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  • Coping and work engagement in selected South African organisations
    Sa Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2011
    Co-Authors: Sebastiaan Rothmann, Lené I. Jorgensen, Carin Hill
    Abstract:

    Orientation: The Coping strategies of their employees are amongst the activities that organisations should address to improve their employees’ work engagement. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in three occupational groups in South Africa. Motivation for the study: There is little understanding of the relationship between effective forms of Coping and positive outcomes (like work engagement). Research design, approach and method: The researchers used a survey design. They drew random and stratified samples ( N = 3178) from three occupational groups. These were technical employees in an electricity provider, professional and enrolled nurses and police officers. They administered the Coping Orientations to the Problems Experienced (COPE) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Main findings: The results showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between work engagement, Problem-Focused Coping, positive reinterpretation and growth. In the nursing sample, high Problem-Focused Coping, low avoidance and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. In the police sample, four Coping strategies (Problem-Focused Coping, seeking social support, turning to religion and low ventilation of emotions) predicted work engagement best. In the technician sample, Problem-Focused Coping and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. Practical/managerial implications: Organisations should consider employees’ Coping strategies when they introduce interventions to improve work engagement. Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to the knowledge about the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in South African organisations.

  • Coping and work engagement in selected South African organisations : original research
    Sa Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2011
    Co-Authors: Sebastiaan Rothmann, Lené I. Jorgensen, Carin Hill
    Abstract:

    Orientation: The Coping strategies of their employees are amongst the activities that organisations should address to improve their employees' work engagement. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in three occupational groups in South Africa. Motivation for the study: There is little understanding of the relationship between effective forms of Coping and positive outcomes (like work engagement). Research design, approach and method: The researchers used a survey design. They drew random and stratified samples (N = 3178) from three occupational groups. These were technical employees in an electricity provider, professional and enrolled nurses and police officers. They administered the Coping Orientations to the Problems Experienced (COPE) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Main findings: The results showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between work engagement, Problem-Focused Coping, positive reinterpretation and growth. In the nursing sample, high Problem-Focused Coping, low avoidance and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. In the police sample, four Coping strategies (Problem-Focused Coping, seeking social support, turning to religion and low ventilation of emotions) predicted work engagement best. In the technician sample, Problem-Focused Coping and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. Practical/managerial implications: Organisations should consider employees' Coping strategies when they introduce interventions to improve work engagement. Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to the knowledge about the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in South African organisations.

Sebastiaan Rothmann - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Coping and work engagement in selected South African organisations
    Sa Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2011
    Co-Authors: Sebastiaan Rothmann, Lené I. Jorgensen, Carin Hill
    Abstract:

    Orientation: The Coping strategies of their employees are amongst the activities that organisations should address to improve their employees’ work engagement. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in three occupational groups in South Africa. Motivation for the study: There is little understanding of the relationship between effective forms of Coping and positive outcomes (like work engagement). Research design, approach and method: The researchers used a survey design. They drew random and stratified samples ( N = 3178) from three occupational groups. These were technical employees in an electricity provider, professional and enrolled nurses and police officers. They administered the Coping Orientations to the Problems Experienced (COPE) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Main findings: The results showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between work engagement, Problem-Focused Coping, positive reinterpretation and growth. In the nursing sample, high Problem-Focused Coping, low avoidance and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. In the police sample, four Coping strategies (Problem-Focused Coping, seeking social support, turning to religion and low ventilation of emotions) predicted work engagement best. In the technician sample, Problem-Focused Coping and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. Practical/managerial implications: Organisations should consider employees’ Coping strategies when they introduce interventions to improve work engagement. Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to the knowledge about the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in South African organisations.

  • Coping and work engagement in selected South African organisations : original research
    Sa Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2011
    Co-Authors: Sebastiaan Rothmann, Lené I. Jorgensen, Carin Hill
    Abstract:

    Orientation: The Coping strategies of their employees are amongst the activities that organisations should address to improve their employees' work engagement. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in three occupational groups in South Africa. Motivation for the study: There is little understanding of the relationship between effective forms of Coping and positive outcomes (like work engagement). Research design, approach and method: The researchers used a survey design. They drew random and stratified samples (N = 3178) from three occupational groups. These were technical employees in an electricity provider, professional and enrolled nurses and police officers. They administered the Coping Orientations to the Problems Experienced (COPE) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Main findings: The results showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between work engagement, Problem-Focused Coping, positive reinterpretation and growth. In the nursing sample, high Problem-Focused Coping, low avoidance and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. In the police sample, four Coping strategies (Problem-Focused Coping, seeking social support, turning to religion and low ventilation of emotions) predicted work engagement best. In the technician sample, Problem-Focused Coping and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. Practical/managerial implications: Organisations should consider employees' Coping strategies when they introduce interventions to improve work engagement. Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to the knowledge about the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in South African organisations.

Deborah J. Terry - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Understanding adjustment following traumatic brain injury: Is the Goodness-of-Fit Coping hypothesis useful?
    Social Science & Medicine, 2008
    Co-Authors: Elizabeth Kendall, Deborah J. Terry
    Abstract:

    Coping efforts have been recognised as an important aspect of resilience following traumatic brain injury, but little is known about what constitutes effective Coping in this population. This longitudinal research examined the usefulness of the Goodness-of-Fit hypothesis, drawn from the Lazarus and Folkman [(1984). Stress, appraisal and Coping. NY: Springer.] theory of stress and Coping, as a way of understanding Coping effectiveness. The hypothesis suggests that the nature and success of specific Coping strategies will be associated with the controllability of the event. If an event is relatively uncontrollable, then emotion-focused or perception-focused Coping may be more effective than Problem-Focused Coping. In contrast, a controllable event may be best managed through Problem-Focused Coping. Ninety people with traumatic brain injury, drawn from the inpatient rehabilitation unit of a major metropolitan hospital in Australia, and their relatives participated in this longitudinal study. No support was found for the Goodness-of-Fit model, either in the short term or the long term. Although the use of Problem-Focused Coping strategies was positively associated with short-term and long-term role functioning, it was not associated with long-term emotional well-being if the situation was perceived to be controllable. The findings suggest that the persistent use of Problem-Focused Coping in response to the difficulties created by traumatic brain injury can be associated with emotional distress in the long term. Reasons for this finding are explored and its implications are discussed.

Lené I. Jorgensen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Coping and work engagement in selected South African organisations
    Sa Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2011
    Co-Authors: Sebastiaan Rothmann, Lené I. Jorgensen, Carin Hill
    Abstract:

    Orientation: The Coping strategies of their employees are amongst the activities that organisations should address to improve their employees’ work engagement. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in three occupational groups in South Africa. Motivation for the study: There is little understanding of the relationship between effective forms of Coping and positive outcomes (like work engagement). Research design, approach and method: The researchers used a survey design. They drew random and stratified samples ( N = 3178) from three occupational groups. These were technical employees in an electricity provider, professional and enrolled nurses and police officers. They administered the Coping Orientations to the Problems Experienced (COPE) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Main findings: The results showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between work engagement, Problem-Focused Coping, positive reinterpretation and growth. In the nursing sample, high Problem-Focused Coping, low avoidance and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. In the police sample, four Coping strategies (Problem-Focused Coping, seeking social support, turning to religion and low ventilation of emotions) predicted work engagement best. In the technician sample, Problem-Focused Coping and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. Practical/managerial implications: Organisations should consider employees’ Coping strategies when they introduce interventions to improve work engagement. Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to the knowledge about the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in South African organisations.

  • Coping and work engagement in selected South African organisations : original research
    Sa Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2011
    Co-Authors: Sebastiaan Rothmann, Lené I. Jorgensen, Carin Hill
    Abstract:

    Orientation: The Coping strategies of their employees are amongst the activities that organisations should address to improve their employees' work engagement. Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in three occupational groups in South Africa. Motivation for the study: There is little understanding of the relationship between effective forms of Coping and positive outcomes (like work engagement). Research design, approach and method: The researchers used a survey design. They drew random and stratified samples (N = 3178) from three occupational groups. These were technical employees in an electricity provider, professional and enrolled nurses and police officers. They administered the Coping Orientations to the Problems Experienced (COPE) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Main findings: The results showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between work engagement, Problem-Focused Coping, positive reinterpretation and growth. In the nursing sample, high Problem-Focused Coping, low avoidance and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. In the police sample, four Coping strategies (Problem-Focused Coping, seeking social support, turning to religion and low ventilation of emotions) predicted work engagement best. In the technician sample, Problem-Focused Coping and low ventilation of emotions predicted work engagement best. Practical/managerial implications: Organisations should consider employees' Coping strategies when they introduce interventions to improve work engagement. Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to the knowledge about the relationship between Coping strategies and work engagement in South African organisations.

Deirdre R. Dawson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Executive function and Coping at one-year post traumatic brain injury
    Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 2007
    Co-Authors: Katherine M. Krpan, Brian Levine, Donald T. Stuss, Deirdre R. Dawson
    Abstract:

    The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between executive function and Coping at one-year-post traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI and matched control groups completed a Coping questionnaire and a neuropsychological test series. In the TBI group, better executive performance was related to the use of problem focused Coping (considered more adaptive). Conversely, lower executive performance was related to the use of emotion focused Coping (considered more maladaptive). Planned hierarchical regression showed that executive function contributed significantly to the use of problem focused Coping above and beyond pre-morbid intelligence and injury severity. Implications for cognitive rehabilitation are discussed.