ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2016
Experiences of work ability in young workers: an exploratory interview study.
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- Different approaches and their consequences for addressing the occupational health and safety of young workers: A systematic narrative literature review.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2025Pooled it
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- Work-life balance predicted work ability two years later: a cohort study of employees in the Swedish energy and water sector.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Mediating Factors for the Relationship between Stress and Work Ability over Time in Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Health literacy promotion among young adults: a web-based intervention in German vocational schools.Health education research · 2020Article
- Working in dissonance: experiences of work instability in workers with common mental disorders.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Opportunities for recovery at work and excellent work ability - a cross-sectional population study among young workers.BMC public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to explore the experiences of and influences on work ability in young workers related to their work and life situation.
methodsIn a qualitative study of a strategic sample of 12 young female and 12 young male workers, aged 25-30 years, in work or recently left work, recruited from the 5-year follow-up of a Swedish cohort, semi-structured interviews were performed to explore the experiences of work ability in these young workers. Systematic text condensation inspired by phenomenology was used in the analysis.
resultsWork ability was experienced as complex, consisting of four themes, each with three subthemes. To be alert and have energy, to possess sufficient education, skills and working life experience and experience meaningfulness and engagement in work, were perceived to be fundamental for work ability and were seen as the worker's own responsibility. Moreover, work ability can be improved or reduced by the psychosocial work climate, the work organization and the private life. Optimal work ability was experienced when all themes integrated in a positive way.
conclusionsWork ability was experienced as the worker's own responsibility that could be influenced by work circumstances and private life. To promote good work ability among young workers, work ability has to be understood in its specific context. Whether the understanding of work ability found in this study is explicit for the group of young adults needs to be explored in a more general population in further research.
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