Increasing coping resources at work: a field experiment to increase social support, improve work team functioning, and enhance employee mental health
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A field experiment was conducted using a theory-driven training program for to mentally disabled adults in Michigan to determine the extent to which worksite coping resources such as social support and perceived control alleviate job stress and enhance mental health. The results showed the effectivity of a training program to increase an individual's ability to utilize coping resources. It was shown that a work team environment and social support lowered depressive symptoms and somatization in individuals who were at risk for job burn-out.
Publication Name: Journal of Organizational Behavior
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0894-3796
Year: 1995
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Social support, group consensus and stressor-strain relationships: social context matters
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Research examining ways in which the quality of the social environments influences individuals' response to stressors is presented. Particular attention is given to social environment analysis and to monitoring social environment influence in the case of 1923 soldiers in Haiti.
Publication Name: Journal of Organizational Behavior
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0894-3796
Year: 2001
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