Psychosocial work environment as a dynamic network: a multi-wave cohort study

While characteristics of psychosocial work environment have traditionally been studied separately, we propose an alternative approach that treats psychosocial factors as interacting elements in networks where they all potentially affect each other. In this network analysis, we used data from a prosp...

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Published in:	Scientific reports 2022-07, Vol.12 (1), p.12982-12982, Article 12982
Main Authors:	Elovainio, Marko, Hakulinen, Christian, Komulainen, Kaisla, Kivimäki, Mika, Virtanen, Marianna, Ervasti, Jenni, Oksanen, Tuula
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Cohort analysis Cohort Studies Female Humans Male Middle Aged Prospective Studies Psychological aspects Reinforcement Reward Social Justice Stress, Psychological - psychology Surveys and Questionnaires Work environment Workplace - psychology
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Summary:	While characteristics of psychosocial work environment have traditionally been studied separately, we propose an alternative approach that treats psychosocial factors as interacting elements in networks where they all potentially affect each other. In this network analysis, we used data from a prospective occupational cohort including 10,892 participants (85% women; mean age 47 years) and repeated measurements of seven psychosocial work characteristics (job demands, job control, job uncertainty, team climate, effort-reward imbalance, procedural justice and interactional justice) assessed in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. Results from multilevel longitudinal vector autoregressive models indicated that job demands as well as interactional and procedural justice were most broadly associated with the subsequent perceptions of the work-related psychosocial factors (high out-Strength), suggesting these factors might be potentially efficient targets of workplace interventions. The results also suggest that modifying almost any of the studied psychosocial factors might be relevant to subsequent perceptions of effort-reward imbalance and interactional justice at the workplace.
ISSN:	2045-2322 2045-2322