Training Supervisors to Support Veterans at Work: Effects on Supervisor Attitudes and Employee Sleep and Stress

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• Personal Author:
  Brady JM ; Hammer LB ; Perry ML
• Description:
  The present study evaluates the effectiveness of a supervisor support training programme on both supervisor attitudes and employee sleep and stress outcomes by drawing on a multi-level rigorous randomized controlled trial in 35 organizations. Utilizing theory from the social support and training literatures, the purpose of the current study was to understand ways to improve the transition, and ultimately the health and well-being, of military veteran employees in the workplace via a supervisor support training intervention. Drawing on a sample of 982 supervisors and a subsample of 189 matched supervisor-employee dyads, the current study demonstrated that supervisor support training led to improved supervisor attitudes towards veteran employees. Additionally, supervisors' attitudes towards veteran employees at baseline significantly moderated the effects of the training on employee sleep and stress outcomes, suggesting that the training was more effective when supervisors started out with more positive attitudes towards veterans. These results demonstrate the importance of training supervisors to support employed veterans and employees more generally, and have implications for research, practice, and theory development. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Sleep Staff Development Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Attitude Author Keywords: Supervisor Training Employees Job Stress Mental Health Military Veterans Occupational Psychology Stress Training Well-being Worker Health

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• ISSN:
  0963-1798
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  273-301
• Volume:
  93
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063221
• Citation:
  J Occup Organ Psychol 2020 Jun; 93(2):273-301
• Contact Point Address:
  Leslie B. Hammer, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 Southwest Sam Jackson Park Road, L606 Portland, OR 97239, USA
• Email:
  hammerl@ohsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Portland State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:73154ebaf617a8a1d63075edb4deae5e8782c9b410cc3d5716788ff865f2068b1dd1162797cd08f309bac9c6646591b79805e160daf4899fb3663873fc41924e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226322/cdc_226322_DS1.pdf
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