Work and Health: A Study of the Occupational and Domestic Roles of Women Registered Nurses and Registered Practical Nurses in Ontario, Canada

Walters, Vivienne; Eyles, John; Lenton, Rhonda; French, Susan; Beardwood, Barbara

doi:10.1111/1468-0432.00060

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“…Our decision to focus on healthcare assistants was because of their relatively low hierarchical status, high levels of reported work stress, and poor health. 43 In addition it was a necessity of our study design to find an occupational group who routinely worked under a number of different supervisors in the same workplace setting.…”

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The effect on ambulatory blood pressure of working under favourably and unfavourably perceived supervisors

2003

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Aims:To investigate the role played by employees’ perceptions of their supervisors’ interactional styles as a possible source of workplace stress that may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality rates from cardiovascular disorders in workers in the lower strata of organisational hierarchies.Methods:A controlled, quasi-experimental, field study of female healthcare assistants. Allocation to the experimental and control groups was based on participants’ responses to a supervisor interactional style questionnaire. Experimental participants (n = 13) reported working under two divergently perceived supervisors at the same workplace, on different days. The control group (n = 15) worked either under one supervisor, or two similarly perceived supervisors. Ambulatory blood pressure was recorded every 30 minutes, over a 12 hour period for three days.Results:The control group showed a 3 mm Hg difference in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and a non-significant difference in diastolic blood pressure (DBP; mean difference 1 mm Hg) between the two supervisor conditions. The experimental group showed significantly higher SBP (15 mm Hg) and DBP (7 mm Hg) when working under a less favoured compared to a favoured supervisor. The degree of divergence in perceptions of supervisors shows a significant positive relation with the difference in blood pressure between the two workdays. Divergence in perceptions of interpersonal fairness is the strongest predictor of difference in blood pressure.Conclusion:An unfavourably perceived supervisor is a potent workplace stressor, which might have a clinically significant impact on supervisees’ cardiovascular functioning.

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The effect on ambulatory blood pressure of working under favourably and unfavourably perceived supervisors

2003

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“…This is largely a result of the incompatibility of nontraditional work with family responsibilities. Researchers argue that male-dominated workspaces suit the needs and lifestyles of men and not women because they generally involve more demanding workloads and greater commitment than female-dominated workspaces (Kay and Hagan 1995;Adams 1998;Ranson 1998;Walters et al 1998). Consequently, this does not allow women (or men) to adequately balance their career and family life, resulting in more strain and workfamily conflict (Kobayashi et al 1994).…”

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The influence of the ‘spaces of everyday life’ on pregnancy health

Lindsay¹

2004

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Given the recent focus of medical geography on the social influences of health and illness, this paper draws upon a socio-theoretical framework to show the link between pregnancy health and the spaces of everyday life. The health of pregnant women is becoming increasingly important given that 85 percent of women work during their pregnancy. Employment during pregnancy is consistently linked with good health for infants; however, large discrepancies exist on the effects for employed mothers. This study estimates the health effect of women's employment during pregnancy with data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Findings show that women's involvement in paid employment has a beneficial impact for infants compared to women not involved in paid labour. Women who work one job or more per week experience more health problems than women who work less than one job per week. Finally, women who work in male-dominated and gender-neutral workspaces experience significantly more prenatal problems than women in female-dominated workspaces. In conclusion, there is evidence to support that differences in employment status, number of workplaces involved in and gendered workspaces influence the experience of health and illness that are negotiated in the spaces of everyday life.

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“…Theorists behind the expansion model argue that the alternative resources provided by multiple roles outweigh the possible stressful effects that double engagement has on wellbeing. Research supporting this model shows that a strong engagement in both family life and employment has a positive, rather than a negative, effect on health and wellbeing (Walters et al, 1998;Nordenmark, 2002). The enrichment argument directly challenges the notion that people have found resources and proposes, instead, that attention and energy can expand (Marks, 1977).…”

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Work‐family conflict in a southern European country

Carnicer¹,

Sánchez²,

Pérez³

et al. 2004

Journal of Managerial Psychology

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Shows the results of a survey about the antecedents of work‐family conflict in a sample of Spanish employees. Analyses and discusses the influence of job‐related and non‐related factors. The results indicate that both groups of factors are antecedents of work‐family conflict. Even though gender is not a significant variable to explain work‐family conflict, the empirical study found differences at the time to explain the antecedents of men and women's work‐family conflict. A few family‐domain and work‐domain perceptions had a strong influence on work‐family conflict such as the gender roles, importance of family, job flexibility and job mental and physical requirements. Some of these perceptions suggest the influence of a culture where traditional gender roles still prevail and family as an institution is very strong. Functional mobility and educational level are also antecedents of work‐family conflict. However, job category level, marital status, and social benefits do not have any influence on work‐family conflict in the multivariate analysis, but the bivariate analysis showed that they have indeed an influence on the work‐family conflict according to the hypotheses developed in the research framework.

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Work and Health: A Study of the Occupational and Domestic Roles of Women Registered Nurses and Registered Practical Nurses in Ontario, Canada

Abstract: ResultsWe first summarize the results of the bivariate analysis in order to provide a context for the interpretation of the results of the multivariate analysis of the links between work

Cited by 17 publications

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The effect on ambulatory blood pressure of working under favourably and unfavourably perceived supervisors

The effect on ambulatory blood pressure of working under favourably and unfavourably perceived supervisors

The influence of the ‘spaces of everyday life’ on pregnancy health

Work‐family conflict in a southern European country

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