Perceived discrimination from management and musculoskeletal symptoms among New York City restaurant workers
- Authors
- Kim, Hyun; Jayaraman, Saru; Landsbergis, Paul; Markowitz, Steven; Kim, SeungSup; Dropkin, Jonathan
- Issue Date
- 9월-2013
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- Restaurant; Discrimination; Management; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Prevalence; Severity
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, v.19, no.3, pp.196 - 206
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- Volume
- 19
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 196
- End Page
- 206
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/102394
- DOI
- 10.1179/2049396713Y.0000000031
- ISSN
- 1077-3525
- Abstract
- Background: Compared with other restaurant hazards, organizational stressors are an understudied topic. Among organizational stressors, discrimination from management (DFM) appears widespread. Objective: Objectives were to assess the prevalence and links between musculoskeletal symptoms (MSSs) in three anatomical regions and five sources of DFM. Methods: A cross-sectional, interviewer-administered survey among restaurant workers was used. Participants were randomly selected by type and geographic distribution. Results: Eighty-four percent of workers reported having MSSs in at least one anatomical region. The prevalence of severe MSSs was 24.9%. The strongest association between DFM and frequency of MSSs was "upper extremities." The strongest association between DFM and severity of MSSs was "any anatomical location." Thirty-four percent of restaurant workers reported DFM; age was the most prevalent source of DFM. Conclusions: In general, associations between DFM and MSSs were stronger by frequency than severity. The largest number of significant associations by sources of DFM was language and age.
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