Effect of Psychosocial Work Environment and Self-efficacy on Mental Health of Office Workers

June, Kyung Ja; Choi, Eun Suk; Park, Mi Jin

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aims to assess the effects of psychosocial work environment and self-efficacy on stress, depression, and burn-out among office workers.
METHODS
Survey data were collected from 331 office workers who worked in one workplace from April 10 to 30, 2012. The impact of psychosocial work environment and self-efficacy on stress, depression, and burn-out was analyzed with hierarchical multiple regression using SAS version 9.3.
RESULTS
Work-family conflicts and emotional demands were identified as main factors influencing mental health. Other work environment factors influencing mental health were role clarity for stress, possibilities for development, meaning-of work, social support-from supervisors and job insecurity for depression, and social community at work for burn-out. Self-efficacy was correlated with most psychosocial work environment and factor with independent influence on stress and depression. The final models including general characteristics, psychosocial work environment, and self-efficacy accounted for 34%, 44%, and 36% for stress, depression, and burn-out respectively.
CONCLUSION
To promote mental health in office workers, there is a need to decrease work-family conflicts and emotional demands and to improve work organization and job contents, social support, and self-efficacy.