Muhammad Umair Javaid1, Sobia Bano2, Muhammad Zeeshan Mirza3, Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isha4, Shahid Nadeem1, Arif Jawaid1, Zulkipli Ghazali4, Matthias Nübling5, Nazish Imtiaz6, Parveen Kaur7. 1. Department of Management Sciences, Lahore Garrison University, Pakistan. 2. Department of Management Sciences, GIFT Business School, GIFT University, Pakistan. 3. Department of Engineering Management, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan. 4. Department of Management & Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. 5. FFAW: Freiburg Research Centre for Occupational Sciences, Freiburg, Germany. 6. Department of Management Sciences, National Textile University, Pakistan. 7. Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Psychological conditions are experiences of the conscious and unconscious elements of the work context, which revolve around workers' perceptions of feeling either engaged or disengaged with the assigned tasks. In the psychosocial work environment of hazardous industries like petrochemicals where production lasts twenty-four hours a day and continues seven-days-a-week, a psychologically available worker is extremely important. Psychological availability refers to when workers who are physically, emotionally and psychologically engaged at the moment of performing tasks. OBJECTIVE: The broad objective of this study was to investigate the direct and indirect effects of behavioral factors on the psychological and physiological health of workers. METHODS: The latest, second generation technique, which is structural equation modeling, is used to identify the relationships between behavioral antecedents and health outcomes. A total of 277 technical workers participated, aged between 20 and 49 and were healthy in all aspects. RESULTS: The study results showed quantitative demands, emotional demands, work-family conflict, and job insecurity were significantly associated with both psychological (stress) and physiological (Body Mass Index) factors. The social support of colleagues produced mixed findings with direct and indirect paths. Stress also significantly mediates the psychosocial factors and burnout of the workers. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that workers were physically available, but they experienced distractions as members of social systems, affecting their physiological and psychological health.
BACKGROUND: Psychological conditions are experiences of the conscious and unconscious elements of the work context, which revolve around workers' perceptions of feeling either engaged or disengaged with the assigned tasks. In the psychosocial work environment of hazardous industries like petrochemicals where production lasts twenty-four hours a day and continues seven-days-a-week, a psychologically available worker is extremely important. Psychological availability refers to when workers who are physically, emotionally and psychologically engaged at the moment of performing tasks. OBJECTIVE: The broad objective of this study was to investigate the direct and indirect effects of behavioral factors on the psychological and physiological health of workers. METHODS: The latest, second generation technique, which is structural equation modeling, is used to identify the relationships between behavioral antecedents and health outcomes. A total of 277 technical workers participated, aged between 20 and 49 and were healthy in all aspects. RESULTS: The study results showed quantitative demands, emotional demands, work-family conflict, and job insecurity were significantly associated with both psychological (stress) and physiological (Body Mass Index) factors. The social support of colleagues produced mixed findings with direct and indirect paths. Stress also significantly mediates the psychosocial factors and burnout of the workers. CONCLUSION: The study concluded that workers were physically available, but they experienced distractions as members of social systems, affecting their physiological and psychological health.
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Keywords:
Health; multistage sampling; physiological; psychosocial; work
Authors: Ahmad Shahrul Nizam Isha; Muhammad Umair Javaid; Amir Zaib Abbasi; Sobia Bano; Muhammad Zahid; Mumtaz Ali Memon; Umair Rehman; Matthias Nübling; Asrar Ahmed Sabir; Saif Ur Rehman; Nazish Imtiaz Journal: Biomed Res Int Date: 2020-02-03 Impact factor: 3.411
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