Emotional labor, workplace violence, and depressive symptoms in female Bank employees: a questionnaire survey using the K-ELS and K-WVS
| Autor: | Jae Gwang Lee, Kyung Jae Lee, Hee Sung Lee, June-Hee Lee, Guang Hwi Kim, Joo Ja Kim, Sung Won Jung |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Emotional labor K-ELS Organizational culture Social issues K-WVS 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Bank medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Depression (differential diagnoses) Sexual violence Workplace violence Depression Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Questionnaire 030210 environmental & occupational health Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene RC963-969 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Psychology Research Article Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2018) Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| ISSN: | 2052-4374 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40557-018-0229-9 |
| Popis: | Background In modern society, the scale of the service industry is continuously expanding, and the number of service workers is increasing. Correspondingly, physical and mental problems related to emotional labor are becoming a major social problem. In this study, we investigated the relationship between emotional labor, workplace violence, and depressive symptoms in female bank employees, which is a typical service industry. Methods In this study, the Korean Emotional Labor Scale (K-ELS) and Korean Workplace Violence Scale (K-WVS) were distributed to 381 female workers in their 20s at a bank in Seoul, Korea. Data were obtained from 289 subjects (75.9%) and analyzed for 278 respondents, after excluding those with missing responses. We examined the relationship between emotional labor, workplace violence, and depressive symptoms, using multiple logistic regression analysis. Results Among 278 subjects, 27 workers (9.7%) had depressive symptoms. “Emotional disharmony and hurt” (OR 2.93, 95% CI = 1.17–7.36) and “Organizational surveillance and monitoring” (OR 3.18, 95% CI = 1.29–7.86) showed a significant association with depressive symptoms. For workplace violence, the “Experience of psychological and sexual violence from supervisors and coworkers” (OR 4.07, 95% CI = 1.58–10.50) showed a significant association. When the number of high-risk emotional labor-related factors was 1 or more, 13.1% showed depressive symptoms. When the number of high-risk workplace violence-related factors was 1 or more, 14.4% had statistically significant depressive symptoms. Conclusions A significant result was found for depressive symptoms related to Emotional disharmony, which is a sub-topic of emotional labor, and those at high risk for “Organizational surveillance and monitoring.” For workplace violence, depressive symptoms were high for the group at high risk for the “experience of psychological and sexual violence from supervisors and coworkers.” In this way, management of emotional disharmony, a sub-factor of emotional labor, is necessary, and improvements to traditional corporate culture that monitors emotional labor is necessary. Violence from colleagues and supervisors in the workplace must also be reduced. IRB Approval No. SCHUH 2017–01-029. Registered 26 January 2017. Retrospectively registered. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s40557-018-0229-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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