How does gender and work location impact perceived worker stress during COVID-19? Findings from King County, WA

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• Alternative Title:
  J Workplace Behav Health
• Personal Author:
  Monsey, Lily M. ; Beckman, Kerry L. ; Baker, Marissa G.
• Description:
  Using an online survey, we explored workplace determinants of perceived stress during COVID-19 in n=2910 county government workers, and differences in perceived stress by gender and work arrangement (work from home v. do not work from home). We explored relationships with descriptive statistics and linear regression. Access to health and safety resources, increased workplace safety climate, support for work-life balance, and increased access to sick leave were related to lower stress; dependent care stress and female gender were related to higher stress. Among those working from home, higher stress related to an increase in workload and erosion of work/life boundaries. Findings show how the workplace impacts stress, differential determinants by gender/work arrangement, and areas to intervene to improve employee health and well-being.
• Source:
  J Workplace Behav Health. 38(1):75-101
• Pubmed ID:
  37425094
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10328059
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30 ES007033/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T42 OH008433/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:12d4d5c8d6c4afa974a64a3b2d81eaa6216a7ad575204027ac0037eb82eb0ea874faad70411da4c90dc2d81249b9f0800a8039eae265fc161d38cf9136de3222
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