| Maintenance of subjective health during a merger: the role of experienced change and pre-merger social support at work in white- and blue-collar workers. | |
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PMID: 15020007 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Prospective research on psychosocial effects on employees' health associated with organizational mergers has been scarce. The first aim of this study was to explore the subjective health effects (exhaustion and functional incapacity) of an organizational merger among employees who had experienced a change in their own job position differently (improved, unaltered, and declined). Secondly, the effects of pre-merger social support (organizational, supervisor, and coworkers) at work on the experienced change in job position and on subjective health were examined. The merger took place in 1999 between two multinational firms of equal size. The study is based on two surveys (n=2,225) carried out in 1996 and in 2000 in the Finnish part of the company. The data on age, sex, pre-merger sickness absence (1996-98) and subjective health status (1996) were used as covariates. The results indicate that all sources of social support had a significant effect on the experience of change in one's job position. A decline in job position strongly increased the risk of poor subjective health after the merger. Weak organizational support was associated with impaired subjective health, especially in blue-collar workers, while weak supervisor support impaired functional capacity in white-collar workers. In turn, strong co-workers' support increased the risk of poor subjective health among blue-collar workers when their job position declined. We conclude that negative changes experienced in one's job position and lack of upper-level social support at work create a potential risk for health impairment in different employee groups in merging enterprises. |
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Authors:
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Ari Väänänen; Krista Pahkin; Raija Kalimo; Bram P Buunk |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Social science & medicine (1982) Volume: 58 ISSN: 0277-9536 ISO Abbreviation: Soc Sci Med Publication Date: 2004 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-03-15 Completed Date: 2004-06-18 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8303205 Medline TA: Soc Sci Med Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1903-15 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, Helsinki FIN-00250, Finland. ari.vaananen@ttl.fi |
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Adult Employment / psychology Fatigue / etiology, psychology Female Finland Follow-Up Studies Health Status Humans Industry / manpower, organization & administration* Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Occupational Health / statistics & numerical data Organizational Innovation* Personnel Downsizing / psychology Questionnaires Social Class* Social Support* Workplace / psychology* |
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