TY - JOUR
T1 - Is occupational stress associated with work engagement?
AU - Padula, Rosimeire Simprini
AU - Chiavegato, Luciana Dias
AU - Cabral, Cristina Maria Nunes
AU - Almeid, Talita
AU - Ortiz, Thais
AU - Carregaro, Rodrigo Luiz
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The occupational stress is associated with dissatisfaction, excessive demand at work and personal factors. Those factors can reduce work performance and can predispose workers to various diseases. Workers' health may be protected if there is encouragement to face challenges, which may lessen the impact on psychological and somatic stress and thus have greater personal and professional satisfaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between occupational stress and work engagement. Participated in this study 457 male and female workers of a metallurgical industry. Subjects answered personal data, and the Job Stress Scale and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were applied. Results showed an association between occupational stress and work engagement (P=0,001). The way the individual deals with his frustrations, or rather the work engagement, is associated with the occupational stress.
AB - The occupational stress is associated with dissatisfaction, excessive demand at work and personal factors. Those factors can reduce work performance and can predispose workers to various diseases. Workers' health may be protected if there is encouragement to face challenges, which may lessen the impact on psychological and somatic stress and thus have greater personal and professional satisfaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between occupational stress and work engagement. Participated in this study 457 male and female workers of a metallurgical industry. Subjects answered personal data, and the Job Stress Scale and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale were applied. Results showed an association between occupational stress and work engagement (P=0,001). The way the individual deals with his frustrations, or rather the work engagement, is associated with the occupational stress.
KW - Enviroment
KW - Ergonomics
KW - Mental Health
KW - Work engagement
KW - Workplace
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U2 - 10.3233/WOR-2012-0549-2963
DO - 10.3233/WOR-2012-0549-2963
M3 - Article
C2 - 22317170
AN - SCOPUS:84859834848
SN - 1051-9815
VL - 41
SP - 2963
EP - 2965
JO - Work
JF - Work
IS - SUPPL.1
ER -