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AUTHOR
Hannakaisa Länsisalmi
Collective stress and coping in the context of organizational culture
We examined from a cultural perspective how well-being was collectively defined, what were the sources of collective stress, and what kind of collective coping mechanisms were used to alleviate such stress in three divisions of a multinational company. In the first phase of the study we collected data on organizational culture by using individual thematic interviews ( N = 63). Applying the grounded theory methodology and an inductive analysis, specific cultures describing the divisions were identified. In terms of co-operation we found the following fundamental cultural recipes: joint focused efforts on money-making, despite the awareness of the common goals employees interested only in ful…
Factors associated with innovative climate: what is the role of stress?
We explored the role of occupational stress as a potential determinant of innovative climate by using samples of employees from health care organizations and from enterprises in the metal and retail industries (total N=1767). Factor analyses of the responses to a questionnaire suggested that stress represents a distinguishable element independent of other correlates of innovative climate, including, for example, goal clarity, sufficiency of feedback and communication. In multiple regression analyses, high stress was associated with poor innovative climate but did not moderate the effects of other correlates on innovativeness. The results were reproduced across different samples and differen…