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Stress Management Competency Framework in English policing (2019)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Jachens, L., Randall, R., Colwell, J., & Gardner, S. (2019). Stress Management Competency Framework in English policing. Occupational Medicine, 70(1), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqz143

Background The UK Health and Safety Executive’s Stress Management Competency Framework and associated questionnaire, the Stress Management Competency Indicator Tool (SMCIT), address line managers’ behaviours across four competency areas. The applica... Read More about Stress Management Competency Framework in English policing.

Effort-Reward Imbalance and Job Strain: A Composite Indicator Approach (2019)
Journal Article
Jachens, L., & Houdmont, J. (2019). Effort-Reward Imbalance and Job Strain: A Composite Indicator Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(21), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214169

The Job Demand-Control-Support (JDC-S) and Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) models dominate psychosocial work environment research and practice, with their independent and collective contributions to employee health having been extensively demonstrated.... Read More about Effort-Reward Imbalance and Job Strain: A Composite Indicator Approach.

Move-It: A Cluster-Randomised Digital Worksite Exercise Intervention in China: Outcome and Process Evaluation (2019)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Lai, B., Coman, E., Houdmont, J., & Griffiths, A. (2019). Move-It: A Cluster-Randomised Digital Worksite Exercise Intervention in China: Outcome and Process Evaluation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(18), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16183451

We evaluate the outcomes and processes of a video and web-based worksite exercise intervention for sedentary office workers in China, in a 2-arm cluster-randomised wait-list control trial (n = 282: intervention (INT) n = 196 and wait-list control (WL... Read More about Move-It: A Cluster-Randomised Digital Worksite Exercise Intervention in China: Outcome and Process Evaluation.

Contribution of work ability and core self-evaluations to worker health (2019)
Journal Article
Coomer, K., & Houdmont, J. (2019). Contribution of work ability and core self-evaluations to worker health. Occupational Medicine, 69(5), 366-371. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqz081

Background Work ability (WA) concerns the capacity to manage job demands in relation to physical and psychological resources. Core self-evaluations (CSE) refer to a composite personality construct comprising self-esteem, locus of control, self-effic... Read More about Contribution of work ability and core self-evaluations to worker health.

What does a single-item measure of job stressfulness assess? (2019)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Jachens, L., Randall, R., Hopson, S., Nuttall, S., & Pamia, S. (2019). What does a single-item measure of job stressfulness assess?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(9), 1480. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16091480

Single-item measures of global job stressfulness are increasingly used in occupational health research, yet their construct validity remains unexplored. This study used a qualitative approach to identify frames of reference that underlie self-ratings... Read More about What does a single-item measure of job stressfulness assess?.