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Houdmont, Kerr and Addley (2012) found that individuals experienced significantly less psychosocial hazards
as measured by the MSIT before the worldwide global recession than after. They also found that employee
absences due to work-related stress, a clear outcome measure, were also significantly higher after the onset of the
recession. Similarly the MSIT and an accompanying stress-related outcomes survey were completed by 707
employees of a community-based Health and Social Services Trust (Kerr, McHugh & McCrory, 2009). Indeed this
was the first study to investigate the MSIT with stress-related work outcomes, and found that the MSIT factors were
positively correlated with job satisfaction thus indicating that those respondents experiencing higher psychosocial
health had increased happiness in the workplace. The MSIT factors were also found to be negatively associated
with job-related anxiety, job-related depression and witnesses errors/near misses, therefore indicating that those
with increased exposure to psychosocial risk factors scored higher on each of these three outcome measures.
3d) Action Plans, Primary Change & SSMC
In order to implement the changes as suggested in Table 25 and subsequent Table 28, the lead researcher
presented the outcomes to the key stakeholders and gatekeepers within the participating organisation. Table 29
provides an anonymised table which describes the action points which have been acted upon by the participating
organisation due to the outcomes of the presented study.
Primary stress management interventions are described by Ivancevich et al. (1990) as those which are
designed to change the organisation and organisational systems, rather than attempting to increase coping
capabilities (secondary) or recovery following negative stressful outcomes (tertiary). These primary strategies are