Contact with AIDS patients as a source of work-related distress: effects of organizational and social support

Article Abstract:

In this study, we hypothesized that a nurse's exposure to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients as part of the work role is positively associated with distress as indexed by negative mood at work. Given this expected relation, we sought to identify factors that might reduce the negative effects of caring for AIDS patients on nurses. We predicted that both organizational and social support would moderate the relationship between extent of exposure and negative mood, with the relationship being strongest when support is low and weakest when support is high. The results of tests among a sample of 256 nurses supported all the hypotheses. We discuss implications of this study and directions for future research. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Social aspects, Care and treatment, AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease) in the workplace, AIDS phobia

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Monkey see, monkey do: the influence of work groups on the antisocial behavior of employees

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted on a sample of 187 full-time workers to investigate the magnitude to which the context of the work group fomented antisocial behavior of individual employees within the group. The findings overall indicate that the antisocial behavior exhibited by a work group was an important predictor of the individual employee's antisocial behavior in the job setting. They also suggest that several factors moderate this group influence.

Influence, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Social networks, Workers, Social groups, Employee attitudes

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9/11 and New York City firefighters' post hoc unit support and control climates: a context theory of the consequences of involvement in traumatic work-related events

Article Abstract:

A context theory of the impact of involvement in work-related critical incidents is studied stating that variation in unitsE postevent support and control climates justifies cross-unit variation in individual stressor-strain relationships.

United States, Analysis, Fire fighters, Firefighters, Post-traumatic stress disorder, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001

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