@article{ref1,
title="Organizational factors and office workers' health after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks: long-term physical symptoms, psychological distress, and work productivity",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2008",
author="Osinubi, Omowunmi Y. O. and Gandhi, Sampada K. and Ohman-Strickland, Pamela A. and Boglarsky, Cheryl and Fiedler, Nancy and Kipen, Howard M. and Robson, Mark",
volume="50",
number="2",
pages="112-125",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess if organizational factors are predictors of workers' health and productivity after the World Trade Center attacks. METHODS: We conducted a survey of 750 workers and compared those who had direct exposures to the World Trade Center attacks (south of Canal Street workers; primary victims) with those less directly exposed (north of Canal Street workers; other victims and non-victims). RESULTS: South of Canal Street workers reported headache more frequently than north of Canal Street workers did (P = 0.0202). Primary victims reported headache and cough more frequently than did other victims and non-victims (P = 0.0086 and 0.0043, respectively). Defensive organizational culture was an independent predictor of cough and job stress, and job stress was an independent predictor of on-the-job productivity losses. CONCLUSION: Organizational variables may modify health and productivity outcomes after a large-scale traumatic event in the workplace.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0b013e31815e92bd",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31815e92bd"
}