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Psychosocial and ergonomic survey of office and field jobs in a utility company

dc.contributor.authorCoelho, Denis A.
dc.contributor.authorTavares, Carla S. D.
dc.contributor.authorLima, Tânia M.
dc.contributor.authorLourenço, Luís Miguel
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-07T11:57:46Z
dc.date.available2022-01-07T11:57:46Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe effect of different kinds of work on the psychosocial assessment of workers under the same management and organizational environment is investigated. Methods. A voluntary assessment in a utility company was carried out using the short version of the Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire (CoPsoQ) on two occasions, 1.5 years apart. Initially, 25 office workers (11 men and 14 women) participated, while 14 of those workers (8 women and 6 men) participated in the second assessment together with 32 field workers. The sewage, water treatment and maintenance workers, totaling 32 men, also participated in a field ergonomics assessment using theWashington State Department of Labor and Industries field work ergonomic checklist. Results. The longitudinal outlook was fairly stable, with sustained severe scores in many CoPsoQ subscales and intensification of severity of workers’ control over work and esteem for men. A significantly higher esteem score resulted for field rather than office workers. Workers subjected to foul odors showed similar severity of psychosocial factors. Discussion. For most psychosocial dimensions, the organizational design and management system in place, as well as the overall cultural environment in which it operates, create a much stronger and more decisive impact than job-specific factors.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThe current study was funded in part by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [project UID/EMS/00151/2013 C-MAST].pt_PT
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dc.identifier.doi10.1080/10803548.2017.1331620pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/11570
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectAdministrative workpt_PT
dc.subjectBlue-collar workerspt_PT
dc.subjectMacroergonomicspt_PT
dc.subjectMusculoskeletal complaintspt_PT
dc.titlePsychosocial and ergonomic survey of office and field jobs in a utility companypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/UID%2FEMS%2F00151%2F2013/PT
oaire.citation.endPage486pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage475pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (JOSE)pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume24pt_PT
oaire.fundingStream5876
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person.givenNameCarla
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person.givenNameMiguel
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
rcaap.embargofct© 2017 Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB)pt_PT
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