Sources of Occupational Stress among Office Workers—A Focus Group Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15464442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larissa Bolliger (0000-0003-2255-6029, Ghent University, corresponding author), Junoš Lukan (0000-0002-5325-8385, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School), Elena Colman (0000-0002-3033-2650, Ghent University), Leen Boersma (Ghent University), Mitja Luštrek (0000-0003-3219-2935, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School), Dirk De Bacquer (0000-0002-3202-7238, Ghent University), Els Clays (0000-0002-1092-945X, Ghent University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1075-1075 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19031075 |
| PMID | 35162099 |
| OpenAlex | W4205241453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
Workplace stress remains a major interest of occupational health research, usually based on theoretical models and quantitative large-scale studies. Office workers are especially exposed to stressors such as high workload and time pressure. The aim of this qualitative research was to follow a phenomenological approach to identify work stressors as they are perceived by office workers. Six focus groups with office workers of different occupations were conducted in Belgium and Slovenia. A total of 39 participants were included in the study. We used the RQDA software for data processing and analysis and the seven job-quality indices of the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) to structure our findings. The results show that work intensity and social environment proved to be main stress categories, followed by skills and discretion, prospects, and working time quality. The physical environment and earnings were not covered in our results. We created organisational (structural/process-oriented and financial) stressors and office workers' physical health as two additional categories since these topics did not fit into the EWCS. While our findings mainly confirm data from existing occupational stress literature and emphasise the multi-level complexity of work stress experiences, this paper suggests that there are relevant stressors experienced by office workers beyond existing quantitative frameworks
Business · Discretion · Environmental health · Focus group · Management · Occupational safety and health · Occupational stress · Political science · Stress (linguistics · Stressor · Workload · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being · Marketing
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Job stress, wellbeing, work-life balance and work-life conflict among Australian academics
Psychosocial determinants of health in social epidemiology
The cost of work-related stress to society
Associations of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Components of Work Stress with Health
The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ)
Occupational stress in universities
Understanding life experiences through a phenomenological approach to research
Protocol of the STRess at Work (STRAW) Project
Beliefs about common health problems and work
The methodology of Focus Groups
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |