Feeling double locked-in at work: Implications for health and job satisfaction among municipal employees.
(2010) In Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation 37(2). p.199-204- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine the double locked-in phenomenon at work (i.e., being in a non-preferred occupation and non-preferred work place), and its associations to psychological health, physical health and job satisfaction. METHODS: A total of 136 municipal employees who visited a career coaching center (response rate 59%) participated in the questionnaire study. RESULTS: The results showed that 61% of the participants were double locked-in and half of them perceived rather much or very much stress. Multiple regression analyses showed that a feeling of being double locked-in predicted psychological health (GHQ-12) and job satisfaction, even after optimism and perceived stress were controlled for, whereas double... (More)
- OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to examine the double locked-in phenomenon at work (i.e., being in a non-preferred occupation and non-preferred work place), and its associations to psychological health, physical health and job satisfaction. METHODS: A total of 136 municipal employees who visited a career coaching center (response rate 59%) participated in the questionnaire study. RESULTS: The results showed that 61% of the participants were double locked-in and half of them perceived rather much or very much stress. Multiple regression analyses showed that a feeling of being double locked-in predicted psychological health (GHQ-12) and job satisfaction, even after optimism and perceived stress were controlled for, whereas double locked-in did not predict physical health. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that the locked-in phenomenon and its underlying causes and consequences need to be studied further in future research. To counteract the negative effects of the double locked-in phenomenon it is important to facilitate employees' mobility in different ways. (Less)
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- Muhonen, Tuija LU
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- publishing date
- 2010
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation
- volume
- 37
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 199 - 204
- publisher
- IOS Press
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- pmid:20938080
- scopus:78650590570
- pmid:20938080
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- 1875-9270
- DOI
- 10.3233/WOR-2010-1070
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- English
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