A5091547673- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Workplace Health and Well-being
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Effects of Vibration on Health
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Sleep and related disorders
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Noise Effects and Management
- Occupational Health and Performance
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Stress and Burnout Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
- Emotional Labor in Professions
University of Bern
2016-2025
University of Geneva
2014-2024
Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives
2024
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2023
Swiss Federal Railways
2023
Tufts University
2023
Bern University of Applied Sciences
2018
Creative Research Enterprises (United States)
2018
FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences
2010-2017
University of Otago
2012
Core self-evaluations (CSE) might account for relative gains in job resources across time, especially situations when these individual differences affect behavior that is relevant development of resources. This longitudinal study tests CSE as an resource predicts gain and satisfaction among beginners who change or stay with their employer. A questionnaire was filled by 513 adolescents shortly before the end vocational training one year later. Our results replicate previous findings...
Illegitimate tasks represent a task-level stressor derived from role and justice theories within the framework of "Stress-as–Offense-to-Self" (SOS; Semmer, Jacobshagen, Meier, & Elfering, 2007). Tasks are illegitimate if they violate norms about what an employee can properly be expected to do, because perceived as unnecessary or unreasonable; imply threat one's professional identity. We report three studies testing associations between well-being/strain. In two cross-sectional studies,...
Functional social support can be described as emotional (i.e., caring, esteem, etc.) or instrumental informational, tangible) support. Hypothesizing that often is interpreted helpful because of its meaning (signalling understanding, esteem), we asked hospital patients (N = 67) to describe situations 109) during which they were supported, and indicate why this was helpful. Both the description supportive behaviors attributed them coded with regard their versus quality. As expected, many in...
A longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging investigation of lumbar disc degeneration in asymptomatic individuals was conducted.To investigate risk factors for the development or deterioration degeneration.Numerous studies have explored significance certain progression degeneration, but no comprehensive imaging-based study has been reported that simultaneously considers clinical, morphologic, physical, psychosocial, and occupational factors.In 5-year follow-up evaluation 41 individuals, its...
Study Design. Prospective study on individuals with asymptomatic lumbar disc abnormalities detected in magnetic resonance imaging. Objectives. To determine the natural history of imaging and to identify predictors future low back pain–related medical consultation work incapacity. Summary Background Data. The herniations has not been well established, but high rate alterations recently by demands reconsideration a pathomorphology-based explanation pain sciatica. Methods. Forty-six who had...
Low back pain (LBP) is the most prevalent health problem in Switzerland and a leading cause of reduced work performance disability. This study estimated total cost LBP 2005 from societal perspective using bottom-up prevalence-based cost-of-illness approach. The considers more categories than are typically investigated includes costs associated with multitude sufferers who not under medical care. findings based on questionnaire completed by sample 2,507 German-speaking respondents, whom 1,253...
A comparison of 234 call centre agents with 572 workers in traditional jobs long lasting training revealed lower job control and task complexity/variety higher uncertainty among agents. However, time pressure, concentration demands, work interruptions were Within the agent sample, controlling for negative affectivity other working conditions, predicted intention to quit, satisfaction affective commitment. Social stressors task-related uniquely indicators well-being job-related attitudes....
The Job Demand-Control model postulates that job control attenuates the effects of demands on health and well-being. Support for this interactive effect is rather weak. Conceivably, it holds only when there a match between individual characteristics relate to exercising options, such as locus control, or self-efficacy. This three-way interaction was tested in sample 96 service employees, with affective strain musculoskeletal pain dependent variables. As hypothesized, attenuated stressors...
An association between stress at work and impaired sleep is theoretically plausible supported by empirical evidence. The current study's main aim was to investigate how the influence of stressors carried over into evening night. We assume that this relationship mediated perseverative cognitions. tested assumption in two cross-sectional samples with structural equation modeling, using bootstrapped standard errors test for significance. Effort–reward imbalance time pressure were used as...
Illegitimate tasks, a recently introduced occupational stressor, are tasks that violate norms about what an employee can reasonably be expected to do. Because they considered threat one's professional identity, we the daily experience of illegitimate would linked drop in self-esteem and impaired well-being. We report results two diary studies, one which 57 Swiss employees were assessed twice/day 90 Americans three times/day. Both studies showed associated with lowered state self-esteem....
Prospective study.The present study compared different theories on the role of expectations in a group patients undergoing lumbar decompression surgery.Patients' treatment are potentially important predictor self-rated outcome after surgery. Some studies suggest that high baseline per se yield better outcomes, others maintain fulfillment prior is paramount, and still assert it actual improvement symptom status governs outcome, regardless expectations.Hundred took part (33 F, 67 M; mean [SD]...
Stress is related to goals being thwarted. Arguably, protecting one's self, both in terms of personal self-esteem and social self-esteem, among the most prominent people pursue. Although this line thought hardly disputed, it does not play role occupational health psychology that we think deserves. Stress-as-Offense-to-Self theory focuses on threats boosts self as important aspects stressful, resourceful, experiences at work. Within framework have developed new concepts illegitimate tasks...
Abstract The present study investigated short‐term effects of daily social exclusion at work on various indicators sleep quality and tested the mediating role work‐related worries using a time‐based diary with ambulatory assessments quality. Ninety full‐time employees participated in 2‐week data collection. Multilevel analyses revealed that workplace were positively related to fragmentation following night. Daily exclusion, however, was unrelated onset latency, efficiency self‐reported...
As the central strain dimension of burnout, emotional exhaustion is a popular indicator poor mental health in work and organizational psychology. Based on job demands-resources (JD-R) model, present article focuses antecedents processes leading to exhaustion. We hypothesized that sickness presenteeism (conceptualized as active problem-focused coping) would partially mediate relationship between characteristics (workload coworker support) Additionally, we examined potential interaction...
Abstract Background Neck pain is a significant public health issue, especially among office workers, with prevalence ranging from 42 to 68%. This study aimed evaluate the cost-utility and cost-benefit of multi-component intervention targeting neck in general population workers Switzerland. The 12-week consisted exercises, promotion information workshops, workplace ergonomics sessions. Methods was designed as stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial assessed using an employer’s...
The mean of self-report and observer ratings working conditions was used to predict 3 types well-being in 52 young workers: general well-being, job-related spillover from work nonwork domains. Longitudinally, job control predicted spillover. There no strong evidence for reverse causation. Synchronously, Time 2 stressors all well-being. Because dependent variables at 1 are controlled for, this indicates short-term effects. Results line with a stress reaction model, indicating rather quick...
This study investigates the link between workplace stress and 'non-singularity' of patient safety-related incidents in hospital setting. Over a period 2 working weeks 23 young nurses from 19 hospitals Switzerland documented 314 daily stressful events using self-observation method (pocket diaries); 62 were related to safety. Familiarity probability recurrence, as indicators non-singularity, dependent variables multilevel regression analyses. Predictor both situational (self-reported control,...
The present study investigates how chronic work characteristics relate to situational characteristics, and their effect on outcomes such as well‐being, problem solving, calming down. It also examines the relationship between coping strategies affect these outcomes. Based an event‐sampling approach, 23 employees of a counselling agency reported 120 stressful events over 7 days, yielding 92 work‐related 28 private events. Multi‐level analyses revealed that with regard conditions, job control...