ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2015
Associations of work-related factors and work engagement with mental and physical health: a 1-year follow-up study among older workers.
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- Effects of a gratitude intervention program on work engagement among Japanese workers: a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2021Article
- Occupational Exposures Associated with Life Expectancy without and with Disability.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Mediating Effect of Unhealthy Behaviors and Body Mass Index in the Relation Between High Physical Workload and Self-Rated Poor Health in Male Construction Workers.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Article
- The effects of training managers on management competencies to improve their management practices and work engagement of their subordinates: A single group pre- and post-test study.Journal of occupational health · 2020Article
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- How Do Empowered Leaders Influence the Job Satisfaction of Kindergarten Teachers in China? Evidence From Mediation Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the 9-Item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale in a Multi-Occupational Female Sample: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeThe goals of this study were to determine whether, among older employees, unfavourable physical and psychosocial work-related factors were associated with poorer mental and physical health and whether high work engagement buffered the associations between unfavourable work-related factors and poorer health.
methodsA 1-year longitudinal study with employed persons aged 45-64 was conducted within the Study on Transitions in Employment, Ability and Motivation (n = 8,837). Using an online questionnaire, work-related factors (physical: physical load; psychosocial: psychological job demands, autonomy, and support) and work engagement were measured at baseline and health at baseline and 1-year follow-up. General linear models were used to assess associations of work-related factors and work engagement with health. Tests of interaction terms assessed whether work engagement buffered the work-related factor-health associations.
resultsUnfavourable psychosocial work-related factors at baseline were associated with poorer mental health at follow-up. Higher physical load, higher psychological job demands, and lower autonomy at baseline were associated with poorer physical health at follow-up. Higher work engagement at baseline was related to better physical and especially better mental health during the 1-year follow-up. Work engagement had a small effect on the associations between work-related factors and health.
conclusionsAmong older employees, especially the promotion of a high work engagement and, to a lesser extent, favourable work-related factors can be beneficial for mental health in particular.
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