Melanie Genrich

ORCID: 0000-0001-9866-8049
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Research Areas
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health and Medical Studies
  • Corporate Management and Leadership
  • Medical Practices and Rehabilitation
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
  • Public Administration and Political Analysis
  • Occupational Health and Safety Research

University of Duisburg-Essen
2019-2025

Open University of the Netherlands
2020

COMSATS University Islamabad
2020

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2020

University of London
2020

St Olav's University Hospital
2020

Abstract Background Health care employees in Germany and worldwide are exposed to a variety of stressors. However, most the hospitals lack systematic workplace health management. Thus, this study aims at evaluation effects behavioural as well organisational (´complex´) intervention on mental well-being hospital staff. Methods Mental (SEElische GEsundheit am Arbeitsplatz KrankeNhaus – SEEGEN) is an unblinded, multi-centred cluster-randomised open trial with two groups (intervention group (IG)...

10.1186/s12889-019-7909-4 article EN cc-by BMC Public Health 2019-12-01

Abstract Background Supervisor–subordinate relationship is high relevant in dealing with work-related stress and providing a compassionate, high-quality, safe nursing care while meeting the needs of hospital. Our aim was to assess predisposing risk resilience factors staff as well explore common distinctive perceptions these between nurses without managerial position (nursing staff) employees supervising (nurse managers, ward nurses). Design Generic qualitative study using half-standardized...

10.1186/s12912-025-02712-x article EN cc-by BMC Nursing 2025-01-22

Research indicates that the active support of managers is essential for sustainable implementation health-related work design interventions in organizations. However, little known about managers' perceptions such health promotion measures.Our study aims to provide information help foster hospitals. Based on Ajzen's Theory Planned Behavior (TPB) we explore attitudes, perceived organizational norms, and behavioral control hospital regarding interventions.Semi-structured interviews with 37...

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00869 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2020-05-05

Background Professionals in the healthcare sector are a particularly vulnerable group for occupational strain due to high work-related psychological stress. For implementation of targeted stress-prevention interventions as an important part workplace health management programme all groups and hierarchy levels, information about current state their mental is mandatory. Hence, this study investigated association general well-being different leadership styles among employees German tertiary...

10.1371/journal.pone.0278597 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2022-12-13

Abstract Objective Hospitals are frequently associated with poor working conditions that can lead to work stress and increase the risk for reduced employee well-being. Managers shape improve thereby, health of their teams. Thus, as a prerequisite, managers need be aware employees’ levels. This study had two objectives: At first, it aimed test criterion validity Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) questionnaire measuring psychosocial workload in hospital employees. Secondly, mean scales ERI filled...

10.1186/s12995-023-00376-4 article EN cc-by Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2023-06-06

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital workers faced a tremendous workload. The pandemic led to different and additional strain that negatively affected well-being of employees. This study aims explore psychosocial resources strategies were used by staff.In context an intervention study, employees three German hospitals questioned in writing summer fall 2020. Five open-ended questions about asked capture corresponding effects on daily work routine. Answers 303 participants evaluated...

10.3389/fpubh.2023.1260079 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Public Health 2023-10-05

Working conditions in hospitals are characterized by occupational stressors, which lead to potentially harmful psychosocial stress reactions for medical and nursing staff. Representative surveys showed that almost every second hospital physician or nurse is affected burnout there a strong association between leadership behavior employee health. Workplace health promotion programs can only be successful sustainable if managers support them. However, it still unclear whether aware of the...

10.3390/ijerph17145041 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020-07-13

Health-oriented supportive leadership behavior is a key factor in reducing work stress and promoting health. Employees the health sector are subject to heavy workload, it has been shown that 40% of them show permanent problems. A requires manager's awareness employees' well-being. However, little yet known about how medical nursing managers perceive well-being their staff. To explore this issue, we conducted total 37 semi-standardized interviews with chief physicians (CPs), senior (SPs),...

10.3390/ijerph17134660 article EN International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020-06-28

Mental health and stress prevention aspects related to workplace in hospitals are gaining increasingly more attention research. The hospital is characterized by high work intensity, emotional demands, levels of stress. These conditions can be a risk for the development mental disorders. Leadership styles hinder or foster work-related influence well-being employees. Through leadership interventions, leaders may encouraged develop stress-preventive style that addresses both, subordinates. A...

10.1186/s12995-021-00339-7 article DE cc-by Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2021-11-29

Workplace exposures are considered to be high in hospital staff. interventions might an appropriate way reduce workplace exposures. Therefore, views of staff on reasons and implications were assessed consequences for considered.Six focus groups seven semi-structured interviews conducted with 34 members total. Qualitative Content Analysis was performed.Stress occurs due a lack personnel, workload, missing common-rooms breaks lunch, communication, clarity work processes, team conflicts...

10.1055/a-1477-6000 article DE Psychiatrische Praxis 2021-05-20

<title>Abstract</title> Background Supervisor–subordinate relationship is high relevant in dealing with work-related stress and providing a compassionate, high-quality, safe nursing care while meeting the needs of hospital. Our aim was to identify compare nurses’ factors resilience from perspective registered nurses supervisors clinical inpatient settings. Design: Generic qualitative study using half-standardized interviews. Methods Fifty different departments German hospital maximum medical...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-4767686/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2024-08-28

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges to the workforce, particularly concerning emotional and mental well-being. Given prolonged periods of work-related stress, unexpected organizational changes, uncertainties about work faced during pandemic, it becomes imperative study occupational health constructs under a dynamic methodological perspective, understand their stable unstable characteristics better. In this study, drawing on Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling (DSEM)...

10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1222845 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Psychology 2023-10-05
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