TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Organizational factors and office workers' health after the World Trade Center terrorist attacks: long-term physical symptoms, psychological distress, and work productivity
JO  - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
A1  - Osinubi, Omowunmi Y. O.
A1  - Gandhi, Sampada K.
A1  - Ohman-Strickland, Pamela A.
A1  - Boglarsky, Cheryl
A1  - Fiedler, Nancy
A1  - Kipen, Howard M.
A1  - Robson, Mark
SP  - 112
EP  - 125
VL  - 50
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1076-2752
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31815e92bd
ID  - ref1
ER  -