Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회지)

Korean Academic Society of Occupational Health Nursing (한국직업건강간호학회)
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Effect of Psychosocial Work Environment and Self-efficacy on Mental Health of Office Workers

사무직 근로자의 사회심리적 업무환경과 자기효능감이 정신건강에 미치는 영향

  • June, Kyung Ja (Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University) ;
  • Choi, Eun Suk (Department of Nursing, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Park, Mi-Jin (Occupational & Environmental Health Lab, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
  • 전경자 (순천향대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 최은숙 (경북대학교 간호학과) ;
  • 박미진 (서울대학교 보건대학원 산업환경보건연구실)
  • Received : 2013.06.24
  • Accepted : 2013.08.20
  • Published : 2013.08.31
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Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to assess the effects of psychosocial work environment and self-efficacy on stress, depression, and burn-out among office workers. Methods: Survey data were collected from 331 office workers who worked in one workplace from April 10 to 30, 2012. The impact of psychosocial work environment and self-efficacy on stress, depression, and burn-out was analyzed with hierarchical multiple regression using SAS version 9.3. Results: Work-family conflicts and emotional demands were identified as main factors influencing mental health. Other work environment factors influencing mental health were role clarity for stress, possibilities for development, meaning-of work, social support-from supervisors and job insecurity for depression, and social community at work for burn-out. Self-efficacy was correlated with most psychosocial work environment and factor with independent influence on stress and depression. The final models including general characteristics, psychosocial work environment, and self-efficacy accounted for 34%, 44%, and 36% for stress, depression, and burn-out respectively. Conclusion: To promote mental health in office workers, there is a need to decrease work-family conflicts and emotional demands and to improve work organization and job contents, social support, and self-efficacy.

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