Indicators of occupational psychological health and their relationship with certain work attitudes
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The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the relationship between indicators of psychological health at work and specific work activities, such as job satisfaction and commitment, perceptions of justice, and work motivation. Furthermore, these indicators of psychological health at work are compared with a specific personality variable: self-monitoring. The aim is to establish the relationship between the theoretical concept of psychological health at work, measured using the EVOS-r instrument (Rodríguez-Mateo & Rodríguez-Rodríguez, 2024), and the empirical evidence obtained, thus obtaining a measure of its validity. To achieve this objective, it was decided to complete questionnaires measuring the aforementioned variables using a global sample of 696 workers, divided into six samples of workers from different sectors, such as the food industry (n=109), the civil service (n=111 and n=154), police and security forces (n=109), catering (n=126), and hospitality (n=100). The EVOS-r was used to measure indicators of psychological health at work, along with the Meyer and Allen (1997) organizational commitment questionnaire; self-monitoring was conducted using the Snyder (1974) «Self-Monitoring» survey; the Hackman and Oldham (1975) motivation questionnaire; and the Colquitt (2001) Organizational Justice Scale. The results indicate a clear relationship between the degree of perception of psychological health indicators at work and job satisfaction, the perception of fairness in organizations, and an adequate level of work motivation. In contrast, personality characteristics appear to be unrelated to indicators of psychological health at work. Thus, it seems possible to establish a relationship between the theoretical concept of psychological health at work and attitudes toward workplace well-being. The results demonstrate the importance of companies caring for psychological health, as it is closely related to job performance.
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