The Psychosocial Work Environment, Employee Mental Health and Organizational Interventions: Improving Research and Practice by Taking a Multilevel Approach

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Martin, A., Karanika-Murray, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-4141-3747, Biron, C. and Sanderson, K., 2014. The Psychosocial Work Environment, Employee Mental Health and Organizational Interventions: Improving Research and Practice by Taking a Multilevel Approach. Stress and Health. ISSN 1532-2998

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smi.2593

Abstract

Although there have been several calls for incorporating multiple levels of analysis in employee health and wellbeing research, studies examining the interplay between individual, workgroup, organizational and broader societal factors in relation to employee mental health outcomes remain an exception rather than the norm. At the same time, organizational intervention research and practice also tends to be limited by a single-level focus, omitting potentially important influences at multiple levels of analysis. The aims of this conceptual paper are to help progress our understanding of work-related determinants of employee mental health by: (i) providing a rationale for routine multilevel assessment of the psychosocial work environment; (ii) discussing how a multilevel perspective can improve related organizational interventions and (iii) highlighting key theoretical and methodological considerations relevant to these aims. We present five recommendations for future research, relating to using appropriate multilevel research designs, justifying group level constructs, developing group-level measures, expanding investigations to the organizational level, and developing multilevel approaches to intervention design, implementation and evaluation.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

Stress and Health

Creators:

Martin, A., Karanika-Murray, M., Biron, C. and Sanderson, K.

Publisher:

John Wiley

Date:

2014

ISSN:

1532-2998