Influence of Individual Characteristics on Work Engagement and Job Stress in a Sample of National and Foreign Workers in Switzerland

IF 0.8 Q3 Psychology

Swiss Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI:10.1024/1421-0185/A000146

C. Pocnet, J. Antonietti, Koorosh Massoudi, Christina Györkös, Jurgen Becker, G. P. Bruin, J. Rossier

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Abstract

In most Western postindustrial societies today, the population is aging, businesses are faced with global integration, and important migration flows are taking place. Increasingly work organizations are hiring crossnational and multicultural workteams. In this situation it is important to understand the influence of certain individual and cultural characteristics on the process of professional integration. The present study explores the links between personality traits, demographic characteristics (age, sex, education, income, and nationality), work engagement, and job stress. The sample consisted of 618 persons, including 394 Swiss workers (200 women, 194 men) and 224 foreigners living and working in Switzerland (117 women, 107 men). Each participant completed the NEO-FFI, the UWES, and the GWSS questionnaires. Our results show an interaction between age and nationality with respect to work engagement and general job stress. The levels of work engagement and job stress appear to increase with age among n...

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个人特征对瑞士本国和外籍工人工作投入和工作压力的影响

在当今大多数西方后工业社会中，人口正在老龄化，企业面临全球一体化，重要的移民流动正在发生。越来越多的工作组织正在雇用跨国和多元文化的工作团队。在这种情况下，了解某些个人和文化特征对专业整合过程的影响是很重要的。本研究探讨了人格特征、人口统计学特征(年龄、性别、教育程度、收入和国籍)、工作投入和工作压力之间的联系。样本由618人组成，其中包括394名瑞士工人(200名女性，194名男性)和224名在瑞士生活和工作的外国人(117名女性，107名男性)。每位参与者完成NEO-FFI、UWES和GWSS问卷调查。我们的研究结果显示，年龄和国籍之间的相互作用，就工作投入和一般工作压力。工作投入程度和工作压力似乎随着年龄的增长而增加。

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Swiss Journal of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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1.50

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期刊介绍： General, Clinical, Social, Organizational, Developmental, Personality, and Biological Psychology.