Effects of Hospital Workers’ Friendship Networks on Job Stress

Sung Yae Shin and Sang Gyu Lee

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 2, 1-15

Abstract: Background: This study attempted to identify the sources of job stress according to job position and investigate how friendship networks affect job stress. Methods: Questionnaires based on The Health Professions Stress Inventory (HPSI) developed by Wolfgang experienced by healthcare providers were collected from 420 nurses, doctors and radiological technologists in two general hospitals in Korea by a multistage cluster sampling method. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the effects of friendship networks on job stress after controlling for other factors. Results: The severity of job stress differed according to level of job demands (p = .006); radiologic technologists experienced the least stress (45.4), nurses experienced moderate stress (52.4), and doctors experienced the most stress (53.6). Those with long-term friendships characterized by strong connections reported lower levels of stress than did those with weak ties to friends among nurses (1.3, p

Date: 2016
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