pagination
137 - 146Publisher
Blackwell Scientific PublicationsLocation
Oxford, EnglandISSN
0966-0410eISSN
1365-2524Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2008, Blackwell Scientific PublicationsUsage metrics
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Disability Employment ServicesEmployee well-beingJob satisfactionJob strainOrganisational commitmentPsychological contractScience & TechnologySocial SciencesLife Sciences & BiomedicinePublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial WorkJOB-SATISFACTIONORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTMENTAL-HEALTHTURNOVERDEMANDSSUPPORTBREACHSTRAINMODEL
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