A pilot study on psychosocial factors and perceptions of organizational health among a sample of U.S. waste workers

Solid waste workers encounter a number of occupational hazards that are likely to induce stress. Thus, there are likely to be psychosocial factors that also contribute to their overall perceptions of organizational health. However, attitudes regarding the aforementioned among solid waste workers’ ha...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2024-04, Vol.14 (1), p.9185-9185, Article 9185
Main Authors: Le, Aurora B., Shkembi, Abas, Gibbs, Shawn G., Neitzel, Richard L.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health hazards
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Male
Middle Aged
multidisciplinary
Occupational hazards
Occupational Health
Occupational safety
Occupational Stress - psychology
Organizational health
Perception
Pilot Projects
Psychological aspects
Psychosocial factors
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Solid Waste
Solid wastes
Statistical analysis
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Waste workers
Workers
Workplace - psychology
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Summary:Solid waste workers encounter a number of occupational hazards that are likely to induce stress. Thus, there are likely to be psychosocial factors that also contribute to their overall perceptions of organizational health. However, attitudes regarding the aforementioned among solid waste workers’ have not been assessed. This descriptive, cross-sectional pilot study operationalized the INPUTS Survey to determine workers’ perceptions of organizational health and other psychosocial factors of work. Percentage and mean responses to each INPUTS domain are presented in accordance with their survey manual. Pearson’s chi-squared tests were run on count data; Fisher’s exact tests were run for count data with fewer than five samples. ANOVAs were run on the continuous items. Due to a relatively low sample size (N = 68), two-sided p values 
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-59912-9