Stressors, Resources, and Well-Being Among Latino and white Warehouse Workers in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Fujishiro K ; Heaney CA ; Hoppe A
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Social forces and cultural factors may contribute to Latino and White workers experiencing similar jobs differently. This study examines the psychosocial stressors and resources experienced by Latino and White workers in manual material handling jobs in the US and the effects of these stressors and resources on worker well-being. METHODS: Fifty-nine Latino warehouse workers were matched with White workers by job title, job tenure, and warehouse facility. Matched sample t tests and linear regression analyses models were conducted. RESULTS: Results reveal similar psychosocial stressors and resources for both groups. However, Latino workers reported better well-being. For Latino workers, social resources at work such as management fairness and supervisor support have a stronger relationship with well-being. For White workers wage fairness is the most significant predictor for well-being. CONCLUSIONS: These differential results challenge us to consider how cultural factors, expectations and the prior work history of Latino workers may influence their experience of work and the effect of work on health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Immigrant Workers Job Expectations Low Wage Manual-materials-handling Occupational-health Psychosocial Working Conditions Racial-factors Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Well-being Work-environment Work-performance Work-practices Worker-health Workers Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  252-263
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036754
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2010 Mar; 53(3):252-263
• Contact Point Address:
  Annekatrin Hoppe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University, 1070 Arastradero Road, Suite 300, Palo Alto, CA 94304
• Email:
  ahoppe@stanford.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Manufacturing ; Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Performing Organization:
  Ohio State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20060831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4ef64b8461cf3dedeebf49cf159e247f59c59597369c8564cf996919ac561ccab65d99d8ce0bca6bb709fd413c85f523c71a260aaa85067385a2c451206ac533
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188050/cdc_188050_DS1.pdf
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