@article{ref1,
title="Poor psychosocial safety climate increases teleworker vulnerability to suicidal ideation",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2024",
author="Kikunaga, Kazuki and Nakata, Akinori and Tondokoro, Tsukumi and Dollard, Maureen",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Suicide is the leading cause of death among the working-age population in Japan. Unlike task-level occupational factors, the relation between suicidal ideation and psychosocial safety climate (PSC), a crucial organization-level factor to protect workers' psychological health, is understudied, especially among teleworkers. <br><br>METHODS: A cross-sectional web-based survey was used to select 1,988 participants. A series of multivariable logistic regression analyses with the interaction term of PSC and teleworking arrangements was performed. <br><br>RESULTS: Poor PSC was associated with a higher risk of having suicidal ideation (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.57, P = 0.008), and its relation was pronounced among teleworkers (aOR for the interaction term = 1.96, P = 0.035), even after adjusting for task-level occupational factors. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This empirical study highlights the heightened risk of suicidal ideation by poor PSC, especially among teleworkers. (134words).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000003122",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000003122"
}