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Services Officers, Jaco Pienaar 1 , Christo Botha 2 , 1 North West University, Potchefstroom
Campus, South Africa, 2 Departement of Correctional Services, Free State Province, South Africa
The objective was to establish the relationship between psychological strengths, stress and suicide
ideation of employees of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). Three concepts of
psychological strength namely work locus of control, sense of coherence and affect as independent
variables were compared with suicide ideation as a dependant variable. A cross-sectional design
was used. A simple random sample (n=157) was taken. The Correctional Officer Stress Inventory
was developed and the Work Locus of Control Scale, Orientation to Life Questionnaire,
Affectometer 2, were administered. Statistical analysis showed that positive affect and external
locus of control were associated with suicide ideation.
3114.3 Implementation of system for working environment management, Johan Hansson,
Lulea University of Technology, Department of Human Work Sciences, Division of Engineering
Psychology, Sweden
This study addresses implementation of a system for management of working environment. By
case studies the prerequisites of motivation, capacity and opportunity were examined. An action
program was designed, including a communication structure of meetings. The program was
evaluated by observations and interviews. Results showed that the participants operated according
to the meeting structure. The evaluation also inquired the first line managers’ mental models for
using matching methods. Finally, the planning of the management was evaluated. The
representatives held indistinct perceptions of the system and failed to communicate strategies for
operative management. Some guiding principles for system implementation are suggested.
3114.4 Examining the mediating roles of job dissatisfaction and trust between psychological
contract breach and civic virtue behavior in the Philippine context, Simon Lloyd Restubog 1 ,
Robert Tang 2 , Peter Lemuel Cayayan 2 , 1 School of Psychology, The University of Queensland,
Australia, 2 School of Management and Information Technology, De La Salle University-College
of Saint Benilde, Philippines
This study addressed the need for more cross-cultural investigations of psychological contract by
examining the mediating roles of job dissatisfaction and trust between breach and civic virtue
behavior. A survey was administered to 232 front-line employees from four banking institutions in
the Philippines. Multi-item scales measured psychological contract breach, job dissatisfaction,
trust, and civic virtue. Using hierarchical multiple regression, we found support for our predictions.
Psychological contract breach was negatively related with trust and civic virtue behavior, and
positively associated with job dissatisfaction. Moreover, trust and job dissatisfaction fully
mediated the relationship between psychological contract breach and civic virtue behavior.
3114.5 Gender and collective coping at work, Tuija Muhonen, School of Technology and
Society, Malmö University, Sweden
The study presents an alternative approach to the individualistic perspective which has dominated
earlier research about coping at work. Coping is viewed here as a collective phenomenon, i.e. how
employees cope together with others in order to handle problems at work. Earlier studies with an
individualistic approach have shown gender differences regarding coping. It is therefore
interesting to examine different forms of collective strategies women and men use to cope with
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