Job demands and resources of managing directors of micro- and small enterprises: A qualitative study of the German transport industry.
BACKGROUND: In many European countries, entrepreneurs have to consider psychosocial factors in the workplace risk assessment. Little is known about psychosocial working conditions in micro- and small companies. Even less is known about the entrepreneur in these settings. OBJECTIVE: The present study...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 71; no. 3; pp. 601 - 614 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Sage Publications Inc.
2022
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=156070695&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 156070695 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2022 vid: 71 iid: 3 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 156070695 156070695 156070695 10.3233/WOR-205167 156070695 ppf: 601 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Job demands and resources of managing directors of micro- and small enterprises: A qualitative study of the German transport industry. aug: au: Winkler, Eva affil: Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health, German Social Accident Insurance Institution for Commercial Transport, Postal Logistics and Telecommunication (Berufsgenossenschaft Verkehrswirtschaft Post-Logistik Telekommunikation), Ottenser Hauptstraße 54, 22765 Hamburg, Germany Tel.: +49 40 3930 1961 sug: subj: Motor Vehicles Germany Industry Germany Business Germany Job Market Administrative Personnel Entrepreneurship Human Germany Semi-Structured Interview Qualitative Studies Adult Middle Age Descriptive Statistics Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years ab: BACKGROUND: In many European countries, entrepreneurs have to consider psychosocial factors in the workplace risk assessment. Little is known about psychosocial working conditions in micro- and small companies. Even less is known about the entrepreneur in these settings. OBJECTIVE: The present study was conducted to develop and examine the job demands and resources of small business owners and managers, who serve as important designers of their businesses' working characteristics. METHODS: N = 29 semi-structured interviews with a unique sample of owners and managers of the transportation sector were analysed via qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: The data suggest the presence of specific demands (time-, management-, and organisational demands) and resources (support and feedback). In particular, the variability and load of the demands indicate that the existing theoretical framework for employees is inadequate for evaluating the working characteristics of micro- and small business managers. CONCLUSION: Occupational health activities in small companies should include the working situation of the entrepreneur/manager. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|