Psychosocial safety climate, psychosocial and physical factors in the aetiology of musculoskeletal disorder symptoms and workplace injury compensation claims.
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| Title: | Psychosocial safety climate, psychosocial and physical factors in the aetiology of musculoskeletal disorder symptoms and workplace injury compensation claims. |
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| Authors: | Bailey, Tessa S. (AUTHOR), Dollard, Maureen F. (AUTHOR), McLinton, Sarven S. (AUTHOR), Richards, Penelope A. M. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Work & Stress. Apr-Jun2015, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p190-211. 22p. |
| Subjects: | Work-related injuries risk factors, Hypothesis, Bullying, Confidence intervals, Goodness-of-fit tests, Work-related injuries, Interviewing, Job stress, Longitudinal method, Mathematical models, Musculoskeletal system diseases, Occupational diseases, Psychological tests, Questionnaires, Research funding, Statistical sampling, Scale analysis (Psychology), Work environment, Workers' compensation, Theory, Structural equation modeling, Data analysis software, Descriptive statistics, Disease risk factors |
| Geographic Terms: | New South Wales, Western Australia |
| Abstract: | Causal agents for workers' compensation claims and physical injury have largely been identified as physical demands. We proposed an integrated theory of physical injury (i.e. musculoskeletal disorder symptoms [MSDs]) and workers' compensation claims, which combined psychosocial and physical mechanisms. A random, population-based sample of 1095 Australian workers completed a telephone interview on two occasions 12 months apart. As expected, the physical mechanism was confirmed; physical demands were related to MSDs, which in turn predicted workers' compensation claims. Further, a novel psychosocial mechanism was confirmed. Psychosocial safety climate (PSC; perceptions about the organisation's climate for psychological health) was a precursor to psychosocial risks (e.g. harassment, violence, bullying and work pressure). In turn, these psychosocial risks were related to emotional exhaustion, MSDs and then workers' compensation claims. Evidence was therefore provided forpsychosocial-physical processesin explaining MSDs and workers' compensation for claims for physical injury. Occupational health and safety legislators and policy makers should be aware that, beyond physical demands, factors usually associated with risk for mental stress claims (e.g. harassment, bullying, and violence) may additionally manifest in physical health problems and workers' compensation injury claims. Focusing on modifying the PSC in an organisation, “the cause of the causes”, may be an effective injury prevention and intervention strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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