A Corruption of Public Values at Work; Psychosocial Safety Climate, Work Conditions, and Worker Health Across 31 European Countries

Dollard, Maureen F.; Jain, Aditya

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20319-1_3

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“…At the SLB management level, the contribution of this research is that it shows that when workers perceive some focus on PSC by management, it advances employee wellbeing somewhat, and mitigates higher levels of stress, which can contribute to psychological distress. This finding is consistent with previous research comparing PSC across European countries by Dollard and Jain (2019). However, austerity-based government funding models limit SLBs from changing management practices despite the World Health Organization (2016) making the link between poor employee wellbeing and the long-term health outcomes for workers, and the UN recognising its third Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs#3) as "good health and wellbeing".…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Whilst Dollard and Jain (2019) have identified the link between poor PSC workplaces and the physical and psychological consequences for employees within thirty one European countries, there is far less research about employees within SLBs. PSC has only recently begun to be tested within SLBs (Brunetto et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The importance of the PSC within organizations is more pronounced as a result of the increasing number of work-related mental disorders and the subsequent costs associated with stress-related workers' compensation claims in Australia (Becher and Dollard, 2016) and many other countries (Dollard & Neser, 2013 in the case of Mayalsia; Dollard & Jain, 2019 in the case of 31 European countries). According to Afsharian, Zadow, Dollard, Dormann & Ziaian (2018, 496) the level of PSC is determined by senior management deciding whether to "… prioritize and value worker psychological health …," which then embeds work conditions that either exacerbate or thwart employee stress.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Emergency Service Workers: The Role of Policy and Management in (Re)shaping Wellbeing for Emergency Service Workers

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Brunetto

Hernandez-Grande

et al. 2022

Review of Public Personnel Administration

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This article examines the impact of psychosocial safety climate (PSC) levels and strength on the job stress and psychological distress of emergency services workers within street level bureaucracies (SLBs). The reason for the research is because the nature of their work and organizational context pre-disposes them to elevated level of psychological distress, and places them at a higher risk of subsequent debilitating physical and mental diseases, which is a cost borne by employees, their families, friends, SLBs, and taxpayers. Survey data was obtained from 274 emergency services workers (including police, and paramedics), nested within 43 workgroups, in Australia. Multilevel regression indicated that lower levels of PSC were associated with higher levels of job stress and psychological distress. Also, PSC strength had a partial moderating effect. The findings justify governments intervening legislatively to ensure SLBs’ take responsibility for ensuring a supportive PSC to mitigates the impact of exposure to workplace trauma.

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Emergency Service Workers: The Role of Policy and Management in (Re)shaping Wellbeing for Emergency Service Workers

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Hernandez-Grande

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“…Another study extended the investigation of the link between national factors and PSC in organizations by focusing on a social issue, corruption. By using secondary data, Dollard and Jain (2019) retrieved information about corrupt values in society, PSC, and workers' health of 31 European countries. From a multilevel analysis, they have found a negative link between corrupt values and the level of PSC at a national level, in turn leading to workers health and well-being.…”

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Psychosocial Safety Climate and Occupational Health

Loh

Zadow

Dollard

2020

Handbook of Socioeconomic Determinants of Occupational Health

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Psychosocial safety climate (PSC) is a facet-specific organizational climate that relates to employee psychological safety and health. Since the proposal of PSC over 10 years ago, PSC has received significant attention from researchers interested in the effect of the meso-level organizational context and its relationship with occupational health and safety. The theory of PSC is an emergent phenomenon which proposes that organizations differ in terms of their prioritization of psychological aspects of individual's well-being over productivity imperatives. Empirical evidence relating to PSC theory has largely supported the notion that PSC is a lead indicator of workplace psychological health and safety, largely through its influence on the job design and socio-relational aspects of the work environment. To date, more than 62 research outputs, including books, journal articles, book chapters, and industry reports, have been published in relation to PSC theory and its negative relationship with occupational health issues using qualitative, quantitative, and meta-analytic research designs. However despite substantial evidence outlining the preeminent role of PSC as a predictor of psychosocial workplace factors, several questions remain to be answered. This chapter summarizes the propositions of PSC theory and empirical evidence relating to PSC to date. It provides an overview about what is known in the PSC literature and suggests further areas for exploration to expand on our understanding of the influence of meso-level PSC measured at the organizational and group level as a cause of the workplace conditions that affect workplace psychological health.

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“…Access to workplaces is also often restricted, frustrating research into this phenomenon. 6 Owing to these shortcomings, studying psychological injuries at the individual level is likely not to provide a true representation of the problem.…”

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The impact of leadership on the psychosocial safety climate of organizations: A scoping review of the international literature

Coman

Hanley

Bakand

2023

Int J Occup Saf Health

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Growing evidence suggests that work-related psychological injuries are a concern worldwide. While previous efforts to address psychological injuries mainly focused on the individual level of analysis, psychosocial safety climate (PSC) theory emphasizes the analysis and prevention of psychological injuries at the organizational level. While there is abundant evidence of the impact of leadership on other climate constructs, scant attention has been paid to the impact of leadership on PSC. This study is a scoping review of the extant literature to determine the state of the discipline in relation to the impact of leadership on the psychosocial safety climate of organizations. Three databases were searched, supplemented by a pearling exercise and Google Scholar searches, which yielded 14 studies that met selection criteria. Our study shows that while much work has been done in relation to the behavior of managers and organizational infrastructure to yield high levels of PSC, there is a dearth of studies on the impact of specific leadership styles on the PSC of organizations. We recommend further studies of leadership, especially the impact of post-heroic leadership styles, on the psychosocial safety climate of workplaces.

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A Corruption of Public Values at Work; Psychosocial Safety Climate, Work Conditions, and Worker Health Across 31 European Countries

Cited by 9 publications

References 63 publications

Emergency Service Workers: The Role of Policy and Management in (Re)shaping Wellbeing for Emergency Service Workers

Emergency Service Workers: The Role of Policy and Management in (Re)shaping Wellbeing for Emergency Service Workers

Psychosocial Safety Climate and Occupational Health

The impact of leadership on the psychosocial safety climate of organizations: A scoping review of the international literature

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