Emergency Service Workers: The Role of Policy and Management in (Re)shaping Wellbeing for Emergency Service Workers

Farr-Wharton, B; Brunetto, Y; Hernandez-Grande, A; Brown, K; Teo, S

Emergency Service Workers: The Role of Policy and Management in (Re)shaping Wellbeing for Emergency Service Workers

Farr-Wharton, B Brunetto, Y Hernandez-Grande, A Brown, K Teo, S

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Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Review of Public Personnel Administration, 2023, 43, (4), pp. 774-793
Issue Date:: 2023-10-28

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dc.contributor.author	Farr-Wharton, B
dc.contributor.author	Brunetto, Y
dc.contributor.author	Hernandez-Grande, A
dc.contributor.author	Brown, K
dc.contributor.author	Teo, S
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-04T21:19:18Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-04T21:19:18Z
dc.date.issued	2023-10-28
dc.identifier.citation	Review of Public Personnel Administration, 2023, 43, (4), pp. 774-793
dc.identifier.issn	0734-371X
dc.identifier.issn	1552-759X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/176083
dc.description.abstract	This article examines the impact of psychosocial safety climate (PSC) levels and strength on the job stress and psychological distress of emergency services workers within street level bureaucracies (SLBs). The reason for the research is because the nature of their work and organizational context pre-disposes them to elevated level of psychological distress, and places them at a higher risk of subsequent debilitating physical and mental diseases, which is a cost borne by employees, their families, friends, SLBs, and taxpayers. Survey data was obtained from 274 emergency services workers (including police, and paramedics), nested within 43 workgroups, in Australia. Multilevel regression indicated that lower levels of PSC were associated with higher levels of job stress and psychological distress. Also, PSC strength had a partial moderating effect. The findings justify governments intervening legislatively to ensure SLBs’ take responsibility for ensuring a supportive PSC to mitigates the impact of exposure to workplace trauma.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartof	Review of Public Personnel Administration
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0734371X221130977
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dc.rights	Ben Farr-wharton, Yvonne Brunetto, Aglae Hernandez-Grande, Kerry Brown, Stephen Teo, emergency Service workers : the rold of policy and management in (Re)shaping wellbeing for Emergency service workers, Review fo public Personnel Administration Volume 43 Issue 4 pp.774-793. ©2022.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734371X22113097
dc.subject	1503 Business and Management, 1605 Policy and Administration
dc.subject.classification	3505 Human resources and industrial relations
dc.subject.classification	3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.subject.classification	4407 Policy and administration
dc.title	Emergency Service Workers: The Role of Policy and Management in (Re)shaping Wellbeing for Emergency Service Workers
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This article examines the impact of psychosocial safety climate (PSC) levels and strength on the job stress and psychological distress of emergency services workers within street level bureaucracies (SLBs). The reason for the research is because the nature of their work and organizational context pre-disposes them to elevated level of psychological distress, and places them at a higher risk of subsequent debilitating physical and mental diseases, which is a cost borne by employees, their families, friends, SLBs, and taxpayers. Survey data was obtained from 274 emergency services workers (including police, and paramedics), nested within 43 workgroups, in Australia. Multilevel regression indicated that lower levels of PSC were associated with higher levels of job stress and psychological distress. Also, PSC strength had a partial moderating effect. The findings justify governments intervening legislatively to ensure SLBs’ take responsibility for ensuring a supportive PSC to mitigates the impact of exposure to workplace trauma.

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