Occupational Stress, Mental Health and Satisfaction in the Canadian Multicultural Workplace

Autor/inn/en	Pasca, Romana; Wagner, Shannon L.
Titel	Occupational Stress, Mental Health and Satisfaction in the Canadian Multicultural Workplace
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 109 (2012) 3, S.377-393 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9907-5
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Cultural Background; Foreign Countries; Social Work; Work Environment; Global Approach; Stress Variables; Job Satisfaction; Cultural Pluralism; Life Satisfaction; Comparative Analysis; Immigrants; Work Attitudes; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Health Services; Teaching (Occupation); Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Ausland; Soziale Arbeit; Arbeitsmilieu; Globales Denken; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Kulturpluralismus; Lebensvollendung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Kanada
Abstract	Workplaces are becoming increasingly multicultural and therefore, include a large variety of employees from more than one ethnicity, nationality, religious and/or cultural background. In the context of this new global economy, Canadian workplace structure and composition has also permanently changed. Consequently, the primary purpose of this project was to explore occupational stress, mental health and satisfaction (life, job, relationship) as experienced by immigrant individuals attempting to achieve integration into Canadian workplaces. In order to address this research aim, responses of Canadian born participants (N = 42) were compared to those of non-Canadian born participants (N = 42) with respect to a series of questionnaires addressing the variables of interest. Our results suggested that, with the exception of self-reported symptoms of somatization and paranoia, non-Canadian born workers in the fields of education, healthcare and/or social work report more similarities than differences when compared to the responses of Canadian born workers. In general, the findings of this study suggested positive outcomes for non-Canadian born professionals who immigrate into Canada under the economic category. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10