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  • Publication
    Métadonnées seulement
    Work related and "private" social interactions at work
    (2004) ;
    Semmer, Norbert
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    Inversin, Laurent
    Fifty-four young professionals in their first job after apprenticeship described their task-related and private interactions at work during five days, using a variant of the Rochester Interaction Records self-observation method (Reis and Wheeler, 1991). Results showed that more task-related interactions were reported than private interactions at work. The latter are described as more personally meaningful and more often initiated by the person or mutually initiated than task-related interactions. The number and duration of task-related interactions depended on the profession and the working conditions. The individual's own activity level during task-related interactions was predicted by social skills, measured 6 months before the diary study. Frequency of private interactions at work depended on familiarity level with colleagues. After controlling for role ambiguity and social stressors, more interactions and higher satisfaction with interactions at work predicted affective commitment, and more interactions at work also predicted job satisfaction. The study highlights the importance of conducting micro-analyses of social interactions at work.
  • Publication
    Métadonnées seulement
    Work characteristics and well-being of Swiss apprentices entering the labor market
    (2000)
    Kälin, Wolfgang
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    Semmer, Norbert
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    Elfering, Achim
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    Dauwalder, Jean-Pierre
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    Heunert, Sibylle
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    von Roten, Fabienne Crettaz
    Young people in five occupations were investigated before the end of vocational training and again one year later (N = 675). In general, working conditions were within the range found in adult samples, with some values for stressors, however, being on the higher end. Conditions were especially good for electronic technicians, rather good for bank clerks, but comparatively worse for cooks and salespeople. For nurses, a stressful job was combined with good social conditions. Attitudes are positive towards life in general but rather low towards work. Stress symptoms (irritability) are on the high end of the typical range for adults, Where there are changes over time, they are to the better for many working conditions and for work attitudes, Stress symptoms, however, tend to increase, More than 50 per cent of participants change employers. They seem to profit from leaving which is remarkable because many of them did not have a choice, Overall, stability seems more prominent.