The Role of Sentinel Events in the Measurement of Work-Related Stress

Ruggero Andrisano-Ruggieri,Giovanni Boccia,Pietro Crescenzo,Riccardo Savastano,Mario Capunzo,Rosa Ambrosio

doi:10.4236/psych.2015.62014

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https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2015.62014

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Journal: Psychology	Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
Citations: 11	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: University of Salerno

Abstract

Literature has shown that sentinel events may be considered as markers for measuring workrelated stress levels. This aspect has been recognized by the Italian legislation, which requires its recognition for the measurement of occupational stress. This study aims to understand the role of sentinel events in the measurement of work-related stress. Samples of 249 subjects were divided in two balanced and proportional categories (inside sentinel events and outside sentinel events). At the samples the Organizational and Psychosocial Risk Assessment (OPRA) questionnaire was administered. The tests T-student and ANOVA from the OPRA results didn’t show any statistically significant differences between the subjects belonging to the sentinel events and those not belonging.

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The increased competitiveness in the job market, has led organizations to urgently ask employees to: be proactive, have initiative, work with all the staff, take full responsibility for their own professional development, adhere to high levels of performance and to complete the assigned tasks in a short time (Schaufeli & Bakker, 2008)
This study aims to understand the role of the sentinel events in the measurement of work-related stress on the basis of the information provided by the constraints of the Italian legislation
The results show a substantial absence of difference between the scores reported by the subjects inside sentinel events (ISE) and outside sentinel events (OSE) in relation to the Organizational and Psychosocial Risk Assessment (OPRA) indexes

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The increased competitiveness in the job market, has led organizations to urgently ask employees to: be proactive, have initiative, work with all the staff, take full responsibility for their own professional development, adhere to high levels of performance and to complete the assigned tasks in a short time (Schaufeli & Bakker, 2008). These environmental pressures influence both every day behaviours as well as the affective-cognitive sphere, encouraging the development of stress conditions (Cox, Griffiths, & Rial-Gonzalez, 2002; Xanthopoulou, Bakker, Demerouti, & Schaufeli, 2007).

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