The SWS-stress/support model.

Ostermann, Robert F.

doi:10.1037/e359012004-006

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“…The findings have also shown that most police officers work for long hours which could be straining them. The findings confirm Ostermann's (1999) assertion that strain is often related directly to the work situation. Most police officers are dissatisfied with their salaries and do not consider it proportionate to their labor.…”

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Eefects Of Occupational Strain Among Police Officers To The General Security Of A Community: A Case Of Murang’a Town, Murang’a County, Kenya.

Kimotho¹,

Mwangi²,

Omboto³

2018

ASSRJ

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Strain at work in any profession negatively affects the people working and overall performance of employees. This in turn has a negative impact on production or quality of services being offered. This applies to police officers especially those working in major towns in Kenya where crime rate is too high and cost of living is unimaginably high. According to GOK crime report of 2014, Murang'a town being one of the Kenyan major towns has been rated as having highest crime levels culminated by illegal groupings like Mungiki and Gaza boys. Among the major crimes recorded in Murang'a include violent robberies, theft of motor vehicles, house breakings and burglary, kidnapping, bank robberies, homicides and gender violence among others. Reasons behind high crime rate in Murang'a town have not been clearly established so far. Many scholars have tried to establish causes of crime in Murang'a town and among the listed causes include poverty levels, population growth and proximity to Kenyan capital Nairobi among others but none has considered effects of occupational strain among police officers in the course of performance of their duties. Occupational strain among police officers could be having adverse effects on performance by police officers and in turn negatively affect services they render to the public and this may lead to high crime rate and general insecurity. Failure to address causes of occupational strain among police undermines effort to curb insecurity in our major towns in Kenya. Strained officers are poorly motivated and generally demoralized hence poor service delivery. The focus of this paper, therefore, is to build greater understanding of the causes of occupational strain among police officers in Murang'a town, effects of such strain to general security of Murang'a town and possible measures that can be undertaken to address the problem of occupational strain among police officers working in Murang'a town. The paper briefly presents findings of research conducted in Murang'a town over the same topic and recommendations thereto, in order to address the problem of occupational strain among police officers and improve their welfare and wellbeing. All this is aimed at motivating them to provide good services and to make them more effective which in turn will improve security of Murang'a town.

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Eefects Of Occupational Strain Among Police Officers To The General Security Of A Community: A Case Of Murang’a Town, Murang’a County, Kenya.

Kimotho¹,

Mwangi²,

Omboto³

2018

ASSRJ

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“…The social supports can be further defined as the existence or availability of people, who can be relied on by construction workers and who are a source of self-validation [ 105 ]. The theory of Ostermann also suggested that social supports would have an effect on both P&M health and that consideration should be given to indicators of good mental health to assist in the identification of positive practices [ 106 ].…”

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Evaluating the Impacts of Health, Social Network and Capital on Craft Efficiency and Productivity: A Case Study of Construction Workers in China

Yuan

Miao

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IJERPH

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The construction industry has been recognized, for many years, as among those having a high likelihood of accidents, injuries and occupational illnesses. Such risks of construction workers can lead to low productivity and social problems. As a result, construction workers’ well-being should be highly addressed to improve construction workers’ efficiency and productivity. Meanwhile, the social support from a social network and capital (SNC) of construction workers has been considered as an effective approach to promote construction workers’ physical and mental health (P&M health), as well as their work efficiency and productivity. Based on a comprehensive literature review, a conceptual model, which aims to improve construction workers’ efficiency and productivity from the perspective of health and SNC, was proposed. A questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the construction workers’ health, SNC and work efficiency and productivity in Nanjing, China. A structural equation model (SEM) was employed to test the three hypothetical relationships among construction workers’ P&M health, SNC and work efficiency and productivity. The results indicated that the direct impacts from construction workers’ P&M health on work efficiency and productivity were more significant than that from the SNC. In addition, the construction workers’ social capital and the network can indirectly influence the work efficiency and productivity by affecting the construction workers’ P&M health. Therefore, strategies for enhancing construction workers’ efficiency and productivity were proposed. Furthermore, many useable suggestions can be drawn from the research findings from the perspective of a government. The identified indicators and relationships would contribute to the construction work efficiency and productivity assessment and health management from the perspective of the construction workers.

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The SWS-stress/support model.

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Eefects Of Occupational Strain Among Police Officers To The General Security Of A Community: A Case Of Murang’a Town, Murang’a County, Kenya.

Eefects Of Occupational Strain Among Police Officers To The General Security Of A Community: A Case Of Murang’a Town, Murang’a County, Kenya.

Evaluating the Impacts of Health, Social Network and Capital on Craft Efficiency and Productivity: A Case Study of Construction Workers in China

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