Psychosocial work environment risk factors among university employees – A cross-sectional study in Hungary

Psychosocial principle components (1, 2, 4) by sex_

Variables	Sex		P-value*
	Male	Female
	Mean rank	Mean rank
Job demands (1)	141.69	125.07	0.095
Autonomy (2)	147.54	122.23	0.011
Negative social interactions (4)	120.89	135.17	0.151

Work environment characteristics resulting from the principal component analysis; the incidence of individual components in the complete sample_

Variables	n (%)	Component loads	Defined variance	Cronbach’s alpha
Component 1: Job demands			14.712	0.796
strict deadlines	80.4	0.777
difficulty in meeting requirements	56.7	0.760
frequent overwork	64.2	0.730
intensity of work	45.8	0.675
communication problems	47.5	0.612
Component 2: Autonomy			13.178	0.757
possibility of independent decisions	80.8	0.846
work requiring many autonomous ideas and inventiveness	87.7	0.819
possibility of utilising own knowledge and skills	84.7	0.707
possibility of job promotion	56.5	0.600
Component 3: Biological, chemical agents			12.148	0.622
accident risks	22.6	0.760
infection risks	34.2	0.749
lifting heavy objects, uncomfortable posture	12.6	0.731
chemicals, dust, gas, smoke, steam	27.6	0.615
Component 4: Negative social interactions			10.908	0.739
violent behaviour of colleagues	11.5	0.823
discrimination	12.3	0.806
bullying	17.2	0.710
Component 5: Physical agents	9.2		9.790	0.590
effects of heat	13.4	0.859
effects of radiation	37.9	0.720
noise, vibration		0.548

Socio-demographic characteristics of the research sample_

Variables		n (%)
Sex	male	86 (33.0)
	female	175 (67.0)
Age groups (years)	20–29	23 (8.8)
	30–39	87 (33.3)
	40–49	76 (29.1)
	50–59	56 (21.5)
	60–	19 (7.3)
Marital status	married or partnership	182 (69.8)
	divorced	31 (11.9)
	single	45 (17.2)
	widowed	3 (1.1)
Level of education	secondary	25 (9.5)
	higher	236 (90.5)

The association between psychosocial principal components (1, 2, 4) and relationships at and the satisfaction with work_

Variables		Job demands (1)		Autonomy (2)		Negative social interactions (4)
	n (%)	Mean rank	P-value*	Mean rank	P-value*	Mean rank	P-value*
Relationship to colleagues			0.099		0.052		0.0001
A) Harmonious, they can work well together.	91 (34.9)	121.37		139.01		118.70
B) They usually get along well with each other.	141 (54.4)	130.62		132.08		128.18
C) There are greater or lesser disputes.	24 (9.2)	164.56		97.81		169.60
D) Conflicts, with frequent disputes.	4 (1.5)	129.75		77.50		246.00
Relationship to superiors			0.018		0.0022		0.0043
A) Harmonious, they can work well together.	102 (39.1)	114.47		149.12		124.97
B) They usually get along well with each other.	119 (46.0)	135.51		121.59		123.30
C) There are greater or lesser disputes.	27 (10.3)	155.98		124.61		153.50
D) Conflicts, with frequent disputes.	12 (4.6)	159.75		73.83		197.17
Financial appreciation			0.0054		0.0015		0.0226
A) yes	58 (22.2)	106.87		149.96		112.27
B) partly	123 (47.5)	129.61		137.09		128.04
C) no	79 (30.3)	149.24		105.96		147.71
Professional appreciation			0.0007		0.0008		0.061
A) yes	119 (46.0)	109.04		156.97		125.28
B) partly	108 (41.4)	149.61		114.62		127.44
C) no	33 (12.6)	145.33		87.03		159.33
Moral appreciation			0.0009		0.00110		0.00011
A) yes	145 (55.9)	113.63		143.69		118.02
B) partly	86 (33.0)	148.37		122.76		131.62
C) no	29 (11.1)	161.83		87.52		189.59