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Overview

Achim Elfering is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, health professions, and psychology. Their research focuses on musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, workplace health and well-being, work-family balance challenges, and the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. Other notable areas include effects of vibration on health, job satisfaction and organizational behavior, as well as sleep and work-related fatigue.

Frequent coauthors in Achim Elfering's research include:

  • Andrea Martina Aegerter
  • Venerina Johnston
  • Markus Melloh
  • Gisela Sjøgaard
  • Thomas Volken

Major publication venues where their work frequently appears are:

  • European Spine Journal
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Sleep and Vigilance
  • BMC Public Health
  • BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Achim Elfering are:

  • How are social stressors at work related to well-being and health? A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • A systematic review of working conditions and occupational health in home office, 2022, Work
  • Increased Working From Home in Vocational Counseling Psychologists During COVID-19: Associated Change in Productivity and Job Satisfaction, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • No evidence for an effect of working from home on neck pain and neck disability among Swiss office workers: Short-term impact of COVID-19, 2021, European Spine Journal
  • No Evidence for a Decrease in Physical Activity Among Swiss Office Workers During COVID-19: A Longitudinal Study, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology

Their research includes systematic reviews and longitudinal studies addressing the effects of social stressors at work, occupational health in remote work settings, productivity and job satisfaction changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as physical health outcomes related to work-from-home arrangements.

Best Publications

  • A meta-analysis of work-family conflict and various outcomes with a special emphasis on cross-domain versus matching-domain relations.

    Fabienne T. Amstad;Laurenz L. Meier;Ursula Fasel;Achim Elfering

  • Pain assessment

    Mathias Haefeli;Achim Elfering

  • Taking the chance: Core self-evaluations predict relative gain in job resources following turnover

    Achim Elfering;Achim Elfering;Anita Keller;Martial Berset;Martial Berset;Laurenz L. Meier

  • Illegitimate tasks as a source of work stress

    Norbert K. Semmer;Nicola Jacobshagen;Laurenz L. Meier;Achim Elfering

  • The emotional meaning of instrumental social support

    Norbert K. Semmer;Achim Elfering;Nicola Jacobshagen;Tanja Perrot

  • Occupational stress research: The Stress-As-Offense-To-Self Perspective

    Norbert Semmer;Nicola Jacobshagen;Laurenz Meier;Achim Elfering

  • Working conditions, well-being, and job-related attitudes among call centre agents

    Simone Grebner;Norbert K. Semmer;Luca Lo Faso;Stephan Gut

  • Natural history of individuals with asymptomatic disc abnormalities in magnetic resonance imaging : Predictors of low back pain-related medical consultation and work incapacity

    Norbert Boos;Norbert Semmer;Achim Elfering;Volker Schade

  • Outcome assessment in low back pain: how low can you go?

    Anne F. Mannion;Achim Elfering;Ralph Staerkle;Astrid Junge

  • The double meaning of control: three-way interactions between internal resources, job control, and stressors at work.

    Laurenz L. Meier;Norbert K. Semmer;Achim Elfering;Nicola Jacobshagen

  • Work stressors and impaired sleep: rumination as a mediator

    Martial Berset;Achim Elfering;Stefan Lüthy;Simon Lüthi

  • Working conditions and three types of well-being: a longitudinal study with self-report and rating data.

    Simone Grebner;Norbert K. Semmer;Achim Elfering

  • BEYOND SELF-REPORT: USING OBSERVATIONAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, AND SITUATION-BASED MEASURES IN RESEARCH ON OCCUPATIONAL STRESS

    Norbert K Semmer;Simone Grebner;Achim Elfering

  • Predictors of surgical outcome and their assessment

    Anne F. Mannion;Achim Elfering

  • Work stress and patient safety: observer-rated work stressors as predictors of characteristics of safety-related events reported by young nurses.

    Achim Elfering;Norbert Semmer;Simone Grebner

  • Great expectations: really the novel predictor of outcome after spinal surgery?

    Anne F. Mannion;Astrid Junge;Achim Elfering;Jiri Dvorak

  • You want me to do what? Two daily diary studies of illegitimate tasks and employee well‐being

    Erin M. Eatough;Laurenz L. Meier;Ivana Igic;Achim Elfering

  • Effect of aging and degeneration on disc volume and shape: A quantitative study in asymptomatic volunteers

    Christian W. A. Pfirrmann;Alexander Metzdorf;Achim Elfering;Juerg Hodler

  • Identification of prognostic factors for chronicity in patients with low back pain: a review of screening instruments

    Markus Melloh;A. Elfering;C. Egli Presland;C. Roeder

  • Chronic job stressors and job control: Effects on event‐related coping success and well‐being

    Achim Elfering;Simone Grebner;Norbert K. Semmer;Dora Kaiser-Freiburghaus

  • Predictors of multidimensional outcome after spinal surgery

    Anne Mannion;Achim Elfering;Ralph Staerkle;Astrid Junge

Frequent Co-Authors

Norbert K. Semmer
Norbert K. Semmer University of Bern
Laurenz L. Meier
Laurenz L. Meier University of Neuchâtel
Terry A. Beehr
Terry A. Beehr Central Michigan University
Martin Grosse Holtforth
Martin Grosse Holtforth University of Bern
Paul E. Spector
Paul E. Spector University of South Florida
John Schaubroeck
John Schaubroeck University of Missouri
Daniel C. Ganster
Daniel C. Ganster Colorado State University

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