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Work and mental complaints: are response outcome expectancies more important than work conditions and number of subjective health complaints?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-24)Purpose Investigate the relative effect of response outcome expectancies, work conditions, and number of subjective health complaints (SHC) on anxiety and depression in Norwegian employees. Learned response outcome ... -
Work-focused cognitive-behavioural therapy and individual job support to increase work participation in common mental disorders: a randomised controlled multicentre trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-08-06)Objectives: Common mental disorders (CMDs) are a major cause of rising disability benefit expenditures. We urgently need evidence on programmes that can increase work participation in CMDs. The aim of this study was to ... -
Work-life balance and health of women: A Qualitative Study of a Mining Company in Ghana
(Master thesis, 2014-05-13)Background: Both work and non-work activities are crucial to living and hence there is a need for balance and integration of career and other demands of life (Sturges & Guest, 2004). In many African countries after the ... -
Work-related risk factors for workplace bullying : The moderating effect of laissez-faire leadership
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-06-07)Workplace bullying has been described as repeated and systematic exposure to negative social acts over time, which the target has difficulties defending against (Einarsen et al., 2020). Previous research has established ... -
The Working Alliance in Individual Psychotherapy: Factor Structure, Baseline Predictors, and Outcome
(Master thesis, 2012-04-15)Objective: Research indicates that the working alliance is a stable predictor of outcome. The majority of previous research has relied on a one-component model for alliance and failed to cover all theoretical aspects of ... -
Working conditions and individual differences are weakly associated with workaholism: A 2-3-year prospective study of shift-working nurses
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-11-21)This study focuses on individual differences and the demand-support-control model in relation to workaholism. We hypothesized that unfavorable working conditions (high job demands, low job control/decision latitude, and ... -
Working for the Best or Bracing for the Worst? Approach and Avoidance Motivation in Planning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Even though planning is generally helpful in goal pursuit, people do not always choose to plan. The inclination to plan might depend on whether we focus on what we seek to approach or what we seek to avoid. In two ... -
Working hour characteristics and schedules among nurses in three Nordic countries – a comparative study using payroll data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-28)Background: Organisation of working hour schedules in the Northern European countries are rather similar. EU countries are obliged to adopt national legislation regarding duration of weekly working hours and rest periods. ... -
Working Toward a Good Life as a Cancer Survivor. A Longitudinal Study on Positive Health Outcomes of a Rehabilitation Program for Young Adult Cancer Survivors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01)Background: Research on cancer rehabilitation targeting young adult cancer survivors (YACS) is limited, and little is known about the positive health outcomes of rehabilitation programs tailored specifically for this ... -
Working Under the Gun: A Theoretical Analysis of Stressors Associated With the Re-negotiation of Norms and Control of Work Tasks During COVID-19
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-27)The COVID-19 pandemic has led many of the world's nations to impose numerous preventive and mitigative measures to increase social distance, including various forms of home isolation and quarantine. A central premise for ... -
Workplace bullying and mental health problems in balanced and gender-dominated workplaces
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We investigate risks of exposure to workplace bullying and related mental health outcomes for men and women when being in a gender minority as opposed to working in a gender-balanced working environment or when belonging ... -
Workplace bullying and sleep - A systematic review and meta-analysis of the research literature
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This systematic review and meta-analysis 1) clarifies and quantifies existing results on the association between exposure to workplace bullying and sleep, 2) evaluates the methodological quality of existing studies, 3) ... -
Workplace bullying and tiredness at work: A cross-lagged prospective study of causal directions and the moderating effects of a conflict management climate
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives To prospectively investigate the reciprocal associations between tiredness at work (TAW) and exposure to bullying behaviors and to determine the role of conflict management climate (CMC) as a moderator of these ... -
Workplace bullying as an antecedent to job insecurity and intention to leave: a 6-month prospective study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-07)Workplace bullying is a severe problem in contemporary working life, affecting up to 15 per cent of employees. Among the detrimental outcomes of bullying, it is even postulated as a major risk factor for exclusion from ... -
Workplace bullying as predicted by non-prototypicality, group identification and norms: a self-categorisation perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Research and theory on deviance in work groups suggest that non-prototypical members risk devaluation and mistreatment by their peers. Drawing on the self-categorisation theory, we propose and test a contextual model to ... -
Workplace bullying increases the risk of anxiety through a stress‑induced β2‑adrenergic receptor mechanism: a multisource study employing an animal model, cell culture experiments and human data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives Several studies show that severe social stressors, e.g., in the form of exposure to workplace bullying in humans, is associated with negative mental health effects such as depression and anxiety among those ... -
Workplace bullying: A risk control perspective
(Doctoral thesis, 2011-02-25)Workplace bullying is an omnipresent phenomenon in contemporary workplaces (Nielsen, Matthiesen, & Einarsen, in press). With its negative consequences for victims, bystanders and the socio-economic fabric of organisations, ... -
Workplace resources to improve both employeewell-being and performance: A systematic reviewand meta-analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Organisations are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of employees in gaining and maintaining competitive advantage. The happy worker–productive worker thesis suggests that workers who experience high levels of ... -
Worry among primary school children in Somanya, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2006)This study assessed the content, frequency and distribution of worries among primary school children in Somanya, Ghana. In part one, 85 primary school children aged between 10-to-15 years listed their worries through a ... -
Worry and its correlates onboard cruise ships
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)The present study examined job-specific worry, as well as possible predictors of such worry, namelyjob-specific self-efficacy and supervisor dispositionism. 133 non-supervising crew members at differentdepartments onboard ...