Stress medicinePub Date : 2000-04-01DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200004)16:3<149::AID-SMI845>3.0.CO;2-X
B. Netterstrøm, Å. Hansen
{"title":"OUTSOURCING AND STRESS: PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON BUS DRIVERS","authors":"B. Netterstrøm, Å. Hansen","doi":"10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200004)16:3<149::AID-SMI845>3.0.CO;2-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200004)16:3<149::AID-SMI845>3.0.CO;2-X","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to evaluate the physiological effects of changes in work organization due to the outsourcing of bus routes. 20 bus drivers served as the study group. They were voluntarily transferred to another bus company after this company had won a tender offer from their former employer. 20 drivers from the former employer served as controls. At baseline, 1 month before the transfer, all were monitored for 2 days; blood pressure was measured every 2 hours while awake. On the 1st day, urine samples were collected and blood samples were taken. Eight and 12 months later, a similar data collection took place in the study group. During the follow-up period, 7 drivers in the study group left their job due to dissatisfaction with working conditions and the remaining 13 drivers changed their attitude to the workplace. In accordance with this, the drivers scored worse on questions regarding job satisfaction. Physiological changes measured at 12-month follow-up, showing increases in systolic blood pressure and DHEA-S, suggest that outsourcing and other radical changes in the psychosocial work environment may lead to prolonged stress among employees.","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"121 2‐3","pages":"149-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50684013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stress medicinePub Date : 2000-03-01DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200003)16:2<117::AID-SMI838>3.0.CO;2-1
V. Rotenberg, S. Kutsay, A. Venger
{"title":"The subjective estimation of integration into a new society and the level of distress","authors":"V. Rotenberg, S. Kutsay, A. Venger","doi":"10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200003)16:2<117::AID-SMI838>3.0.CO;2-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(200003)16:2<117::AID-SMI838>3.0.CO;2-1","url":null,"abstract":"There is a lack of socio-demographic data and psychological variables on subjects suffering distress a few years after immigration. A total of 201 subjects, 80 men and 121 women, were investigated 5 years after immigrating from the former USSR to Israel. The level of distress was compared in subjects who differed in their level of education, employment status, subjective estimation of the immigration stress and integration into society. The level of distress was higher in women, especially in those who are not employed according to their level of education, it was also higher in subjects (21.4 per cent) who feel that their life crisis is ongoing, that they are not integrated into society and have a negative experience as a result of immigrati n. Thus, the level of distress corresponds to the subjective estimation of integration into the new society.","PeriodicalId":82818,"journal":{"name":"Stress medicine","volume":"151 5","pages":"117-123"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50683927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}