Effects of school violence and work context on teachers' health / Efeitos da violência escolar e do contexto de trabalho na saúde de docentes / Efectos de la violencia escolar y del contexto laboral en la salud de los profesores

The presented study aimed to understand how school violence and work context affect teachers' health. The study included 744 teachers of public schools. The instruments used for data collection were: Victimization Questionnaire, Work Context Assessment Scale, and Work-Related Harm Scale. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed. The results indicate that a high percentage of the participants considered the psychological and social harms as bearable. More than a third of the teachers evaluated physical harm more negatively. Gender and employment status were associated with physical harm. Physical aggression affected psychological harm. Verbal harassment and work organization were predictors of all types of harm. We concluded that models of work structuring, management practices, and being a victim of verbal harassment have a central role in teachers' health

O presente estudo visou compreender como a violência escolar e o contexto de trabalho repercutem sobre a saúde de professores. Participaram da pesquisa 744 docentes de escolas públicas. Os instrumentos utilizados foram: Questionário de Vitimização, Escala de Avaliação do Contexto de Trabalho e Escala de Danos Relacionados ao Trabalho. Foram realizadas análises de regressão logística multinomial. Os resultados indicaram que um percentual alto de participantes considerou os danos psicológicos e sociais como suportáveis. Mais de um terço dos professores avaliaram os danos físicos de forma mais negativa. Gênero e vínculo empregatício se mostraram associados aos danos físicos. As agressões físicas incidiram sobre os danos psicológicos. Assédio verbal e organização do trabalho foram preditores de todos os tipos de danos. Conclui-se que os modelos de estruturação do trabalho, as práticas gerenciais e o assédio verbal desempenham um papel central para a saúde docente

La encuesta presentada tuvo como objetivo comprender cómo la violencia escolar y el contexto laboral impactan en la salud de los docentes. Participaron del estudio 744 docentes de escuelas públicas. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron: Cuestionario de Victimización, Escala de Evaluación del Contexto Laboral y Escala de Daños Relacionados con el Trabajo. Se realizaron análisis de regresión logística multinomial. Los resultados indicaron que un alto porcentaje de los participantes consideraba soportables los daños psicológicos y sociales. Más de un tercio de los docentes evaluó los daños físicos de manera más negativa. El género y la situación laboral se asociaron con los daños físicos. Las agresiones físicas afectaron a los daños psicológicos. El acoso verbal y la organización del trabajo fueron predictores de todos los daños. Se concluye que los modelos de estructuración del trabajo, prácticas gerenciales y acoso verbal juegan un papel central en la salud docente

Workplace Factors, Burnout Signs, and Clinical Mental Health Symptoms among Mental Health Workers in Lombardy and Quebec during the First Wave of COVID-19.

Several research contributions have depicted the impact of the pandemic environment on healthcare and social care personnel. Even though the high prevalence of burnout depression and anxiety in healthcare settings before COVID-19 has been well documented in the research, the recent increase in psychological distress and mental health issues in healthcare and mental health workers should be attributed to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the present study is to develop, evaluate, and compare a model of COVID-19 workplace stressors between two different territories, the Italian region of Lombardy and the Canadian province of Quebec. Within this model, burnout is depicted as the strongest determinant of mental health symptoms for mental health workers. In turn, the main workplace determinants of burnout are the perception of a lack of support from the organization and the fear of contracting COVID-19 at work. Findings also provide insights for designing interventions to promote and protect mental health workers in the context of the pandemic. In conclusion, it is necessary to monitor burnout and carefully analyze elements of organizational culture, in addition to offering clinical and psychological care for those in need.

Nurses' perceptions of quality of work life in private hospitals in Enugu, Nigeria: A qualitative study.

Despite being essential for retaining nurses, not much is known about nurses' quality of work life (QWL) in private hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. We explored nurses' perceptions of QWL, factors influencing it, how it affects motivation, and strategies for its improvement. The study was conducted in seven private hospitals in Enugu, Nigeria. The design was qualitative, using focus group discussion (n = 7) with registered nurses (n = 66) purposively selected using maximum variation sampling and the inclusion criteria. Data were analyzed using verbatim transcription and thematic analysis. The nurses understood QWL from work-family life, work design, work context and work world perspectives. Opportunities for skill acquisition, resource availability, helpfulness from colleagues, and a hygienic work environment improved the QWL and motivation of nurses. Work-family life factors including caring obligations, night shifts, long hours, burnout, and inappropriate leave policies; work design factors including declining autonomy, inadequate staffing, and a high workload; work context factors consisting of a lack of participatory decision-making, blaming nurses for gaps, restrictive training policy, limited training opportunity, and insecurity; and work world factors related to poor remuneration, poor community view of nursing and ease of job termination undermined QWL and demotivated nurses. Strategies identified by the nurses to improve QWL included improving staffing, vacation, care coordination, supportive supervision, teamwork, promotion, participatory decision-making, training opportunities, timely hand-over of shifts, job recognition, and compensation. The quality of nursing work life in private hospitals in Enugu needs improvement. Quality improvement programs addressing the barriers to nurses' QWL are warranted.

Avaliação do contexto de trabalho do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência / Evaluation of the work context of the Mobile Emergency Care Service / Evaluación del contexto de trabajo del Servicio Móvil de Atención de Urgencias

Resumo O presente estudo objetivou avaliar o contexto de trabalho dos profissionais do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência em Fortaleza, Ceará. Foi realizada uma pesquisa transversal e descritiva, que contou com a participação de uma amostra não probabilística de 229 participantes de diferentes categorias profissionais que atuam no serviço. Os participantes responderam à Escala de Avaliação do Contexto de Trabalho, composta por três fatores. Os dados foram analisados por meio de estatística descritiva e multivariada. Os resultados evidenciaram que os fatores analisados na escala - organização do trabalho, relações socioprofissionais e condições de trabalho - apresentaram índices críticos, que sinalizam um alerta para o risco de adoecimento. Conclui-se que os profissionais do Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência vivenciam um risco potencial que poderá desencadear danos à saúde ocupacional. Recomenda-se que sejam efetivadas medidas para melhoria na organização do trabalho, em suas condições laborais e suas relações socioprofissionais.

Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the work context of professionals from the Mobile Emergency Care Service in Fortaleza, Brazil. A cross-sectional and descriptive research was carried out, with the participation of a non-probabilistic sample of 229 participants from different professional categories who work in the service. Participants responded to the Work Context Assessment Scale, composed of three factors. Data were analyzed using descriptive and multivariate statistics. The results showed that the factors analyzed in the scale - Work Organization, Socio-professional Relationships and Working Conditions - presented critical indices, which signal an alert for the risk of illness. It is concluded that the professionals of the Mobile Emergency Care Service experience a potential risk that could trigger damage to occupational health. It is recommended that measures be taken to improve the organization of work, their working conditions and their socio-professional relationships.

Resumen El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar el contexto de trabajo de los profesionales del Servicio Móvil de Atención de Urgencia en Fortaleza, Brasil. Se realizó una investigación transversal y descriptiva, con la participación de una muestra no probabilística de 229 participantes de diferentes categorías profesionales que actúan en el servicio. Los participantes respondieron a la Escala de Evaluación del Contexto de Trabajo, compuesta por tres factores. Se analizaron los datos mediante estadística descriptiva y multivariada. Los resultados mostraron que los factores analizados en la escala - organización del trabajo, relaciones socioprofesionales y condiciones de trabajo - presentaron índices críticos, que señalan una alerta para el riesgo de enfermedad. Se concluye que los profesionales del Servicio Móvil de Atención de Urgencia experimentan un riesgo potencial que podrá desencadenar daños a la salud ocupacional. Se recomienda tomar medidas para mejorar la organización del trabajo, en sus condiciones laborales y sus relaciones socioprofesionales.

Trabalho e Educação: Um Estudo de Caso com Professores de Escolas Rurais / Work and Education: A Case Study with Rural School Teachers / Trabajo y Educación: Un Estudio de Caso con Maestros de Escuelas Rurales

O presente artigo propõe analisar o contexto de trabalho dos professores de duas escolas rurais do interior do estado de São Paulo, com o intuito de demonstrar que o ambiente de trabalho pode estar relacionado aos riscos de adoecimento dos professores, considerando a perspectiva de saúde do trabalhador. Trata-se de um estudo de caso exploratório descritivo com enfoque quantitativo, que contou com a participação de 20 professores das duas escolas rurais. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados foram Questionário Sociodemográfico e Escala de Avaliação do Contexto de Trabalho (EACT), que abordam aspectos da organização, das condições de trabalho e das relações socioprofissionais. Os resultados apontaram para o nível crítico nos três fatores avaliados na escola "B", que indicaram aspectos tais como o número insuficiente de pessoas para realizar as tarefas, as tarefas repetitivas, entre outros. Na escola "A", o fator Organização do Trabalho foi avaliado de forma negativa, em itens como a falta de tempo para realizar a pausa de descanso e a rigidez das normas das tarefas. Esses aspectos revelam estado de preocupação nas escolas e merecem medidas de intervenção nesse ambiente a fim de minimizar riscos à saúde dos professores que atuam no contexto de escola rural. (AU)

This article proposes to analyze the work context of teachers who work at two rural schools in the country side of the state of São Paulo. It aims to demonstrate that the work environment may be related to the teachers' risk of illness according to the worker's health perspective. The study methodology consists in an exploratory descriptive case study with a quantitative focus, which counted on the participation of 20 teachers from both rural schools. The data collection instruments were a Sociodemographic Questionnaire and the Work Context Assessment Scale (EACT), which address the aspects of organization, working conditions as well as socio-professional relationships. The results pointed to a critical level with respect to the three evaluated factors in "B" school, indicating aspects such as the insufficient number of people to perform the tasks, which tend to be repetitive, among others factors. About the "A" school, the Work Organization factor was negatively assessed as the rest period tends to be short as well as the task rules tend to be very rigid. These aspects reveal a state of concern in schools and have shown the need of some intervention measures in this environment in order to minimize the risks to the health of the teachers who work at rural schools. (AU)

Este artículo propone analizar el contexto laboral de profesores de dos escuelas rurales del interior del estado de São Paulo, con el propósito de demostrar que el clima laboral puede estar relacionado con el riesgo de enfermedad de los profesores, considerando la perspectiva de salud del trabajador. Se trata de un estudio de caso, exploratorio, descriptivo con enfoque cuantitativo, con la participación de 20 profesores de las dos escuelas rurales. Los instrumentos de recopilación de datos fueron: Cuestionario Sociodemográfico y Escala de Evaluación del Contexto Laboral (EACT), que abordan aspectos de la organización, condiciones laborales y relaciones socioprofesionales. Los resultados apuntan al nivel crítico en los tres factores evaluados en la escuela "B", factores como: el número de personas es insuficiente para realizar las tareas, las tareas son repetitivas, entre otros. En la escuela "A" se valoró negativamente el factor Organización del Trabajo, ítems como: la falta de tiempo para tomar un descanso y la rigidez de las reglas de la tarea. Estos aspectos revelan un estado de preocupación en las escuelas y merecen medidas de intervención en el contexto para posibilitar un menor riesgo de salud para los profesores que trabajan en el contexto de escuela rural. (AU)

Associations between depressive complaints and indicators of labour participation among older Dutch employees: a prospective cohort study.

PURPOSE: European policy measures have led to an increased net labour participation of older employees. Yet, via different routes (for instance disability schemes) employees still often leave the labour market early. Mental health may be an important factor hindering labour participation. Aims of this study are twofold: first, to examine the relationship between mental health-particularly depressive complaints-and indicators of labour participation among older employees over a 2-year follow-up period and second, to explore the impact of different work contexts when studying this relation. METHODS: A subsample of older employees (aged > 45 years; n = 1253) from the Maastricht Cohort Study was studied. Depressive complaints were assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale. Logistic and Cox regression analyses covered 2 years of follow-up and were also stratified for relevant work-related factors. RESULTS: Employees with mild depressive complaints showed statistically significantly higher risks for poor mental workability (HR 2.60, 95% CI 1.14-5.92) and high psychological disengagement levels (HR 2.35, 95% CI 1.21-4.57) over time compared to employees without depressive complaints. Within various work contexts, for instance in which employees perform physically demanding work or have high psychological job demands, significantly stronger associations were found between depressive complaints and poor mental workability over time. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows strong longitudinal associations between depressive complaints and indicators of labour participation, also within different work contexts over time. Results provide valuable input for developing preventive measure aiming to enhance sustainable labour participation of older employees.

Motivational school climate and teachers' achievement goal orientations: A hierarchical approach.

BACKGROUND: Teachers' achievement goal orientations are known to affect teachers' beliefs and behaviour. In contrast, we know relatively little on how school climate is associated with teachers' achievement goals, even though theoretical ideas can be derived from self-determination theory and empirical research on the impact of goal structures. The few studies that exist on the issue are limited as analyses were only conducted at the individual level and subsequent findings can, thus, not be interpreted as climate effects. AIM: We aimed to overcome this shortcoming by analysing associations between teachers' perception of school motivational climate and their achievement goal orientations at individual and at school level. We postulated that at school level a school's learning goal structure, autonomy-supportive leadership, positive feedback culture, and a collaborative climate would be associated with teachers' learning goal orientation, whereas a school's performance goal structure was supposed to align with teachers' performance (approach and avoidance) goal orientation. SAMPLE: A total of 532 teachers from 40 different schools filled out questionnaires on their achievement goal orientations and aspects of their work context. METHODS: We used hierarchical linear modelling to analyse effects at individual and at school level. RESULTS: Teachers' learning goal orientations and their performance avoidance goal orientations varied significantly across schools. Positive perceptions of schools' feedback culture at school level corresponded positively with learning goal orientations, and collaborative climate was negatively associated with performance (approach and avoidance) goal orientations. CONCLUSIONS: The results underline the importance of schools' motivational climate for teacher motivation and provide a starting point for developing strategies of workplace development.

Contexto de trabalho e custo humano na pós-graduação stricto sensu no estado do Ceará / Context of work and human cost in post-graduation stricto sensu in the state of Ceará / Contexto de trabajo y costo humano en la post-graduación stricto sensu en el estado del Ceará

A implantação de inovações na pós-graduação stricto sensu, pautada em uma forma de gestão que envolve avaliações institucionais e individuais objetivistas pode resultar em situações de trabalho exigentes que podem levar ao adoecimento dos docentes/pesquisadores. O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar o contexto de trabalho dos professores da pós-graduação stricto sensu no estado do Ceará e seu custo humano. Participaram 238 professores vinculados a programas de pós-graduação de áreas e universidades diversas. Foram utilizadas as Escalas de Avaliação de Contexto e de Custo Humano no Trabalho do Inventário sobre o Trabalho e Riscos de Adoecimento. Os resultados mostraram que dos seis fatores que compõem as duas escalas, cinco foram avaliados de forma moderada/crítica e apenas um como satisfatório. Assim, as avaliações dos docentes parecem indicar que o trabalho na pós-graduação apresenta características que, de fato, podem levar ao adoecimento. É possível que esses riscos estejam relacionados à introdução da lógica gerencialista na avaliação da pós-graduação brasileira que, modifica o trabalho, seu sentido e a subjetividade dos docentes.

The implementation of innovations in stricto sensu post-graduation courses, based on a management that involves objectivist institutional and individual evaluations may lead to demanding working situations that can make professors/researchers get sick. The aim of this research was to analyze the work context of post-graduation professors in Ceará (Brazil) and its human cost. A total of 238 professors that are part of different programs and universities took part in the research. The assessment scales of Context and Human Cost in the Workplace from the Workplace and Risks of Sickening Inventory were used. The results showed that five out six factors that constitute the two scales were evaluated as moderate/critical and only one was satisfactory. Thus, the professors' evaluations seem to indicate that the work in post-graduation courses may, in fact, lead to sickening. It is possible that these risks are related to the introduction of the managerialism logic in the Brazilian post-graduation evaluation, that modifies the work, its meaning and the professors' subjectivities.

La implementación de innovaciones en el postgrado stricto sensu, basada en una forma de gestión que implique en evaluaciones institucionales e individuales objetivistas puede dar lugar a situaciones laborales exigentes y conducir a la enfermedad de los profesores/investigadores. El objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar el contexto laboral y su costo humano en los profesores de postgrado stricto sensu en el estado de Ceará. Los participantes fueron 238 profesores vinculados a programas de posgrado en diferentes áreas y universidades. Utilizamos las escalas de evaluación del contexto de trabajo y la de costos humanos en el trabajo del inventario sobre el trabajo y los riesgos de enfermarse. Los resultados mostraron que de los seis factores que componen las dos escalas, cinco fueron evaluados de manera moderada/crítica y sólo uno como satisfactorio. Por lo tanto, las evaluaciones de los profesores parecen indicar que el trabajo en los programas de posgrado presenta características que, de hecho, puede conducir a enfermedades laborales. Es posible que estos riesgos estén relacionados con la introducción de la lógica gerencial en la evaluación del postgrado brasileño que modifica el trabajo, su significado y la subjetividad de los profesores.

Successful management of automatic dysfunctional thoughts in the context of negative emotions.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Cognitive and affective overloads trigger automatic dysfunctional thoughts and undermine their voluntary management [ADTs; Beck, A. T. (1976). Cognitive therapy and the emotional disorders. New York: Meridian; Wegner, D. M. (1994). Ironic processes of mental control. Psychology Review, 101(1), 34-52]. Taking into account intense negative emotions as triggers for the ADTs, we explored whether context (i.e., social context) and emotional experience (i.e., emotional intensity) predict the successful management of ADTs. We also examine the moderating role of difficulties in emotional regulation strategies. METHOD: Thirty-eight participants wrote in a personal online diary of at least 10 times in 40 weeks. We analyzed the conditions for managing ADTs by means of multilevel in stages models. RESULTS: Emotional intensity negatively predicted successful management of ADTs. Attempts to control ADTs and work context positively predicted successful management of ADTs. The negative relation between the emotional intensity and the management of ADTs was stronger as individuals were less aware of their own emotions, and was weaker as they had less clear representations of their own emotions. Superior access to emotion regulation strategies explained a stronger relationship between the work context and the successful management of ADTs. CONCLUSIONS: We discuss theoretical and practical implications of the results.

Difference between Leisure and Work Contexts: The Roles of Perceived Enjoyment and Perceived Usefulness in Predicting Mobile Video Calling Use Acceptance.

There is a rapidly growing body of literature on mobile video calling, which is a promising communication technology; however, little research has focused on user acceptance of mobile video calling, especially in different use contexts. This study explored factors (especially perceived enjoyment) influencing the intention of users to employ video calling in different contexts (a work and a leisure context) by applying the technology acceptance model (TAM) combined with the theory of planned behavior. The revised research model differentiated external factors (subjective norms and personal innovativeness) from internal factors (perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use (PEU), perceived enjoyment, and intention to use mobile video calling). In addition, the current study investigated predictors of perceived enjoyment across these two contexts. With the use of a structured questionnaire, participants were divided in two groups and completed self-report measures related to one context; a total of 386 student respondents' responses were analyzed. The results indicated that users' intentions were directly predicted by their perceived enjoyment of video calling (ß ≥ 0.35) and the call's perceived usefulness (ß ≥ 0.27) and PEU (ß = 0.13, only for the leisure context), which jointly explained at least 55.6% of the variance in use intention. In addition to the effects of these predictors on mobile video calling use acceptance, an assessment of the moderating effects of different contexts indicated that perceived enjoyment played a more important role in influencing intention for the leisure context, while perceived usefulness appeared to be more important for the work context. This study's findings are important in that they provide strong support for the necessity of distinguishing among different types of contexts when predicting users' intentions to use video calling. Furthermore, the results showed that perceived enjoyment was most significantly influenced by perceived usefulness (ß ≥ 0.61), followed by PEU (ß ≥ 0.13). In summary, the roles of core TAM variables (especially perceived enjoyment and perceived usefulness) and of external factors (subjective norms and personal innovativeness) differed between the leisure and work contexts. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Efectos de la Mentira en el Contexto Laboral: Pérdida de Confianza y Experiencia Emocional Negativa / Effects of the Lie in the Work Context: Loss of Trust and Negative Emotional Experience / Efeitos da Mentira no Contexto Corporativo: Perda de Confiança e Experiência Emocional Negativa

En este estudio se analizan los efectos del objetivo de la mentira sobre la confianza en quien miente, y sobre la respuesta emocional de quien la detecta, en el entorno laboral. Los resultados muestran que cuando la mentira tiene como objetivo favorecer al emisor haciendo daño a otras personas, se expresa menor confianza hacia quien miente, que cuando la mentira busca el beneficio propio, sin hacer daño a otros (2.17 vs. 3.72, d=-1.55, p<.001). Asimismo, cuando la mentira ocasiona daño a otros, provoca respuestas emocionales negativas de mayor intensidad, especialmente de decepción (t=27.95, p<.001) y de tristeza (t=13.60, p<.001). Se concluye que la experiencia emocional podría explicar la pérdida de confianza debida a mentiras cuyo objetivo es beneficiar al mentiroso.

This study analyzes the effects of the purpose of the lie on the trust in those who lie and on the emotional response of those who detect it, in the work environment. The results show that when lying aims to favor the liar and does damage to others, less trust is expressed in the liar than when the lie aims for self-benefit without doing damage to others (2.17 vs. 3.72, d=-1.55, p<.001). Also, when the lie causes damage to others, it produces negative emotional responses of greater intensity, especially disappointment (t=27.95, p<.001) and sadness (t=13.60, p<.001). The study concludes that the emotional experience could explain the loss of trust due to lies which aim to benefit the liar.

Neste estudo, analisam-se os efeitos do objetivo da mentira sobre a confiança em quem mente e sobre a resposta emocional de quem a detecta, no contexto corporativo. Os resultados mostram que, quando a mentira tem como objetivo favorecer o emissor, prejudicando outras pessoas, expressa-se menor confiança a quem mente do que quando a mentira busca o benefício próprio, sem prejudicar outros (2.17 vs. 3.72, d=-1.55, p<.001). Além disso, quando a mentira provoca danos a outros, provoca respostas emocionais negativas de maior intensidade, especialmente de decepção (t=27.95, p<.001) e de tristeza (t=13.60, p<.001). Conclui-se que a experiência emocional poderia explicar a perda de confiança devido a mentiras, cujo objetivo é beneficiar o mentiroso.

Investigation of the roles and functions of community nurses in Xi′an / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective To explore the roles and functions of the community nurses in community health service centers and their main work content in Xi′an. Methods A total of 320 community nurses in Xi′an were investigated by General Information Questionnaire and revision of Community Nurses′Roles and Functions Questionnaire. Results The work often undertaken by community nurses were: health education, community prevention, providing direct care and chronic disease management, however, the hospice care, care for people with mental disorders, family planning guidance and rehabilitation nursing were seldom involved. The scores of each role from high to low were as follows:the organizers and managers, coordinators and partners, health educators, caregivers, observer and researcher and spokesman with(2.56±0.99),(2.43±0.97), (2.38±0.84),(2.34±0.87),(2.29±0.10),(2.07±0.99) points. Conclusions The job of community nurses in Xi′an includes the medical service, disease prevention, healthcare, rehabilitation and health education etc. However, the well done jobs only are limited to some of simple functions, such as health education and health guidance are done well. The work of hospice care and mental care which need more professional abilities and interpersonal cooperation need to be promoted.

Contexto de trabalho e custo humano no trabalho em um órgão do poder judiciário brasileiro / Work context and the human cost of work in a Brazilian judiciary organ

Nos últimos anos, visando a garantir a efetividade da justiça, iniciou-se o processo de reforma do judiciário brasileiro. Se, por um lado, as mudanças têm sido significativas e positivas, por outro pouco se sabe dos impactos das transformações sobre o trabalhador. A fim de dar visibilidade aos efeitos destas transformações, com base no referencial teórico da ergonomia da atividade, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar o Contexto de Trabalho e o Custo Humano no Trabalho em um órgão do Poder Judiciário brasileiro. Utilizaram-se a Escala de Avaliação do Contexto de Trabalho (EACT) e a Escala de Custo Humano no Trabalho (ECHT), ambas componentes do Inventário sobre Trabalho e Risco de Adoecimento (ITRA). Participaram deste estudo 383 servidores de diferentes lotações, sendo 58% do sexo feminino, 62,7% com curso de pós-graduação completo, 59,3% casados e 53% com idade entre 21 e 40 anos. Os resultados apontam, na EACT, para avaliações tendendo a críticas nos fatores Organização do Trabalho e Relações Socioprofissionais. No caso da ECHT, os fatores Custo Afetivo e Custo Cognitivo tiveram avaliação de moderada a crítica. A ANOVA evidenciou diferenças de percepções relacionadas a algumas variáveis sociodemográficas.

In recent years, in order to ensure the effectiveness of justice, the process of reform of the Brazilian Judiciary began. If, on the one hand, the changes have been significant and positive, on the other, little is known about the impact of the changes on the worker. In order to give visibility to the effects of these changes, based on the theory of the ergonomics of the activity, the scope of this research was to evaluate the Work Context and the Human Cost of Work in a Brazilian Judiciary Organ. The Assessment Scale of Work Context (ASWC) and the Scale of Human Cost of Work (SHCW) were used, as they are both components of the Inventory on Work and Risk - IWR. The study included 383 staff in different locations: 58% female, 62.7% with postgraduate qualifications, 59.3% married and 53% between 21 and 40 years of age. The results in ASWC reveal critical factors in work organization and socio-professional relations. In the case of SHCW, Affective Cost and Cognitive Cost factor assessments were moderate to critical. The ANOVA revealed differences in perceptions related to some socio-demographic variables.

Relationship between work context and adherence to a clinical practice guideline for peripheral venous catheters among registered nurses in pediatric care.

BACKGROUND: It is known that registered nurses' (RNs') work context is related to their use of research and that it can affect nurse and patient satisfaction, as well as the outcomes of care. However, little is known about the relationship between work context and nurses' adherence to clinical practice guidelines. The aim of this study was to describe RNs' adherence to a clinical practice guideline (CPG) on the management of peripheral venous catheters (PVCs), their perceptions of work context, and how nurses' work context and characteristics relate to guideline adherence. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey was conducted at a large pediatric university hospital in Sweden. Data were collected through a questionnaire on RNs' adherence to components of a CPG and by using the Alberta Context Tool to assess the nurses' perceptions of work context, including leadership, culture, feedback processes, and other organizational characteristics. RESULTS: Work context--in the form of structural and electronic resources, information sharing activities, and feedback processes--was in different ways associated with the adherence to the CPG components. The RNs' adherence on unit level varied: half the units demonstrated complete adherence on disinfection of hands, whereas a majority of the units reported less than 70% adherence on the use of disposable gloves and the daily inspection of a PVC site. LINKING EVIDENCE TO ACTION: Our findings indicate that components in one CPG might require diverse implementation strategies because they are linked to different contextual factors.

The Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale: Measurement Invariance between Canada and France.

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale (BPNWS) in French, but items are also provided in English in the article. The BPNWS is a work-related self-report instrument designed to measure the degree to which the needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, as identified by Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), are satisfied at work. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, the first study examines the structure of the BPNWS in a group of 271 workers. The second study tests the measurement invariance of the scale in a group of 851 teachers from two different cultures, Canada and France. Results support the three-factor structure and show adequate internal consistency, as well as nomological validity across samples.

Análise comparativa entre pesquisadores e profissionais de suporte à pesquisa na Embrapa: o enfoque da psicodinâmica e da ergonomia da atividade / Comparative analysis between the researchers and support research professionals in Embrapa: the focus of the psychodynamics and activity's ergonomics

Objetivou-se comparar a percepção de dois grupos profissionais de uma organização de pesquisa quanto à influência do contexto de trabalho nas vivências de prazer e sofrimento, com suporte teórico na Ergonomia da Atividade e na Psicodinâmica do Trabalho. Como indicadores de contexto, a organização do trabalho, condições e relações socioprofissionais dos trabalhadores foram observadas. Nas vivências de prazer, foram avaliados os fatores que representam gratificação e liberdade e, nas de sofrimento, os que retratam sentimentos de insegurança e desgaste. Utilizou-se a Escala de Avaliação do Contexto de Trabalho (EACT), a Escala de Indicadores de Prazer-Sofrimento no Trabalho (EIPST) e onze entrevistas individuais semiestruturadas para a coleta dos dados, examinados por meio de estatísticas descritivas e inferenciais e análise de núcleos de sentido. Predominaram as vivências de sofrimento para os empregados de suporte à pesquisa, com a racionalização e a negação como estratégias de enfrentamento do sentimento. Nos dois grupos, o fluxo de trabalho era comprometido pela excessiva burocracia e pela falta de diretrizes consistentes que norteassem as tarefas, o que, somado a uma organização rígida do trabalho, pautada por normas e regras, pode cercear os sentimentos de gratificação e de liberdade e levar ao trabalho fatigante, ao sofrimento e, consequentemente, ao adoecimento(AU)

The objective was to compare the perceptions of two professional groups of a research organization regarding the working context influence the existences of pleasure and suffering, with theoretical support in the Activity's Ergonomics and Work's Psychodynamics. As indicators of context, the work's organization, conditions and worker's relationships social professional had been observed; in pleasure experiences, were evaluated factors that represent gratification and freedom and of suffering, the ones that portray feelings of unreliability and consuming. It was used the Scale for Assessment of the Context of Work (SACW), the Scale of Indicators of Pleasure-Suffering at Work (SIPSW) and eleven individual semi-structured interviews for data collection, examined by descriptive and inferential statistics and analysis of meaning nuclei. The suffering experiences for the research support employees had predominated, with the rationalization and denial as facing strategies of the feeling. In both groups, the work flow was compromised by excessive bureaucracy and lack of consistent guidelines to guide the work, which added to a rigid work organization, based in rules and norms may restrict the feelings of gratification and freedom and lead to exhaustive work, to the suffering and therefore to illness(AU)

Análise comparativa entre pesquisadores e profissionais de suporte à pesquisa na Embrapa: o enfoque da psicodinâmica e da ergonomia da atividade / Comparative analysis between the researchers and support research professionals in Embrapa: the focus of the psychodynamics and activity's ergonomics

Objetivou-se comparar a percepção de dois grupos profissionais de uma organização de pesquisa quanto à influência do contexto de trabalho nas vivências de prazer e sofrimento, com suporte teórico na Ergonomia da Atividade e na Psicodinâmica do Trabalho. Como indicadores de contexto, a organização do trabalho, condições e relações socioprofissionais dos trabalhadores foram observadas. Nas vivências de prazer, foram avaliados os fatores que representam gratificação e liberdade e, nas de sofrimento, os que retratam sentimentos de insegurança e desgaste. Utilizou-se a Escala de Avaliação do Contexto de Trabalho (EACT), a Escala de Indicadores de Prazer-Sofrimento no Trabalho (EIPST) e onze entrevistas individuais semi-estruturadas para a coleta dos dados, examinados por meio de estatísticas descritivas e inferenciais e análise de núcleos de sentido. Predominaram as vivências de sofrimento para os empregados de suporte à pesquisa, com a racionalização e a negação como estratégias de enfrentamento do sentimento. Nos dois grupos, o fluxo de trabalho era comprometido pela excessiva burocracia e pela falta de diretrizes consistentes que norteassem as tarefas, o que, somado a uma organização rígida do trabalho, pautada por normas e regras, pode cercear os sentimentos de gratificação e de liberdade e levar ao trabalho fatigante, ao sofrimento e, consequentemente, ao adoecimento.

The objective was to compare the perceptions of two professional groups of a research organization regarding the working context influence the existences of pleasure and suffering, with theoretical support in the Activity's Ergonomics and Work's Psychodynamics. As indicators of context, the work's organization, conditions and worker's relationships social professional had been observed; in pleasure experiences, were evaluated factors that represent gratification and freedom and of suffering, the ones that portray feelings of unreliability and consuming. It was used the Scale for Assessment of the Context of Work (SACW), the Scale of Indicators of Pleasure-Suffering at Work (SIPSW) and eleven individual semi-structured interviews for data collection, examined by descriptive and inferential statistics and analysis of meaning nuclei. The suffering experiences for the research support employees had predominated, with the rationalization and denial as facing strategies of the feeling. In both groups, the work flow was compromised by excessive bureaucracy and lack of consistent guidelines to guide the work, which added to a rigid work organization, based in rules and norms may restrict the feelings of gratification and freedom and lead to exhaustive work, to the suffering and therefore to illness.