Early Career South African Occupational Therapists' Perceptions of Person-Environment Fit in Work-Life Areas That Influence Work Stress.

IF 1.3 4区 医学 Q3 REHABILITATION
Occupational Therapy International Pub Date : 2024-10-23 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1155/2024/3189429
Patricia de Witt, Morgann Bruce, Marica Botha, Denise Franzsen
{"title":"Early Career South African Occupational Therapists' Perceptions of Person-Environment Fit in Work-Life Areas That Influence Work Stress.","authors":"Patricia de Witt, Morgann Bruce, Marica Botha, Denise Franzsen","doi":"10.1155/2024/3189429","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Introduction:</b> Poor fit between the work environment and work expectations is associated with high levels of workplace-related stress. Work stress in occupational therapy has been attributed to the nature of the profession and various other workplace-related factors. Workplace-related stress leading to burnout has been found to be higher in early career occupational therapists with less than 5 years of experience. This study explored workplace factors that result in poor person-work environment fit in six work-life areas in South African early career occupational therapists. <b>Methods:</b> A descriptive electronic survey design was used to access a sample of South African 261 occupational therapists with 2-5 years of work experience. The Area of Work-Life Survey (AWS) considers six work-life areas: control, workload, community, rewards, values, and fairness, which were used to collect data. Data were analysed to determine low, moderate, and high work environment fit for workplace factors including employment setting, field of practice, years' experience, time with current organization, and hours worked. <b>Results:</b> Of the six work-life areas, only the scores for workload fell below the norm for the respondents. All six work-life areas were impacted by employment settings, with respondents in public health hospitals and clinics indicating significantly low person-environment fit in most areas. Respondents in physical rehabilitation had a significantly low fit for workload, as did years of experience, length of time with organization, and hours worked. Fairness had a low fit for physical rehabilitation and medicolegal fields of practice. <b>Conclusion:</b> Workload impacted workplace-related stress in respondents with scores below the norm on the AWS for this work-life area. Although some work-related factors affected workplace-related stress, the overall scores for the other work-life areas were above the norm, with only respondents in public service settings and in the field of physical rehabilitation reporting low work environment fit.</p>","PeriodicalId":49140,"journal":{"name":"Occupational Therapy International","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11524708/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Occupational Therapy International","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/3189429","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"REHABILITATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Introduction: Poor fit between the work environment and work expectations is associated with high levels of workplace-related stress. Work stress in occupational therapy has been attributed to the nature of the profession and various other workplace-related factors. Workplace-related stress leading to burnout has been found to be higher in early career occupational therapists with less than 5 years of experience. This study explored workplace factors that result in poor person-work environment fit in six work-life areas in South African early career occupational therapists. Methods: A descriptive electronic survey design was used to access a sample of South African 261 occupational therapists with 2-5 years of work experience. The Area of Work-Life Survey (AWS) considers six work-life areas: control, workload, community, rewards, values, and fairness, which were used to collect data. Data were analysed to determine low, moderate, and high work environment fit for workplace factors including employment setting, field of practice, years' experience, time with current organization, and hours worked. Results: Of the six work-life areas, only the scores for workload fell below the norm for the respondents. All six work-life areas were impacted by employment settings, with respondents in public health hospitals and clinics indicating significantly low person-environment fit in most areas. Respondents in physical rehabilitation had a significantly low fit for workload, as did years of experience, length of time with organization, and hours worked. Fairness had a low fit for physical rehabilitation and medicolegal fields of practice. Conclusion: Workload impacted workplace-related stress in respondents with scores below the norm on the AWS for this work-life area. Although some work-related factors affected workplace-related stress, the overall scores for the other work-life areas were above the norm, with only respondents in public service settings and in the field of physical rehabilitation reporting low work environment fit.

南非早期职业治疗师对影响工作压力的工作与生活领域中人与环境契合度的看法。
简介工作环境与工作期望之间的不相适应与工作场所相关的高强度压力有关。职业治疗中的工作压力可归因于职业的性质和其他各种与工作场所相关的因素。研究发现,在工作经验不足 5 年的早期职业治疗师中,导致职业倦怠的工作场所相关压力较高。本研究探讨了导致南非早期职业治疗师在六个工作与生活领域中人与工作环境不协调的工作场所因素。研究方法采用描述性电子调查设计,对南非 261 名具有 2-5 年工作经验的职业治疗师进行抽样调查。工作与生活领域调查(AWS)考虑了六个工作与生活领域:控制、工作量、社区、奖励、价值观和公平性。对数据进行了分析,以确定工作场所因素的低、中、高工作环境适应度,包括就业环境、执业领域、工作年限、在当前组织工作的时间和工作时间。结果显示在六个工作-生活领域中,只有工作量的得分低于受访者的正常值。所有六个工作-生活领域都受到就业环境的影响,在公共卫生医院和诊所工作的受访者在大多数领域的人-环境契合度都明显偏低。从事物理康复工作的受访者在工作量、工作年限、在机构工作时间和工作时数方面的契合度明显较低。在物理康复和医疗法律领域,公平性的契合度较低。结论在工作-生活领域的 AWS 分数低于标准的受访者中,工作量影响了与工作场所相关的压力。虽然一些与工作相关的因素会影响与工作场所相关的压力,但其他工作-生活领域的总体得分均高于标准值,只有公共服务机构和身体康复领域的受访者表示工作环境契合度较低。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
CiteScore
2.50
自引率
6.70%
发文量
121
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Occupational Therapy International is a peer-reviewed journal, publishing manuscripts that reflect the practice of occupational therapy throughout the world. Research studies or original concept papers are considered for publication. Priority for publication will be given to research studies that provide recommendations for evidence-based practice and demonstrate the effectiveness of a specific treatment method. Single subject case studies evaluating treatment effectiveness are also encouraged. Other topics that are appropriate for the journal include reliability and validity of clinical instruments, assistive technology, community rehabilitation, cultural comparisons, health promotion and wellness.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信