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Who reported having a high-strain job, low-strain job, active job and passive job? The WIRUS Screening study.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Stress and job satisfaction over time, the influence of the managerial position: A bivariate longitudinal modelling of Wittyfit data.PloS one · 2024Article
- Should I Stay or Should I Go (to the Office)?-Effects of Working from Home, Autonomy, and Core Self-Evaluations on Leader Health and Work-Life Balance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Psychosocial job stressors and risk of suicidal behavior - an observational study among Swedish men.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022Observational
- Do health professionals' attitudes towards alcohol use matter for alcohol prevention efforts? Results from the WIRUS-OHS study.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- The Protective Role of Job Control/Autonomy on Mental Strain of Managers: A Cross-Sectional Study among Wittyfit's Users.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Do Differences in Drinking Attitudes and Alcohol-Related Problems Explain Differences in Sick Leave? A Multilevel Analysis of 95 Work Units Within 14 Companies From the WIRUS Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Are Demanding Job Situations Associated with Alcohol-Related Presenteeism? The WIRUS-Screening Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Job Stress and Mental Well-Being among Working Men and Women in Europe: The Mediating Role of Social Support.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Job Demand-Control-Support Latent Profiles and Their Relationships with Interpersonal Stressors, Job Burnout, and Intrinsic Work Motivation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Unequal Exposure to Occupational Stress across the Life Course: The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Gender.Socius : sociological research for a dynamic worldArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe Job Demands and Control model classifies job types as active, passive, low-strain or high-strain, based on a combination of job demands and control. While studies have shown high-strain jobs to have adverse consequences for health and work participation, prognostic factors for the four job types have been less explored. The aim of this study was to assess the associations between sociodemographic factors and job descriptors and being in high-strain, low-strain, active and passive jobs.
methodsThe WIRUS Screening study targeted Norwegian employees in private and public enterprises. In this study, associations with job types among 4,487 employees were investigated with binary logistic regression analyses, adjusting for sociodemographic and job-related variables.
resultsIn fully adjusted models, high-strain job was associated with female gender; lower education; shift work; and doing work outside the workplace. Low-strain job was associated with opposite scores on the same variables, and with lower job position. Active job was associated with lower age; female gender; higher levels of education; higher job position level; shift work; and not doing work outside the workplace. Passive job was associated with opposite scores on the same variables.
conclusionsThe study corroborates the role gender and education have for experiencing the job, and expands on existing knowledge on the role of job position and irregular working hours and spaces. By identifying factors associated with job types, the prevention of health problems and work disability may become be more targeted.
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