Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
J Occup Health Psychol. 2010 Oct;15(4):409-20. doi: 10.1037/a0021001.
The authors examined whether early employer response to workplace injury affects injured workers' subsequent attitudes and mental health. At 1 month and 6 months postinjury, telephone surveys were conducted with 344 workers from Ontario, Canada, who had experienced a musculoskeletal lost-time workplace injury. One-month reports of initial supervisor reaction to the injury and the use of workplace-based return-to-work strategies (early contact with worker, ergonomic assessment, presence of designated coordinator, accommodation offer) were hypothesized to predict reports of fairness, affective commitment, and depressive symptoms measured at 6 months postinjury. Structural equation modeling supported a model wherein fairness perceptions fully mediated the relationship between early responses and injured workers' attitudes and mental health. Early contact and supervisor reactions were significant predictors of fairness perceptions. The implications for early employer response are discussed.
作者研究了雇主对工作场所伤害的早期反应是否会影响受伤工人随后的态度和心理健康。在受伤后 1 个月和 6 个月，对来自加拿大安大略省的 344 名患有肌肉骨骼丧失工作时间的工作场所伤害的工人进行了电话调查。假设受伤后 1 个月报告的主管对伤害的最初反应以及使用工作场所重返工作策略（与工人的早期接触、人体工程学评估、指定协调员的存在、提供住宿）可以预测受伤后 6 个月时报告的公平感、情感承诺和抑郁症状。结构方程模型支持了这样一个模型，即公平感完全中介了早期反应与受伤工人的态度和心理健康之间的关系。早期接触和主管反应是公平感的重要预测因素。对雇主早期反应的影响进行了讨论。
