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Employee Wellbeing Flashcards

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Define employee wellbeing, Juniper, 2011

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The part of an employees overall wellbeing that they perceive to be determined primarily by work and can be influenced by workplace interventions

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Define wellbeing

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when individuals have the psychological, social and physical recources they need to meet a particular challenge

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How many days of work did an average employee lose due to stress according to HSE, 2015

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23 days

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Define stress, HSE, 2016

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The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them at work

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According to HSE, 2016 what are the five major causes of stress

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poorly managed: 
demands, 
control, 
support, 
relationships, 
work-life balance
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Explain the structional approaches and give an example

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they focus on the specific elements of work and how they interact to result in a negative emotional state. E.G Demand Support Control Model

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Reference for Demand Support Control Model

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Kurasek, 1990

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Explain transactional approaches and give an example

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They focus on the psychological mechanisms involved in the process of stress. E.G Cognitive Appraisal

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Reference for Cognitive Appraisal

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Lazarus, 1984

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Three outcomes of work-home conflict

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Health, work and family

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Amstad, 2011

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health outcomes- burnout, depression, substance abuse

Work outcomes- lower job satisfaction, work performance, organisational commitment, absenteeism

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Geurts, 2003

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Family outcomes- reduced marital and family satisfaction

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Role Strain theory

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Greenhaus, 1985. one role impacts the ability to do another role

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time based conflict

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time demands associated with one role restricts the amount that can be dedicated to another role

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strain based conflict

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stress from one role transfers to other roles

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behaviour based conflict

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behaviour that is effective in one role is inappropriately applied to the other role

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work-home conflict

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inter-role conflict work and home incompatible

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three ways workplace wellbeing can be improved

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dedication, flexible working opportunities, workplace interventions of resilience training and stress interventions such as CBT

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Define Resilience, Pemberton, 2015

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The capacity to remain flexible in our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours when faced with a life disruption or extended periods of pressure

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Transactional approach to stress

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Potentiallystressful stimuli may lead to different types of stress reactions in different individuals, depending on their cognitive evaluations of the situation and the resources they have at their disposal to cope with the stressful situation

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DWP 2006

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work is generally good for physical and mental wellbeing,

22
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Nijp, 2012

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positive link between employee-oriented schedule flexibility and work life balance

23
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Allwyn, 2013

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telework may improve work-life balance and mitigate work-home conflict

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Martin, 2012

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It could increase social isolation

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Explain conservation of resources, Hobfoll, 1989

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people seek to acquire and maintain resources. Resource loss has a greater impact than resource gain. Energy resources are depleted when job demands are too high

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Effort recovery model, Meijman, 1998

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There needs to be time for the psychobiological systems to return to normal, if unable there will be a spiral of accumulating fatigue

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Allostatic load theory, McEwa, 2006

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Stress response fails to switch off

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broaden and build theory

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broadening our perspectives and actions, we tend to build important and lasting physical, intellectual, psychological and social resources
positive thinking undoes negative emotions

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frederickson

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broaden and build theory

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Day and Randall

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psychologically healthy workplaces

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psychologically healthy workplaces

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dedicated to promoting and supporting the physical and psychological health and wellbeing of their employees while simultaneously incorporating solid business practices to remain as an efficient and productive business entity and having a positive impact on their clients and community

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what is resilience training- robertson

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Resilience training can improve personal resilience and is a useful means of developing mental health and subjective wellbeing in employees

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explain stress interventions- bhui

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CBT effective for individual targeted interventions. Organizationally encouraged physical activity reduced absenteeism.

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explain mindfulness interventions- shapero

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Mindfulness-based stress reduction has been associated with decreased perceived stress and increased self-compassion, greater life satisfaction and less job burnout and distress

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what is cognitive appraisal- lazarus

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individuals evaluate a situation, the evaluation causes an emotional response individual to that person

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