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Work-related stressors and coping behaviors among leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises
BACKGROUND: Occupational health interventions for leaders are underrepresented in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). When creating and developing effective occupational health interventions, identification of the specific needs of the target group is regarded as an essential step before plan...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10103039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37059975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15581-3 |
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author | Dannheim, Indra Buyken, Anette E. Kroke, Anja |
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description | BACKGROUND: Occupational health interventions for leaders are underrepresented in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). When creating and developing effective occupational health interventions, identification of the specific needs of the target group is regarded as an essential step before planning an intervention. Therefore, the aim of this study was (1) to examine the subjectively experienced work-related stressors of leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises, (2) to explore coping behaviors leaders use to deal with the experienced work-related stressors, (3) to investigate resources supporting the coping process and (4) to identify potentially self-perceived consequences resulting from the experienced stressors. METHODS: Ten semi-structured interviews with leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises were conducted. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed with content-structuring qualitative content analysis in accordance to Kuckartz. RESULTS: Leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises experience various stressors caused by work organization as well as industry-related stressors and other work-related stressors. To address the experienced stressors, leaders apply problem focused coping behaviors (e.g. performing changes on structural and personal level), emotional focused coping behaviors (e.g. balancing activities, cognitive restructuring) as well as the utilization of social support. Helpful resources for the coping process include organizational, social and personal resources. As a result of the experienced work-related stressors, interviewees stated to experience different health impairments, negative effects on work quality as well as neglect of leisure activities and lack of time for family and friends. CONCLUSION: The identified experienced work-related stressors, applied coping behaviors, utilized resources and emerging consequences underpin the urgent need for the development and performance of health-oriented leadership interventions for leaders in small and medium- sized IT and technological services. The results of this study can be used when designing a target-oriented intervention for the examined target group. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-023-15581-3. |
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spelling | pubmed-101030392023-04-15 Work-related stressors and coping behaviors among leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises Dannheim, Indra Buyken, Anette E. Kroke, Anja BMC Public Health Research BACKGROUND: Occupational health interventions for leaders are underrepresented in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). When creating and developing effective occupational health interventions, identification of the specific needs of the target group is regarded as an essential step before planning an intervention. Therefore, the aim of this study was (1) to examine the subjectively experienced work-related stressors of leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises, (2) to explore coping behaviors leaders use to deal with the experienced work-related stressors, (3) to investigate resources supporting the coping process and (4) to identify potentially self-perceived consequences resulting from the experienced stressors. METHODS: Ten semi-structured interviews with leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises were conducted. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed with content-structuring qualitative content analysis in accordance to Kuckartz. RESULTS: Leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises experience various stressors caused by work organization as well as industry-related stressors and other work-related stressors. To address the experienced stressors, leaders apply problem focused coping behaviors (e.g. performing changes on structural and personal level), emotional focused coping behaviors (e.g. balancing activities, cognitive restructuring) as well as the utilization of social support. Helpful resources for the coping process include organizational, social and personal resources. As a result of the experienced work-related stressors, interviewees stated to experience different health impairments, negative effects on work quality as well as neglect of leisure activities and lack of time for family and friends. CONCLUSION: The identified experienced work-related stressors, applied coping behaviors, utilized resources and emerging consequences underpin the urgent need for the development and performance of health-oriented leadership interventions for leaders in small and medium- sized IT and technological services. The results of this study can be used when designing a target-oriented intervention for the examined target group. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-023-15581-3. BioMed Central 2023-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10103039/ /pubmed/37059975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15581-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Dannheim, Indra Buyken, Anette E. Kroke, Anja Work-related stressors and coping behaviors among leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises |
title | Work-related stressors and coping behaviors among leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises |
title_full | Work-related stressors and coping behaviors among leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises |
title_fullStr | Work-related stressors and coping behaviors among leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises |
title_full_unstemmed | Work-related stressors and coping behaviors among leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises |
title_short | Work-related stressors and coping behaviors among leaders in small and medium-sized IT and technological services enterprises |
title_sort | work-related stressors and coping behaviors among leaders in small and medium-sized it and technological services enterprises |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10103039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37059975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15581-3 |
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