Perceptions of Work Environment and Psychological Strain across Categories of Office Jobs
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting
- Vol. 34 (12) , 849-853
- https://doi.org/10.1177/154193129003401205
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine worker perceptions of the work environment and psychological strain across job categories, as well as relationships between perceptions of the work environment and strain among office workers. Two-hundred-sixty-two employees from three public service organizations participated in the study. Using a questionnaire, we obtained measures of the work environment and of psychological strain. Office jobs were classified in seven job categories. Discriminant analyses showed that worker perceptions of the work environment varied across job categories, while the variation in strain was minimal. Worker perceptions of the work environment were related to some of the indicators of psychological strain. The most consistent predictor of strain was job control.Keywords
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