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When respect deteriorates: incivility as a moderator of the stressor-strain relationship among hospital workers
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posted on 2010-11-01, 00:00 authored by D Gilin Oore, D Leblanc, A Day, Michael Leiter, H K Spence Laschinger, S L Price, M LatimerAIM: To test whether incivility at work exacerbates the relationship between stressors and strain for hospital workers. BACKGROUND: A climate of incivility and disrespect among colleagues was expected to heighten the impact of work stressors on the mental and physical health of care providers. METHODS: Members of 17 care-providing units from five hospital systems in Canada completed surveys, before and after a civility intervention (eight intervention vs. nine comparison units). Analyses tested whether (1) incivility moderated the stressor-strain relationship at baseline (n=478), and (2) the stressor-strain relationship decreased for the intervention units relative to comparison units 6 months later (n=361). RESULTS: (1) Pre-intervention, individuals reporting more incivility on their unit showed a stronger stressor-strain relationship. (2) The negative relationship between work overload and mental health was mitigated among intervention group staff 6 months after the introduction of a colleague-based civility programme. CONCLUSIONS: Besides being a stressor itself, incivility exacerbates the relationship between existing job role stressors and strain among health care workers. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT: Colleague civility and respect have an important ripple effect of buffering inevitable work stressors, helping health care providers respond to stress with greater health and resiliency.
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Journal of nursing managementVolume
18Issue
8Pagination
878 - 888Publisher
WileyLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1365-2834Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2010, The AuthorsUsage metrics
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