Improving Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction in Healthcare: A Study Concept Design on a Participatory Organizational Level Intervention in Psychosocial Risks Management

This paper contributes to the literature on organizational interventions on occupational health by presenting a concept study design to test the efficacy of a Participatory Organizational-level Intervention to improve working conditions and job satisfaction in Healthcare. The Participatory Organizat...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2020-05, Vol.17 (10), p.3677
Main Authors: Di Tecco, Cristina, Nielsen, Karina, Ghelli, Monica, Ronchetti, Matteo, Marzocchi, Ivan, Persechino, Benedetta, Iavicoli, Sergio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Design
Employees
Evaluation
Health care
Intervention
Job satisfaction
Mental health
Occupational health
Occupational stress
Risk assessment
Risk management
Staff participation
Stress
Workers
Working conditions
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This paper contributes to the literature on organizational interventions on occupational health by presenting a concept study design to test the efficacy of a Participatory Organizational-level Intervention to improve working conditions and job satisfaction in Healthcare. The Participatory Organizational-level Intervention is developed using the Italian methodology to assess and manage psychosocial risks tailored to Healthcare. We added an additional step: evaluation, aiming to examine how the intervention works, what worked for whom and in which circumstances. This ongoing study is conducted in collaboration with two large Italian hospitals (more than 7000 employees). The study design comprises a quasi-experimental approach consisting of five phases and surveys distributed pre- and post-intervention aiming to capture improvements in working conditions and job satisfaction. Moreover, to evaluate the efficacy of the Intervention in terms of process and content, we use a realist evaluation to test Context-Mechanisms-Outcome (CMO) configurations. We collect contextual factors at baseline and during and post-intervention process data on the key principles of line manager support and employees participation. This study is expected to provide insights on methods and strategies to improve working conditions and employees' job satisfaction and on national policies in the occupational health framework.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph17103677