A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Modeling the Occupational Well-Being of Finnish Social Work Employees: A Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Authors: Andreas Baldschun, Pertti Töttö, Juha Hämäläinen, Paula Salo
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication year: 2016
Journal: Human service organizations : management, leadership & governance
Journal name in source: HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE
Journal acronym: HUM SERV ORG MANAGE
Volume: 40
Issue: 5
First page : 524
Last page: 539
Number of pages: 16
ISSN: 2330-3131
eISSN: 2330-314X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23303131.2016.1178201
Abstract
Survey data on work-related distress and well-being was used to explore the structure of the occupational well-being of Finnish social workers (N=1220) with a focus on child protection workers using the multigroup confirmatory factor analysis method. A multidimensional model defines occupational well-being theoretically and this was empirically validated with the four dimensions of affective, social, psychosomatic, and cognitive/professional well-being. The findings imply that the occupational well-being of the three groups of social workers, child protection social workers, and social instructors can be explained with the same factor structure. Child protection social workers showed the lowest affective and psychosomatic well-being.
Survey data on work-related distress and well-being was used to explore the structure of the occupational well-being of Finnish social workers (N=1220) with a focus on child protection workers using the multigroup confirmatory factor analysis method. A multidimensional model defines occupational well-being theoretically and this was empirically validated with the four dimensions of affective, social, psychosomatic, and cognitive/professional well-being. The findings imply that the occupational well-being of the three groups of social workers, child protection social workers, and social instructors can be explained with the same factor structure. Child protection social workers showed the lowest affective and psychosomatic well-being.
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