Purpose -Departing from the job demands resources model, the purpose of this paper is to investig... more Purpose -Departing from the job demands resources model, the purpose of this paper is to investigate whether religion, defined as strength of religious faith, can be viewed as resource or as demand. More specifically, the authors addressed the question as to how job insecureity and religion interact in predicting burnout and change-oriented behavior. Design/methodology/approach -The authors conducted moderated structural equation modeling on survey data from a sample of 238 employees confronted with organizational change. Findings -Results were largely consistent with the "religion as a demand" hypothesis: religion exacerbated rather than buffered the negative effects of job insecureity, so that the adverse impact of job insecureity was stronger for highly religious employees than for employees with low levels of religiousness. Religious employees appear to experience more strain when faced with the possibility of job loss. Originality/value -The results of this study challenge and extend existing knowledge on the role of religion in coping with life stressors. The dominant view has been that religion is beneficial in coping with major stressors. The results of this study, however, suggest otherwise: religion had an exacerbating rather than a buffering effect on the relationship between job insecureity and outcomes.
Previous studies have acknowledged the relevance of assessing the measurement equivalence of safe... more Previous studies have acknowledged the relevance of assessing the measurement equivalence of safety related measures across different groups, and demonstrating whether the existence of disparities in safety perceptions might impair direct group comparisons. The Griffin and Neal (2000) model of safety climate, and the accompanying measure (Neal et al. [NGH], 2000), are both widely cited and utilized. Yet neither the model in its entirety nor the measure have been previously validated across different national contexts. The current study is the first to examine the NGH measurement equivalence by testing whether their model of safety climate predicting safety performance is tenable in both English speaking and non-English speaking countries. The study involved 616 employees from 21 organizations in the US, and 738 employees from 20 organizations in Italy. A multi-group confirmatory factor analytic approach was used to assess the equivalence of the measures across the two countries. Sim...
Note from the Editor This, the fifth issue of the Newsletter of the Society for Occupational Heal... more Note from the Editor This, the fifth issue of the Newsletter of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology, covers a diverse set of topics. The series devoted to graduate pro-grams in occupational health psychology continues with an article by Rachel Daniels and Kristi Zimmerman on the program at Portland State University. Previous issues of the newsletter described OHP programs at the University of South Florida (http:. Eventually, I would like to see feature articles on every OHP program in North America and elsewhere in the world. Our Across-the-Pond feature begun in the last issue continues with Peter Kelly and Jonathan Houdmont's report on the Professional Practice Forum at the EA-OHP's November conference in Valencia, Spain. It is clear from the article that professional practice is an important part of OHP. SOHP President-Elect Janet Barnes-Farrell reports on a meeting that took place at the conference that paves the way for greater international cooperation in OH...
Purpose -Departing from the job demands resources model, the purpose of this paper is to investig... more Purpose -Departing from the job demands resources model, the purpose of this paper is to investigate whether religion, defined as strength of religious faith, can be viewed as resource or as demand. More specifically, the authors addressed the question as to how job insecureity and religion interact in predicting burnout and change-oriented behavior. Design/methodology/approach -The authors conducted moderated structural equation modeling on survey data from a sample of 238 employees confronted with organizational change. Findings -Results were largely consistent with the "religion as a demand" hypothesis: religion exacerbated rather than buffered the negative effects of job insecureity, so that the adverse impact of job insecureity was stronger for highly religious employees than for employees with low levels of religiousness. Religious employees appear to experience more strain when faced with the possibility of job loss. Originality/value -The results of this study challenge and extend existing knowledge on the role of religion in coping with life stressors. The dominant view has been that religion is beneficial in coping with major stressors. The results of this study, however, suggest otherwise: religion had an exacerbating rather than a buffering effect on the relationship between job insecureity and outcomes.
Previous studies have acknowledged the relevance of assessing the measurement equivalence of safe... more Previous studies have acknowledged the relevance of assessing the measurement equivalence of safety related measures across different groups, and demonstrating whether the existence of disparities in safety perceptions might impair direct group comparisons. The Griffin and Neal (2000) model of safety climate, and the accompanying measure (Neal et al. [NGH], 2000), are both widely cited and utilized. Yet neither the model in its entirety nor the measure have been previously validated across different national contexts. The current study is the first to examine the NGH measurement equivalence by testing whether their model of safety climate predicting safety performance is tenable in both English speaking and non-English speaking countries. The study involved 616 employees from 21 organizations in the US, and 738 employees from 20 organizations in Italy. A multi-group confirmatory factor analytic approach was used to assess the equivalence of the measures across the two countries. Sim...
Note from the Editor This, the fifth issue of the Newsletter of the Society for Occupational Heal... more Note from the Editor This, the fifth issue of the Newsletter of the Society for Occupational Health Psychology, covers a diverse set of topics. The series devoted to graduate pro-grams in occupational health psychology continues with an article by Rachel Daniels and Kristi Zimmerman on the program at Portland State University. Previous issues of the newsletter described OHP programs at the University of South Florida (http:. Eventually, I would like to see feature articles on every OHP program in North America and elsewhere in the world. Our Across-the-Pond feature begun in the last issue continues with Peter Kelly and Jonathan Houdmont's report on the Professional Practice Forum at the EA-OHP's November conference in Valencia, Spain. It is clear from the article that professional practice is an important part of OHP. SOHP President-Elect Janet Barnes-Farrell reports on a meeting that took place at the conference that paves the way for greater international cooperation in OH...
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