Table 4.
Characteristics of the subgroups in terms of knowledge, experience, attitudes, and background variables.
| SG1 Personal concerns (N = 330) | SG2 Few concerns (N = 304) | SG3 Incompetence concerns (N = 278) | SG4 Damage and incompetence concerns (N = 212) | SG5 Many concerns (N = 103) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge and experience | Knowledge | Estimated prevalence of MHI in organization | 0.690 | |||||
| <15% | 54.3% | 53.4% | 35.3% | 46.1% | 45.5% | |||
| 15–25% | 21.9% | 19.7% | 23.7% | 18.1% | 19.8% | |||
| 25%> | 23.8% | 26.9% | 41.0% | 35.8% | 34.7% | |||
| Association MHI: work related disorders | 0,000 | |||||||
| Yes | 78.1% | 53.7% | 84.4% | 66.8% | 79.6% | |||
| Association MHI: common disorders | 0.040 | |||||||
| Yes | 51.4% | 37.0% | 37.4% | 53.8% | 77.1% | |||
| Association MHI: other disorders | 0.000 | |||||||
| Yes | 25.4% | 18.7% | 16.5% | 43.1% | 51.3% | |||
| Experience | General familiarity with MHI | 0.170 | ||||||
| Not familiar | 29.1% | 41.9% | 20.7% | 13.1% | 21.8% | |||
| Little familiar | 19.0% | 18.4% | 20.1% | 17.5% | 10.6% | |||
| Very familiar | 51.1% | 38.6% | 58.1% | 68.6% | 67.4% | |||
| Personal experience with interacting with coworkers with MHI | 0.035 | |||||||
| Negative | 4.5% | 2.0% | 8.5% | 11.7% | 20.5% | |||
| Neutral | 22.8% | 26.5% | 33.5% | 36.0% | 34.6% | |||
| Positive | 31.7% | 29.5% | 40.9% | 30.2% | 22.4% | |||
| None | 41.1% | 42.0% | 17.1% | 22.2% | 22.5% | |||
| Attitudes | Desire for social distance | Want to have a coworker with MHI, who you hardly work with | 0.760 | |||||
| No | 16.0% | 9.2% | 23.8% | 32.2% | 40.2% | |||
| Neutral | 70.5% | 62.7% | 62.8% | 58.0% | 50.6% | |||
| Yes | 11.2% | 14.2% | 11.5% | 8.6% | 7.1% | |||
| Want to have a coworker with MHI, who you will work with intensively | 0.000 | |||||||
| No | 38.5% | 12.0% | 47.3% | 57.7% | 72.8% | |||
| Neutral | 50.3% | 58.7% | 36.4% | 36.6% | 16.6% | |||
| Yes | 9.2% | 15.6% | 15.1% | 5.1% | 9.6% | |||
| Want to work for a higher-ranking manager with MHI | 0.014 | |||||||
| No | 67.2% | 28.8% | 70.2% | 79.8% | 77.8% | |||
| Neutral | 27.1% | 47.4% | 18.6% | 15.7% | 15.9% | |||
| Yes | 4.4% | 10.9% | 9.8% | 3.9% | 4.0% | |||
| Willingness to support | Free up extra time for a coworker with MHI, so we can talk about his/her problems | 0.540 | ||||||
| No | 8.3% | 8.5% | 13.5% | 11.1% | 28.4% | |||
| Neutral | 25.8% | 39.5% | 26.0% | 19.5% | 22.3% | |||
| Yes | 65.8% | 52.0% | 60.1% | 69.0% | 49.2% | |||
| I am happy to offer practical support to a coworker with MHI | 0.580 | |||||||
| No | 4.9% | 13.0% | 15.5% | 14.7% | 31.6% | |||
| Neutral | 28.2% | 38.6% | 24.8% | 20.8% | 19.6% | |||
| Yes | 66.8% | 48.4% | 59.3% | 64.2% | 48.6% | |||
| I would like to learn more about MHI in general | 0.036 | |||||||
| No | 19.6% | 20.7% | 32.5% | 34.8% | 27.2% | |||
| Neutral | 41.5% | 49.8% | 31.4% | 31.6% | 37.5% | |||
| Yes | 38.8% | 29.5% | 35.8% | 33.2% | 35.3% | |||
| I would like to learn more about how I can best deal with coworkers with MHI | 0.000 | |||||||
| No | 9.7% | 19.3% | 21.5% | 22.2% | 25.6% | |||
| Neutral | 22.9% | 47.0% | 32.7% | 30.4% | 20.7% | |||
| Yes | 67.4% | 33.8% | 45.5% | 47.1% | 53.6% | |||
| Want to know if coworker has MHI | 0.006 | |||||||
| No | 9.2% | 6.1% | 2.0% | 7.8% | 9.7% | |||
| Neutral | 24.1% | 44.3% | 23.8% | 18.8% | 22.0% | |||
| Yes | 65.6% | 37.6% | 73.4% | 72.7% | 66.1% | |||
| I do not find it hard to work with a coworker with MHI | 0.000 | |||||||
| No | 24.8% | 11.0% | 28.7% | 26.4% | 60.1% | |||
| Neutral | 46.5% | 42.4% | 34.1% | 35.6% | 23.9% | |||
| Yes | 28.6% | 46.6% | 36.9% | 37.7% | 15.9% | |||
| Responsibility | People are mainly personally responsible for their MHI | 0.190 | ||||||
| No | 18.4% | 14.6% | 24.5% | 30.8% | 37.1% | |||
| Neutral | 20.1% | 34.3% | 22.1% | 17.5% | 22.0% | |||
| Yes | 61.4% | 51.1% | 53.1% | 51.4% | 40.8% | |||
| Background characteristics | Personal | Current or past MHI | 0.110 | |||||
| Yes | 30.9% | 25.1% | 28.3% | 29.8% | 21.8% | |||
| Sociodemographic | Age (in years) | 0.230 | ||||||
| Mean | 44.0 | 46.4 | 43.0 | 46.9 | 41.2 | |||
| Gender | 0.250 | |||||||
| Male | 50.9% | 43.1% | 32.6% | 44.8% | 40.5% | |||
| Female | 49.1% | 56.9% | 67.4% | 55.2% | 59.5% | |||
| Educational level | 0.110 | |||||||
| Low | 13.6% | 27.7% | 11.7% | 13.9% | 18.1% | |||
| Secondary | 34.3% | 43.9% | 36.8% | 47.0% | 42.7% | |||
| High | 52.2% | 28.4% | 51.5% | 39.1% | 39.2% | |||
| Marital status | 0.220 | |||||||
| Unmarried | 53.2% | 44.1% | 50.0% | 44.2% | 66.4% | |||
| Married | 46.8% | 55.9% | 50.0% | 55.8% | 33.6% | |||
| Work-related | Income (in Euros) | 1.000 | ||||||
| Mean | 4,872,76 | 4,592,50 | 5,077,28 | 4,962,71 | 4,628,07 | |||
| Sector | 0.074 | |||||||
| Private | 52.6% | 51.2% | 32.5% | 41.5% | 38.5% | |||
| Public | 26.1% | 31.6% | 45.6% | 38.0% | 38.5% | |||
| Company size | 0.770 | |||||||
| Small | 26.6% | 28.6% | 28.9% | 29.6% | 25.3% | |||
| Medium or large | 35.4% | 30.6% | 32.2% | 34.2% | 31.1% | |||
| Workplace atmosphere | 0.220 | |||||||
| Negative | 12.2% | 4.8% | 14.8% | 10.1% | 17.4% | |||
| Neutral | 27.1% | 46.0% | 19.0% | 30.6% | 33.8% | |||
| Positive | 60.7% | 49.2% | 65.9% | 58.9% | 48.6% | |||
*Wald statistic. p < 0.05.