Expanding Our Understanding of the Psychosocial Work Environment: A Compendium of Measures of Discrimination, Harassment and Work-Family Issues

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Baron, Sherry L. ; Bond, Meg A. ; Cazeca, Dianne ; Daniel, Sivan ; Kalaja, Alketa ; Markkanen, Pia ; Punnett, Laura ; Tsurikova, Lana
• Description:
  There is broad recognition that the psychosocial environment at work can affect physical and mental health as well as organizational outcomes such as work performance and effectiveness. This has been the focus of publications, recommendations and conferences developed by the NORA Organization of Work Team. Past research across several disciplines has revealed that gender- and race-related factors such as values, biases, harassment, discrimination, and lack of support for work-family balance can affect physical and mental health. However, these features of the work environment have rarely been included simultaneously with the study of other workplace conditions. Thus, knowledge is still very limited about correlations among them, as well as about potential confounding and interactions. This document is targeted to occupational safety and health researchers interested in evaluating the role of discrimination, bias and work-family issues in occupational injuries and illness. It will also be of interest to other health researchers interested in questions of the impact of workplace discrimination and bias on health. To develop this compendium, the researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, through a contract with NIOSH, scanned the formal literature broadly to identify and disseminate information on measures used by researchers to assess the following domains: 1. racism and racial/ethnic prejudice; 2. sexism and sexual harassment; 3. gender and racial discrimination; 4. work-family integration and balance; and, 6. support for diversity in the workplace/workforce. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  developed for the NORA Special Populations at Risk Team by the Center for Women & Work, University of Massachusetts Lowell: Meg A. Bond, Alketa Kalaja, Pia Markkanen Dianne Cazeca, Sivan Daniel, Lana Tsurikova, Laura Punnett ; NIOSH editor: Sherry Baron
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p.259 -275).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Employment Interpersonal Relations Job Satisfaction Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Prejudice Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Social Environment Socioeconomic Factors Stress, Psychological Workload Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Work-family balance; Racial factors; Gender factors; Mental health; Discrimination; Diversity; Work organization
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2008-104, 2007 Dec; :1-275
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  260 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033322
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2008-107320
• Editor(s):
  Baron S
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  All Sectors
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11472/cdc_11472_DS1.pdf
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