@article{ref1,
title="Organizational change and employees' mental health: The protective role of sense of coherence",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2011",
author="Pahkin, K. and Väänänen, A. and Koskinen, A. and Bergbom, B. and Kouvonen, A.",
volume="53",
number="2",
pages="118-123",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of sense of coherence (SOC) on psychiatric events in the context of organizational merger. <br><br>METHODS: Data were derived from a prospective &quot;Still Working&quot; study using questionnaire and health register data. The study population (n = 4279) consisted of employees with no psychiatric events prior to the 5-year mental health follow-up. <br><br>RESULTS: Employees with a weaker premerger SOC were at a higher risk of perceiving the organizational change negatively (odds ratio = 1.83, 95% CI: 1.57 to 2.14) and had an elevated risk of postmerger psychiatric events (hazard ratio = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.04 to 1.94). A stronger SOC decreased the adverse effect of negative appraisal of change on psychiatric events. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A strong premerger SOC seems to be a protective factor for mental health when the employee experiences negative changes during an organizational merger. © 2011 The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0b013e318206f0cb",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318206f0cb"
}