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The following paper presents an annotated bibliography on the impacts of the
organizational culture and the disposition of the employees on the mental health of the
employees. The paper puts forth a discussion of the effects of organizational culture on the
mental health of the employees of the organization. The paper attempts a discussion on the
development of the issues that are implemented within the workplace due to the organizational
culture that is maintained by the concerned business firm. The paper further discusses the views
of the authors on the effects of the disposition of the workers on the mental health of the
concerned employees who have been serving at the various levels within the organizational
hierarchy.
Eisenstadt, L., & Geddes, D. (2018). Suppressed Anger, Retaliation Doctrine, and Workplace
Culture. U. Pa. J. Bus. L., 20, 147.
Eisenstadt and Geddes (2018) in the article entitled “Suppressed Anger, Retaliation
Doctrine, and Workplace Culture” attempts a discussion on the harmful effects of the anger that
might be present within the workforce members on the overall operations of the concerned
company. The authors state that the suppression of the anger on the part of the employees often
leads to the issues in the mental health of the concerned employees. This in turn affects the
performance of the employees in a negative manner and might at times lead to the arousal of the
job dissatisfaction of the employees of the organization. This might also lead to the higher rates
of the attrition within the company at the extreme conditions.
Gould, R., Harris, S. P., Caldwell, K., Fujiura, G., Jones, R., Ojok, P., & Enriquez, K. P. (2015).
Beyond the law: A review of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions in ADA employment
research. Disability Studies Quarterly, 35(3).

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Gould et al. (2015) in the article entitled “Beyond the law: A review of knowledge,
attitudes and perceptions in ADA employment research” attempts a discussion on the influence
of the Americans with Disabilities Act or the ADA that was implemented in the year 1990. The
authors in the article tend to shed light on the issues that are faced by the disabled people who
are employed at the various organizations that have been operational in the country. The article
tends to focus on the steps that were undertaken by the business organizations in order to
incorporate the disabled people within the workforce of the company. The article also tends to
deal with the perceptions of the employability of the concerned people within the workforce of
the organization.
Kaminer, D. N. (2016). Mentally ill employees in the workplace: Does the ADA Amendments
Act provide adequate protection. Health Matrix, 26, 205.
Kaminer (2016) in the article entitled “Mentally ill employees in the workplace: Does
the ADA Amendments Act provide adequate protection” attempts a discussion on the goals that
were set by the ADA Amendments Act in the matters of the disabled employees of the
organization. The article discusses that the major goal of the ADA Amendments Act was to help
the people with disabilities to gain a financial support on their own through the employment at
the workplaces within the country. The article further sheds light on the various issues regarding
the proper mental health of the people who have been serving in the workforce of business
organization. The article discusses some of the major legal issues that might be faced by the
organizational management on the basis of the discrimination among the employees of the
organization.
Madison, K. M. (2016). The risks of using workplace wellness programs to foster a culture of
health. Health Affairs, 35(11), 2068-2074.

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Madison (2016) in the article entitled “The risks of using workplace wellness programs
to foster a culture of health” attempts a discussion on the several issues that are faced by the
concerned department of the organizational management in relation to the problems that are
faced by the employees of the organization, especially the members who have been facing
disabilities. The article states that the government has issued the ADA in order to deal with the
stress that is majorly developed from the issues that stem from the discrimination that is meted
out to the employees of the organization on the grounds of their disabilities. The author of the
article opines that the discrimination results in a high amount of stress within the organizational
workforce thereby affecting the overall performance of the organization.
Nafis, M., Agus, Z. F., & Mujib, F. (2018). Workplace Spirituality to Increase Institutions’
Commitment and Meaning of Life. Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu
Keislaman, 13(1), 89-112.
Nafis, Agus and Mujib (2018) in the article entitled “Workplace Spirituality to Increase
Institutions’ Commitment and Meaning of Life” discusses the importance of the workplace
spirituality in the increment of the commitment of the employees towards the work that has been
assigned to the concerned employees. The article states that the workplace spirituality within the
given employees actually help the employees to deal with the increase in their commitment
towards their work as well as help them in forming a better understanding of their own meaning
of life through the various practices that are implemented within the organizations. The article
majorly focusses on the spiritual factors that are followed by the employees of the organization
in order to deal with the various issues that might hamper their commitment towards the work.

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Bragard, I., Dupuis, G., & Fleet, R. (2015). Quality of work life, burnout, and stress in
emergency department physicians: a qualitative review. European Journal of Emergency
Medicine, 22(4), 227-234.
Bragard, Dupuis and Fleet (2015) in the article entitled “Quality of work life, burnout,
and stress in emergency department physicians: a qualitative review” discusses the high levels
of the stress that is faced by the physicians who have been assigned to work in the emergency
department of the medical institutions. The authors in this article discusses the medical
institutions in light of the workplaces wherein the physicians deliver their service. The article
mainly focusses on the high levels of stress and burnout that is faced by the concerned
physicians, doctors, and other medical staff who have been employed to serve in the emergency
units of the concerned medical institutions. This high level of stress often leads to the high
amount of the burnout in case of the medical staff.
Giorgi, G., Leon-Perez, J. M., & Arenas, A. (2015). Are bullying behaviors tolerated in some
cultures? Evidence for a curvilinear relationship between workplace bullying and job
satisfaction among Italian workers. Journal of Business Ethics, 131(1), 227-237.
Giorgi, Leon-Perez and Arenas (2015) in the article entitled “Are bullying behaviors
tolerated in some cultures? Evidence for a curvilinear relationship between workplace
bullying and job satisfaction among Italian workers” discusses the impacts of workplace
bullying on the psyche of the concerned employees. The article attempts to put forth an equation
among the bullying that is faced by a certain section of the employees and the job satisfaction as
is demonstrated by the employees. The article further focusses on the fact that the workplace
bullying within a certain given business organization does not demonstrate a specified
relationship with the well-being of the concerned employee of the organization. The article in

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discussion further states that the exposure to bullying within the workplace might eventually lead
up to development of negativity within the psyche of the victim.
Martin, A., Karanika‐Murray, M., Biron, C., & Sanderson, K. (2016). The psychosocial work
environment, employee mental health and organizational interventions: Improving
research and practice by taking a multilevel approach. Stress and health, 32(3), 201-215.
Martin et al. (2016) in the article entitled “The psychosocial work environment,
employee mental health and organizational interventions: Improving research and practice by
taking a multilevel approach” discusses the various factors that tend to affect the mental health
of the concerned employees of a business organization. The article discusses the benefits of the
implementation of the multiple levels in the analysis of the health of the employees of the
organization. The authors point out the fact that the mental health of the employees is one of the
most important factors that is required for the overall development of the concerned business
organization. The article highlights the major considerations that might be helpful in the
development of the study on the mental and psychological well-being of the employees of the
given organization.
Moen, P., Kelly, E. L., Fan, W., Lee, S. R., Almeida, D., Kossek, E. E., & Buxton, O. M. (2016).
Does a flexibility/support organizational initiative improve high-tech employees’ well-
being? Evidence from the work, family, and health network. American Sociological
Review, 81(1), 134-164.
Moen et al. (2016) in the article entitled “Does a flexibility/support organizational
initiative improve high-tech employees’ well-being? Evidence from the work, family, and
health network” discusses the process of the stress development and the models of job strain as

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is implemented by the concerned employees of the organization. The authors claim that these
might lead to the promotion of the well-being of the employees of the organization. The article
further discusses that the employees tend to deliver better performance towards the development
of the company in cases where they are allowed a certain amount of flexibility in the work hours
that their workplace demands. The article points out that this helps in the reduction of the
psychological stress of the employees as well and helps in increasing the job satisfaction on the
part of the employees.
Redmond, S. A., Wilcox, S. L., Campbell, S., Kim, A., Finney, K., Barr, K., & Hassan, A. M.
(2015). A brief introduction to the military workplace culture. Work, 50(1), 9-20.
Redmond et al. (2015) in the article entitled “A brief introduction to the military
workplace culture” attempts a discussion on the high amounts of the stress that is faced by the
people who have been appointed by the military organizations within the country. In this article
the authors tend to look at the military organizations to be the workplace of the people who have
been dedicated to serving their motherland. The authors of the article discuss the high levels of
stress that is generally faced by the employees of the various military organizations that are
dedicated towards the maintenance of the safety of the country. The authors of the article tend to
help the employers of the civilian organizations to observe and put forth ways to deal with the
problems that might arise from the workplace culture on the mental health of the employees.
Thus, the above discussion might safely be said to have thrown major light on the
impacts of the organizational culture and the disposition of the employees on the mental health
of the employees. The above discussion helps in gaining major knowledge on the ways in which
the stress caused due to the poor organizational culture might lead to the various issues in the
mental health of the concerned employees of the organization.

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References
Bragard, I., Dupuis, G., & Fleet, R. (2015). Quality of work life, burnout, and stress in
emergency department physicians: a qualitative review. European Journal of Emergency
Medicine, 22(4), 227-234.
Eisenstadt, L., & Geddes, D. (2018). Suppressed Anger, Retaliation Doctrine, and Workplace
Culture. U. Pa. J. Bus. L., 20, 147.
Giorgi, G., Leon-Perez, J. M., & Arenas, A. (2015). Are bullying behaviors tolerated in some
cultures? Evidence for a curvilinear relationship between workplace bullying and job
satisfaction among Italian workers. Journal of Business Ethics, 131(1), 227-237.
Gould, R., Harris, S. P., Caldwell, K., Fujiura, G., Jones, R., Ojok, P., & Enriquez, K. P. (2015).
Beyond the law: A review of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions in ADA employment
research. Disability Studies Quarterly, 35(3).
Kaminer, D. N. (2016). Mentally ill employees in the workplace: Does the ADA Amendments
Act provide adequate protection. Health Matrix, 26, 205.
Madison, K. M. (2016). The risks of using workplace wellness programs to foster a culture of
health. Health Affairs, 35(11), 2068-2074.
Martin, A., Karanika‐Murray, M., Biron, C., & Sanderson, K. (2016). The psychosocial work
environment, employee mental health and organizational interventions: Improving
research and practice by taking a multilevel approach. Stress and health, 32(3), 201-215.
Moen, P., Kelly, E. L., Fan, W., Lee, S. R., Almeida, D., Kossek, E. E., & Buxton, O. M. (2016).
Does a flexibility/support organizational initiative improve high-tech employees’ well-

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being? Evidence from the work, family, and health network. American Sociological
Review, 81(1), 134-164.
Nafis, M., Agus, Z. F., & Mujib, F. (2018). Workplace Spirituality to Increase Institutions’
Commitment and Meaning of Life. Epistemé: Jurnal Pengembangan Ilmu
Keislaman, 13(1), 89-112.
Redmond, S. A., Wilcox, S. L., Campbell, S., Kim, A., Finney, K., Barr, K., & Hassan, A. M.
(2015). A brief introduction to the military workplace culture. Work, 50(1), 9-20.