Tarja Heponiemi

..The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which the dimensions of the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) model--effort, rewards and ERI--are associated with the co-occurrence of lifestyle risk factors...

..However, the relationship between SOC and diabetes has not been studied in prospective design. The present study prospectively examined the relationship between a weak SOC and the incidence of diabetes...

..This study examined whether active on-call hours and the co-occurrence of lifestyle risk factors are associated with physicians' turnover intentions and distress...

..Early retirement among physicians is a worldwide problem and all efforts to try to minimize it are of importance...

..Social support may therefore be a long-term protective factor from depression irrespective of personality characteristics, such as hostility and anger...

..Instead, nonhostile employees were sensitive to the depression in the unit. They reported low levels of stress when depression levels in the unit were low and increased stress when depression levels were high...

..We examined the effects of different diagnoses, namely, all causes, circulatory diseases, diseases of the digestive system, musculoskeletal diseases, and mental disorders...

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..To develop and test the validity of a short version of the original questionnaire measuring organizational justice...

..Autonomic imbalance resulting from chronic stress may be the common mechanism linking vital exhaustion and cardiac responsiveness to an increased risk of atherosclerosis...

..In addition, we examined whether work stress factors (time pressure, resident-related stress, role conflicts and role ambiguity) mediated or moderated the above mentioned association...

..In addition, we examined whether gender or age moderated these potential differences...

..Job insecurity was highest among fixed-term employees in public sheltered homes or not-for-profit nursing homes. Thus, promoting good leadership and fair management would be of importance...

..Our findings highlight the importance of offering more job control to physicians to prevent unnecessary physician turnover...

..Most notably, the number of private for-profit firms has increased. Previous studies suggest that employee well-being and the quality of care might differ according to the ownership type...

..Unit size and resident turnover were negatively and registered nurses percentage positively associated with procedural justice perceptions...

..The authors also tested whether psychosocial factors (job demands, job control, and colleague consultation) explain these differences in commitment between GPs and other physicians...

..This paper is a report of an investigation into whether insecure work contract and shiftwork are associated with reduced wellbeing indicators, such as psychological distress, low job involvement and low work ability...

..CONCLUSIONS: Depressive symptoms during early adulthood seem to be associated with higher levels of carotid intima-media thickness in men, but not in women...

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..In addition, we examined whether psychosocial factors (organizational justice and job control) could mediate these possible differences in different sectors...

..The well-being indicators used were psychological distress, self-rated health, and work ability...

..To conclude, cardiac reactivity may be associated with positive involvement and enthusiasm in some situations and all reactivity should not automatically be considered as potentially pathological...

..We examined the associations of contractual job insecurity (fixed-term vs permanent employment contract) and subjectively assessed job insecurity with sickness presenteeism among those who had no sickness absences during the study year...

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..This study also suggests that lightening workload could help to attract more GPs, both foreign-born and Finnish, to primary care...

..This paper is a review of the literature on organizational justice and its impact on workers' health...

..Primary care organizations should pay more attention to their GPs - especially to newcomers - and to the fairness how management behaves towards employees, how processes are determined, and how rewards are distributed...

..BIS sensitivity was unrelated to both reactivity and baseline levels of all measures. Overall, our results suggest that the relationship of the BAS with cardiac reactivity seems to be mediated by the parasympathetic nervous system...

..To investigate whether low perceived organisational injustice predicts heavy drinking among employees...

..R., Svrakic, D.M., Przybeck, T.R., 1993. A psychobiological model of temperament and character. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 50, 975-990.], predicted depressive symptoms across a 4-year follow-up...

..Findings suggest that participants scoring high on hostility are prone to negative emotional reactions...

..The objective of this study was to explore the association between job strain and the co-occurrence of adverse health behaviors; smoking, heavy drinking, obesity, and physical inactivity...

..Findings suggest that background stress may diminish one's capacity to cope with acute stress...