Occupational stress in the multicultural workplace

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 697-705

  Pasca, Romana ^a   Wagner, Shannon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Models of stress; Multicultural; Occupational stress; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755135515     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9457-6     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Baba VV, Jamal M, Tourigny L. Work and mental health: a decade in Canadian research. Can Psychol. 1998;39:94-104.
2. Noonan J, Wagner SL. Workplace stress: theory and implications. J Vocat Eval Work Adjust. 2010;37:1-10.
3. Sauter SL, Murphy LR, Hurrell JJ. Prevention of work-related psychological disorders: a national strategy opposed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Am Psychol. 1990;45:1146-58.
4. Karasek RA, Baker D, Marxer F, Ahlborn A, Theorell T. Job decision latitude, job demands and cardiovascular disease: a prospective study of Swedish men. Am J Public Health. 1981;71:694-705. (Pubitemid 11064314)
5. Grebner S, Semmer NK, Elfering A. Working conditions and three types of well-being: a longitudinal study with self-report and reading data. J Occup Health Psychol. 2005;10:31-43. (Pubitemid 40111139)
6. Ganster DC, Dewyer DJ, Fox ML. Explaining employees' healthcare costs: a prospective examination of stressful job demands, personal control, and physiological reactivity. J Appl Psychol. 2001;86:954-64. (Pubitemid 33582421)
7. Helland Hammer TH, et al. Expanding the psychosocial work environment: workplace norms and work-family conflict a scoreless stress and health. J Occup Health Psychol. 2004;9:83-97.
8. Loretto W, et al. Assessing psychological well-being: a holistic investigation of NHS employees. Int Rev Psychiatr. 2005;17:329-36. (Pubitemid 41499666)
9. Marchand A, Demers A, Durand P. Do occupation and work conditions really matter? A longitudinal analysis of psychological distress experiences among Canadian workers. Sociol Health Illn. 2005;27:602-27. (Pubitemid 41126585)
10. Peeter MCW, et al. Balancing work and home: how job demands are related to burnout. Int J Stress Manage. 2005;121:43-61.
11. Polanyi M, Tompa E. Rethinking work-health models for the new global economy: a qualitative analysis of emerging dimensions of work. Work. 2004;23:3-18. (Pubitemid 39255491)
12. Xie JL. Karasek's model in the People's Republic of China: effects of job demands, control, and individual differences. Acad Manage J. 1996;39:1594-618. (Pubitemid 126174649)
13. Seigrist J. Adverse health effects of high-effort/low-reward conditions. J Occup Health Psychol. 1996;1:27-41.
14. Seigrist J. Adverse health effects of effort-reward imbalance at work: theory, empirical support and implications for prevention. In: Cooper CL, editor. Theories of organizational stress. p. 190-204.
15. Van Vegchel N, De Jonge J, Landsbergis PA. Occupational in (inter) action: the interplay between job demands and job resources. J Organ Behav. 2005;26:535-60. (Pubitemid 41018202)
16. Rugulies R, et al. Distribution of effort-reward imbalance in Denmark and its prospective association with a decline in selfrated health. J Occup Environ Med. 2009;51:870-8.
17. Yost AD, Lucas MS. Adjustment issues affecting employment for immigrants from the former Soviet Union. J Employ Counsel. 2002;39:153-70.
18. Ursin H, Eriksen HR. The cognitive activation theory of stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2004;29:567-92. (Pubitemid 38369163)
19. Arnetz BA. An attempt to apply a cognitive occupation theory to organizations. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2005;30:1022-6.
20. Cochrane R, Stopes-Roe M. Psychological symptoms in Indian immigrants to England-a comparison with native English. Psychol Med. 1981;11:319-27. (Pubitemid 11086450)
21. Jamal M, Badawi JA. Job-stress, type-A behavior and employees' well-being among Muslim immigrants in North America: a study in workforce diversity. Int J Commer Manage. 1995;5:6-22.
22. Santos SJ, Bohon LM, Sanchez-Sosa JJ. Childhood family relationships, marital and work complex, and mental health distress in Mexican immigrants. J Commun Psychol. 1998;26:491-508.
23. Rismark M, Sitter S. Workplaces as learning environments: interaction between newcomer and work communities. Scand J Educ Res. 2003;47:495-510. (Pubitemid 37256659)
24. Stokols D. Establishing and maintaining healthy environments: toward a social ecology of health promotion. Am Psychol. 1992;47:6-22.
25. Ettner SL, Grzywacz JG. Workers' perceptions of how drugs affect health: a social ecological perspective. J Occup Health Psychol. 2001;6:101-13.
26. Caplan RD, Harrison RV. Person-environment fit theory: some history, recent developments, and future directions. J Soc Issues. 1993;49:253-76.
27. Elovainio M, et al. Organizational and individual factors affecting mental health and job satisfaction: a multilevel analysis of job control and personality. J Occup Health Psychol. 2000;5:269-77.
28. Furnham A. Lay theories of work stress. Work Stress. 1997;11:68-78. (Pubitemid 27290406)
29. Kinman G, Jones F. Lay representations of workplace stress: what do people really mean when they say that they are stressed. Work Stress. 2005;19:101-20. (Pubitemid 41113630)
30. Amason P, Watkins Allen M, Holmes SA. Social support and acculturative stress in the multicultural workplace. J Appl Commun Res. 1999;27:310-34.
31. Beiser M. The health of immigrants and refugees in Canada. Can J Public Health 1999;96:CBCA Reference S30.
32. Shuval JT. The reconstruction of professional identity among immigrant physicians in three societies. J Immigr Health. 2000;2:191-202.
33. Wang J, Patten SB. Perceived work stress and major depression in the Canadian employed population, 20-49 years old. J Occup Health Psychol. 2001;6:283-9.
34. Tran AG, Lee RM, Burgess DJ. Perceived discrimination and substance use is Hispanic/Latino, African-Born Black, and Southest Asian immigrants. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2010;16(2):226-36.
35. Williams DR, Nieghbors HW, Jackson JS. Racial/ethnic discrimination and health: findings from community studies. Am J Public Health. 2003;93:200-8. (Pubitemid 36163375)
36. Kelloway EK, Day AL. Building healthy workplaces: what we know so far. Can J Behav Sci. 2005;37:223-35.
37. Hansson AS, Vingard E, Arnetz B, Anderzien I. Organizational change, health, and sick leave among health care employees: a longitudinal study measuring stress markers, individual, and work site factors. Work Stress. 2008;22:69-80.
38. Dawley DD, Andrews MC, Bucklew NS. Enhancing the ties that bind: mentoring asa moderator. Career Dev Int. 2010;15(3):259-78.
39. Pines AM. Adult attachment styles and their relationship to burnout: a preliminary, cross-cultural investigation. Work Stress. 2004;18:66-80. (Pubitemid 38724784)