Mental illness at work: An assessment of co-worker reactions

✍ Scribed by Heather Peters; Travor C. Brown

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 122 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0825-0383
• DOI: 10.1002/cjas.87

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Guided by Colella, Paetzold, and Belliveau (2004), we surveyed 305 employees on their reactions towards co‐workers with mental illness. Co‐workers were less likely to view longer/more frequent work breaks as appropriate accommodations for the mentally ill relative to flexible hours, banking of overtime hours, and counselling. Moreover, employees who believed that co‐workers with mental illness were being equitably (or fairly) treated at work were more likely to report that they would self‐disclose—and seek assistance for—a mental illness. Finally, employees with workplace contact with the mentally ill were more likely to support hiring people with mental illness. Copyright © 2009 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.