Reducing psychosocial risks through supervisors' development: a contribution for a brief version of the "Stress Management Competency Indicator Tool"

The Science of the Total Environment
Stefano ToderiGuido Sarchielli

Abstract

With the recent changes in the world of work psychosocial risks are increasingly prevalent, causing work stress and physical and mental illnesses, which have a tremendous impact on public health and social participation. Supervisors' behaviour development was proposed as an innovative intervention that can reduce psychosocial risks. The "Stress Management Competency Indicator Tool" is one of the most important questionnaires that assess managers' preventive behaviour. However, its psychometric properties have never been evaluated and the length of the questionnaire (66 items) limits its practical applicability. The aim of this study was to contribute to the development of the questionnaire by providing psychometric evidence on a brief version of the tool focusing on the "Managing and Communicating existing and future Work" cluster of behaviours, which has been found to be the crucial one in terms of stress prevention. A questionnaire was administered to 178 employees of two Italian public organizations (a municipality and a hospital), measuring the supervisors' "Managing and Communicating existing and future Work" competency, and the affective well-being and work team effectiveness. The results showed excellent psychometric pro...Continue Reading

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Mar 2, 2016·Safety and Health at Work·Gabriele GiorgiGiulio Arcangeli
Nov 10, 2016·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Stefano Toderi, Guido Sarchielli
Aug 5, 2017·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Suzhen GuanTzi Bun Ng
Mar 3, 2018·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Stefano Toderi, Cristian Balducci
Nov 28, 2019·Occupational Medicine·J HoudmontS Gardner

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