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Beller, Johannes, Batoul Safieddine, Julia Grasshoff & Jelena Epping (2025): Health patterns in the working population: latent class analysis of physical and psychological complaints in Germany. In: Journal of Public Health, S. 1-11. DOI:10.1007/s10389-025-02472-7

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"Aim: This study aimed to identify distinct patterns of health complaints among German workers and investigate their associations with socioeconomic factors. Subject and methods: Latent class analysis was performed on data from the BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey, which included 19,320 employed respondents aged 15 years and above. The analysis considered 21 physical and psychological health complaints, such as headache, back pain, fatigue, irritability, and depressiveness. The identified health complaint classes were compared via sociodemographic indicators, including age, gender, occupation, working hours, and education. Results: Four classes of health complaints were identified: “Low Overall Complaints” (low prevalence of all complaints; 40% of the sample), “Physical Complaints” (high prevalence of physical complaints but low prevalence of psychological complaints; 25% of the sample), “Psychological Complaints” (high prevalence of psychological complaints but low prevalence of physical complaints; 20% of the sample), and “High Overall Complaints” (high prevalence of both physical and psychological complaints; 15% of the sample). The classes differed most strongly according to occupational group, gender and education. Participants in high-skilled white-collar occupations were more likely to belong to the Low Overall Complaints and Psychological Complaints classes, while those in blue-collar occupations were more likely to belong to the Physical Complaints and High Overall Complaints classes. Conclusion: This study revealed four distinct patterns of health complaints in the German working population, differing in severity (low symptom burden vs. high symptom burden) as well as content (physical vs. psychological symptoms). A substantial proportion of workers experienced multiple physical, psychological, or overall health issues (60%). The differences between the classes were primarily related to occupation, highlighting the importance of occupational health research for public health. As the world of work evolves with an increasing proportion of high-skilled white-collar occupations, a rise in psychological health complaints is anticipated in the future." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Berk, Beatrice van & Anett Friedrich (2025): The Harmonised BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey 2006, 2012 and 2018 (H-ETB). In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, Jg. 245, H. 3, S. 351-361. DOI:10.1515/jbnst-2024-0048

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"The BIBB/BAuA Employment Surveys 2006, 2012 and 2018 are large cross-sections of the working population on qualification and working conditions in Germany and many publications are based on them. The data covers a wide range of topics, including information on occupations, education, job tasks, working conditions, job satisfaction and health status. A new harmonized dataset now compiles these three surveys into one file. The harmonized BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey (H-ETB) simplifies the use of the surveys for analyzes over time and analyzes of the pooled data. The dataset includes 60,048 cases and all variables that were surveyed in each wave in a harmonized form. The paper outlines the subject and methodology of the BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey as well as the harmonization." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © De Gruyter) ((en))

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Blomgren, Jenni & Riku Perhoniemi (2025): Occupational-class trends in diagnosis-specific sickness absence in Finland: a register-based observational study in 2011–2021. In: BMJ open, Jg. 15, H. 2. DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098001

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"Objectives: To examine the prevalence and days of long-term sickness absence (LTSA) by occupational class and by most important diagnostic groups in Finland during 2011–2021. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study. Setting and participants: National comprehensive register data were linked for all employed persons and entrepreneurs in Finland aged 25–64 for years 2011–2021 (yearly number of individuals in the study population around 2 million persons). Main outcome measures: LTSA was measured by sickness allowance that covers over 10-day long absences. Yearly age-standardised LTSA prevalences and average number of LTSA days were calculated for women and men in four occupational classes, separately for all-cause LTSA and LTSA due to mental disorders, musculoskeletal diseases and injuries. Modified Poisson regression and negative binomial regression models were run to assess relative differences between occupational classes, adjusted for age, marital status, education and region of residence. Results: All-cause LTSA slightly decreased between years 2011 and 2021, but the trends varied by occupational class and diagnostic group. LTSA due to mental disorders increased in all occupational classes after 2016 among both sexes, while LTSA due to musculoskeletal diseases and injuries continued to decrease in all occupational classes. The increase in LTSA due to mental disorders was largest among lower non-manual employees, especially among women, whereby all-cause LTSA prevalence among female lower non-manual employees reached the level of female manual workers. Men showed broadly similar trends, but manual workers still had the highest all-cause LTSA prevalence at the end of the study period. The main results were similar adjusted for covariates. Conclusions: The magnitude and order of the occupational-class differences in LTSA changed between 2011 and 2021, along with increasing LTSA due to mental disorders, especially among employees, and decreasing LTSA due to somatic diagnoses, especially among manual workers. Occupational-class differences should be taken into account when aiming to prevent LTSA and especially further increases in LTSA due to mental disorders." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bryson, Alex, John Forth & Francis Green (2025): The Relative Importance of the Establishment in the Determination of Job Quality. (IZA discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 17724), Bonn, 44 S.

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"Using linked employer-employee data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey we examine how much of the variation in job quality is accounted for by establishment-level variation, and the relative importance of the establishment compared with occupation and employee characteristics. We do so for pay, six dimensions of non-pay job quality and overall job quality. We show that the establishment is the dominant explanatory factor for non-pay job quality, and as important as occupation in accounting for pay. Where you work accounts for between 38% and 76% of the explained variance in job quality, depending on the dimension. We also find that establishments which are 'good' on one dimension of non-pay job quality are 'good' on others. When we relate the estimated establishment effects (after allowing for the effects of occupation and of employee characteristics) to observed establishment characteristics, we find that non-pay job quality is greater in smaller establishments." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Collischon, Matthias, Karolin Hiesinger & Laura Pohlan (2025): Disability onset and labor market outcomes. In: Socio-economic review, S. 1-32. DOI:10.1093/ser/mwaf021

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"This article analyzes the individual-level effects of disability onset on labor market outcomes using novel administrative data from Germany. Combining propensity score matching techniques with an event-study design, we find lasting negative impacts on employment and wages. One important mechanism is transitions to nonemployment after disability onset: the number of nonemployment days of the newly disabled increases by 36 days per year after one year and by 55 days after five years compared to the control group. For those who stay in employment, working part-time and switching to less physically or psychosocially demanding jobs are important adjustment paths. The negative labor market effects of disability onset are more pronounced for severely disabled, older, and low-skilled individuals." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Oxford University Press) ((en))

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De Moortel, Deborah, Rebeka Balogh, Miriam Engels & Julie Vanderleyden (2025): Employment Quality and Mental Health in Germany: the Mismatch of Low Employment Quality with Work and Family Values by Gender. In: Social Science & Medicine. DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117906

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"Empirical evidence on whether low-quality employment is detrimental to workers’ mental health is mostly cross-sectional and empirical evidence on pathways linking employment quality (EQ) to mental health remains scarce. Consequently, this study examines subsequent mental health associations of low-quality employment. Associations between EQ and mental health are investigated through a typology of employment arrangements. This study also investigates whether the relation between EQ types and subsequent mental health is different for workers with varying intensities of work and family values (i.e., importance of success at work and of having children, respectively) across genders. Using a large representative German panel dataset and Latent Class Cluster Analysis, EQ types are built and linked to mental health two years later. We assess two- and three-way interactions between EQ types and values, and between EQ types, gender and values, respectively. We found six EQ types: SER-like, precarious unsustainable, precarious full-time, SER-light, portfolio and protected part-time employment. Controlled for socio-demographic characteristics, precarious unsustainable employment for men and precarious full-time employment for women were associated to lower mental health after two years, compared to SER-like employment. Although protected part-time employment related to worse mental health for those with moderate to strong work and family values, compared to those with mild values, the interactions show an unclear pattern of the moderating role of values for the relation between EQ and subsequent mental health, for both men and women. This study should be replicated in other countries to confirm similar associations." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.) ((en))

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Elling, Jan Mathis, Christian Hetzel, Sarah Hampel, Adelheid von Spee & Greta Ollertz (2025): Wie steht es um die Gesundheit pflegender erwerbstätiger Personen? Analyse einer Erwerbstätigenbefragung mittels Propensity Score Matching. In: Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, S. 1-7. DOI:10.1007/s00391-024-02387-0

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"Hintergrund: Der Großteil der pflegebedürften Menschen in Deutschland wird zu Hause von Angehörigen oder anderen Bezugspersonen gepflegt. Viele informell Pflegende sind zudem erwerbstätig und stehen somit vor der Herausforderung, die Anforderungen beider Lebensbereiche zu vereinbaren. Dabei besteht die Gefahr, dass die eigene Gesundheit der Pflegenden leidet. Fragestellungen: (1) Inwiefern steht eine Pflegeverantwortung im privaten Umfeld bei Erwerbstätigen mit gesundheitlichen Beschwerden im Zusammenhang? (2) Innerhalb der Gruppe der pflegenden erwerbstätigen Personen, inwiefern stehen der Umfang von informeller Pflege und Erwerbsarbeit mit gesundheitlichen Beschwerden im Zusammenhang? Material und Methoden: Die Datenbasis dieser Sekundärdatenanalyse ist die BIBB/BAuA-Erwerbstätigenbefragung 2018. Um systematische Strukturunterschiede zwischen Pflegenden und Nichtpflegenden in den Analysen zu berücksichtigen, wurde das Propensity Score Matching angewendet. Ergebnisse und Diskussion: Pflegende Erwerbstätige haben häufiger psychosomatische und körperliche Beschwerden als Erwerbstätige ohne Pflegeverantwortung. Erwerbsarbeitszeit und Pflegeumfang stehen in Beziehung zueinander, und ein hoher Umfang in beiden Lebensbereichen ist mit schlechterer Gesundheit assoziiert. Schlussfolgerung: Personen, die neben ihrer Berufstätigkeit Pflegeaufgaben übernehmen, sind häufig gesundheitlich belastet. Daher sind gezielte Interventionen zur Gesundheitsförderung notwendig, um diese Gruppe zu unterstützen und ihre Gesundheit zu verbessern." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Eyjólfsdóttir, Harpa S., Tale Hellevik, Katharina Herlofson, Axel West Pedersen, Carin Lennartsson & Marijke Veenstra (2025): Poor psychosocial work environment: a ticket to retirement? Variations by gender and education. In: European Journal of Ageing, Jg. 22. DOI:10.1007/s10433-025-00855-z

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"Many countries, including Norway, are implementing policies to delay retirement and encourage older workers to remain in the labour market. Improving psychosocial working conditions may motivate older workers to continue working. While research has linked psychosocial working characteristics to retirement intentions and work exit, there is a knowledge gap regarding gender and socioeconomic differences in these influences. This study investigates the impact of psychosocial working characteristics on employment exit among older workers, examining variations by gender and educational attainment. Data were drawn from the Norwegian Life Course, Ageing, and Generation study (NorLAG) collected in 2007 and 2017 (N = 2,065) linked to income register data for four subsequent years. Time-to-event analyses revealed that poorer psychosocial working environment increased the likelihood of employment exit. For women, low autonomy was significant, while for men significant associations were found for high job stress, low job variety, lack of appreciation, limited learning opportunities, accumulation of poor job resources, and job strain. Interaction analysis showed only significant gender differences for few learning opportunities and poor job resources. Separate analyses stratified by educational attainment showed no significant association for those with compulsory education, while those with higher levels of education were more likely to retire if faced with low job variety, low autonomy, and poor job resources–yet interaction analysis showed no significant differences. These findings suggest that interventions aimed at delaying retirement should consider gender and socioeconomic differences, providing older workers with more control over their tasks and equitable access to learning opportunities and resources." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Fitzenberger, Bernd & Hack Florian (2025): Aktuelle Folgen des Klimawandels für den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. (IAB-Forschungsbericht 08/2025), Nürnberg, 31 S. DOI:10.48720/IAB.FB.2508

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"Der Klimawandel hat bereits spürbare Auswirkungen auf den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Besonders der Temperaturanstieg und die Zunahme von Hitzewellen betreffen Branchen wie das Baugewerbe und die Landwirtschaft. Auch andere Branchen wie Dienstleistungen, Logistik, Tourismus und das Verarbeitende Gewerbe sind betroffen. Die empirische Evidenz legt nahe, dass es in der Folge zu gesundheitlichen Risiken, höheren Unfallzahlen, steigenden Krankheitstagen bis hin zu vermehrten Todesfällen kommt. Dies kann die Produktivität negativ beeinflussen und wirtschaftliche Kosten, Arbeitsplatzverluste sowie indirekte negative Auswirkungen auf die Wertschöpfungsketten haben. Neben der Hitze nehmen auch Dürren in Häufigkeit und Intensität zu, mit gravierenden Folgen für Lebensmittelproduktion und Energieversorgung. Die extremen Dürren und Hitzewellen der letzten Jahre haben die Notwendigkeit von Anpassungsmaßnahmen verdeutlicht. Sowohl technische Lösungen als auch wirtschaftliche Anreize sollten in den Blick genommen werden, um sowohl ökologische als auch wirtschaftliche Stabilität zu sichern. Eine weitere Folge des Klimawandels ist die Zunahme von Extremwetterereignissen wie Stürmen, Starkregen und Überschwemmungen, die allein in Deutschland zwischen 2000 und 2021 Schäden in Höhe von rund 145 Milliarden Euro verursachten. Die Schäden und daraus resultierenden Wiederaufbauarbeiten haben direkte und indirekte Folgen für den Arbeitsmarkt. So treten diese insbesondere im Bausektor (z.B. durch Hochwasserschutzmaßnahmen, sowie im Hoch- und Tiefbau) und im Gesundheitswesen auf. In den kommenden Jahrzehnten dürften sich die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels weiter verstärken. Eine Analyse des Potsdam-Instituts für Klimafolgenforschung prognostiziert für Deutschland bis 2050 einen Rückgang des Bruttoinlandsprodukts um bis zu elf Prozent. Laut der Studie werden die wirtschaftlichen Folgen regional unterschiedlich ausfallen, wobei veränderte Niederschlagsmuster lokal positive Effekte haben können. Insgesamt führt die Zunahme extremer Wetterereignisse jedoch zu erheblichen wirtschaftlichen Schäden. Davon besonders betroffen sind diejenigen Berufsgruppen, die den Witterungsbedingungen direkt ausgesetzt sind, darunter Beschäftigte in der Land- und Forstwirtschaft, im Baugewerbe sowie in schlecht hitzegeschützten Innenräumen. Befragungsdaten aus den Jahren 2006, 2012 und 2018 zeigen bislang allerdings nicht, dass die Beschäftigten in Deutschland Hitze als einen ausgeprägten Belastungsfaktor wahrnehmen. Interessanterweise nimmt die Zahl der Hitzetage zu, während sich der Anteil der Beschäftigten, die sich durch Witterungsbedingungen beeinträchtigt fühlen, verringert. Zu beachten ist, dass die Befragung lediglich allgemeine Witterungsbelastungen wie Kälte, Hitze, Nässe und Zugluft erfasst, die nicht ausschließlich durch den Klimawandel bedingt sind. Zudem ist unklar, ob etwa ein Anstieg der Belastung durch extreme Hitze durch einen Rückgang der Belastung durch Kälte ausgeglichen wird. Die Auswirkungen variieren auch nach Unternehmensgröße, da finanzielle Mittel entscheidend für die Resilienz gegenüber klimatischen Veränderungen sind. So sind kleinere Unternehmen im Schnitt stärker betroffen als größere. Internationale Forschung zu Naturkatastrophen liefert Erkenntnisse zu Arbeitsmarkteffekten, die auch für Deutschland relevant sind. So können klimabedingte Katastrophen langfristige Wanderungsbewegungen auslösen und kurzfristige Einkommensverluste verursachen, die nur langfristig kompensiert werden können. Dies zeigt zum Beispiel eine Studie zu den Folgen des Hurricanes Katrina in den USA. Gleichzeitig profitieren Unternehmen, die am Wiederaufbau beteiligt sind, wirtschaftlich von diesen Entwicklungen. Auch die Nutzung von Saison-Kurzarbeitergeld in Deutschland lässt Rückschlüsse auf wirtschaftliche Anpassungen an den Klimawandel zu: So ist der relative Anteil der Beschäftigten im Baugewerbe, die diese Leistung in Anspruch nehmen, zwischen 2012 und 2023 gesunken. Dieser Rückgang ist konsistent mit zunehmend milderen Wintern, die längere Arbeitszeiten ermöglichen können. Langfristig wird die Anpassungsfähigkeit von Unternehmen und Beschäftigten entscheidend für die direkten Folgen des Klimawandels auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt sein. Maßnahmen, um durch den Klimawandel ausgelöste Schäden zu beseitigen, oder wirtschaftliche Transformationsprozesse, die die Resilienz gegenüber dem Klimawandel erhöhen und dem Klimaschutz dienen, können auch zu positiven Effekten wie der Entstehung neuer Geschäftsfelder und der Schaffung neuer Arbeitsplätze führen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Funk, Stephanie (2025): Sick of Leading? Supervisory Responsibility and Its Consequences for Sickness Absenteeism and Sickness Presenteeism. In: Journal of Business and Psychology, Jg. 40, H. 3, S. 651-667. DOI:10.1007/s10869-024-09980-5

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"This research examines the impact of leadership positions with supervisory responsibility on two labormarket related health behaviors - sickness absenteeism and sickness presenteeism, i.e., working while being sick. Drawing on the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, this study posits that supervisory responsibility, serving as both a job resource and a demand, reduces sickness absenteeism while concurrently increasing sickness presenteeism behavior. The study identifies permanent availability and time pressure as two key aspects of leadership positions with supervisory responsibility that mediate these relationships. Using German-linked employer-employee data, the empirical results suggested that having supervisory responsibility reduces sickness absenteeism while at the same time elevating the engagement in sickness presenteeism. Furthermore, these relationships are partially mediated by leaders’ need for permanent availability and the time pressure inherent in positions with supervisory responsibility. This research advances our understanding of job characteristics of leadership positions by illustrating that job demands can yield favorable outcomes, offering valuable insights into the complex interplay between leadership positions and leaders’ health behaviors." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Goetz, Valentina, Ingo Isphording, Jonas Jessen & Stefanie Wolter (2025): Sexuelle Belästigung am Arbeitsplatz: Zwei von zehn Beschäftigten berichten von Vorfällen im eigenen Arbeitsumfeld. (IAB-Kurzbericht 09/2025), Nürnberg: IAB, 7 S. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2509

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"Sexuelle Belästigung ist eine substanzielle Belastung für die direkt Betroffenen und ihr (Arbeits-)Umfeld – und damit potenziell auch eine wirtschaftliche Belastung für Betriebe. Wie verbreitet sexuelle Belästigung und präventive Maßnahmen in Betrieben sind, wurde dennoch bisher nicht umfassend untersucht. Zwei Befragungen des IAB zeigen nun, wie häufig sexuelle Belästigung am Arbeitsplatz vorkommt und welche Auswirkungen Betriebe und Beschäftigte infolgedessen erwarten. Darüber hinaus wird dokumentiert, welche Maßnahmen Betriebe ergreifen, um solche Vorfälle zu verhindern oder darauf zu reagieren." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Golsch, Katrin & Ayhan Adams (2025): Sleep duration, work-to-family conflicts and telecommuting: a mediation analysis among German mothers and fathers. In: Community, work & family, S. 1-22. DOI:10.1080/13668803.2025.2455660

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"The study investigates the consequences of work-to-family conflicts in telecommuting arrangements for parents' sleep duration. We discuss the potential relationships from the perspective of flexible resources and greedy roles. The study conducts moderated mediation analyses of telecommuting on sleep duration through work-to-family conflicts and addresses gender differences. The analyses use data from the German Family Panel (waves 10 & 12). After controlling for covariates, the results reveal an insignificant positive direct association between telecommuting and sleep duration. However, the mediation analysis shows that telecommuting is associated with shorter sleep duration through work-to-family conflicts. The moderated mediation further reveals that this negative indirect effect is slightly stronger for mothers than fathers. These findings highlight the complexity/bipolarity of flexible working arrangements in the context of the work-family interface and their implications for sleep behaviour, particularly from a gender perspective." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Grasshoff, Julia, Batoul Safieddine, Stefanie Sperlich & Johannes Beller (2025): Gender differences in psychosomatic complaints across occupations and time from 2006 to 2018 in Germany: a repeated cross-sectional study. In: BMC public health, Jg. 25. DOI:10.1186/s12889-025-21462-8

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"Background: Previous research indicates that women report more psychosomatic complaints at work compared to men. However, there is a lack of research examining this gender gap across different occupational subgroups and over time. Methods: The study utilized data from the nationwide German Employment Survey of the Working Population on Qualification and Working Conditions conducted in 2005/2006, 2011/2012, and 2017/ 2018. First, gender differences in psychosomatic complaints were analysed within the occupational subgroups categorized as white-collar high-skilled, white-collar low-skilled, blue-collar high-skilled and blue-collar low-skilled workers. Second, gender stratified time trends of psychosomatic complaints were analysed. A total of 58,759 participants were included in the analysis. Results: Women consistently reported significantly higher levels of psychosomatic complaints compared to men across all years examined. The largest differences were observed in white-collar high-skilled occupations. From 2005/2006 to 2011/2012, gender differences increased; from 2011/2012 to 2017/2018, they stagnated. Conclusions: The study revealed that women experience more psychosomatic distress at work than men in all occupational subgroups and time points. White-collar high-skilled workers showed the highest gender gap in psychosomatic complaints. The gender gap widened from 2005/2006 to 2011/2012 and remained stable from 2011/2012 to 2017/2018. Future research should investigate the reasons and implications of this phenomenon, especially considering the increasing proportion of high-skilled white-collar workers, where the gender gap is most evident." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Grønstad, Anniken & Vilde Hoff Bernstrøm (2025): Why downsizing may increase sickness absence: longitudinal fixed effects analyses of the importance of the work environment. In: BMC health services research, Jg. 25. DOI:10.1186/s12913-025-12454-w

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"Background: Downsizing can often have a detrimental effect on employee health and increase sickness absence. Earlier research has theoretically argued that such negative consequences are due to taxing alterations in the work environment, but research efforts to empirically test this argument remain limited. Methods: In this study, we investigate whether the environment for control, role clarity, and commitment in different work units can explain the relationship between unit-level downsizing and sickness absence. We combined register- and self-reported data from 19,173 employees in a large Norwegian health trust in the period 2011–2015 and conducted a longitudinal fixed effects analysis. Results: Unit-level downsizing was found to be significantly related to increased short-term sickness absence, reduced organizational commitment, and reduced control. Reduced commitment explained a small part of the increase in short-term sickness absence after unit-level downsizing. There was no mediating effect of either control or role clarity. Conclusion: The study contributes to a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms that help explain why downsizing leads to adverse health consequences and sickness absence by highlighting the complexity of this relationship and introducing organizational commitment as a relevant mediator." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Győri, Ágnes, Éva Perpék & Szilvia Ádám (2025): Mental health risk in human services work across Europe: the predictive role of employment in various sectors. In: Frontiers in Public Health, Jg. 12. DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1407998

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"Background: Human services occupations are highly exposed to mental health risks, thus psychosocial risk management is critical to assure healthy and safe working conditions, promote mental health and commitment, and prevent fluctuation of employees. However, still little is known about prominent psychosocial risk factors in various human services work. Objectives: To identify prominent psychosocial risk factors of mental health in human services occupations and to explore their individual and organizational correlates in 19 European countries. Methods: Cross-sectional survey using data from the European Union's Labor Force Survey among 379,759 active employees in 19 European countries. First, a descriptive analysis was carried out to establish the prevalence of mental health risk factors. Then sociodemographic correlates of occupational mental health risk factors were assessed by means of Pearson's chi-squared test. Finally, correlations were explored between perceived psychosocial risk factors and human vs. non-human services occupations, as well as contextual variables by applying multilevel logistic and multinomial regression analyses. Results: The prevalence of mental health risk was 45.1%. Work overload (19.9%), dealing with difficult clients (10.2%), and job insecurity (5.8%) were the most prevalent mental health risk factors among European employees. We identified significant differences in the prevalence of mental health risks and specific mental health risk factors among employees according to sex, age, and educational attainment. The prevalence of mental health risks was significantly higher among women (47.0%, man: 43.3%), workers aged 35–50 years (47.5%, >50: 44.4%, <35: 42.3%), and those with the higher level of education (51.9%, secondary with diploma: 42.6%, elementary: 36.2%). Employees working in healthcare in Northern Europe were most likely to be exposed to mental health risks (AME = 0.717). Working in healthcare in Northern Europe was the strongest predictor of reporting work overload (AME = 0.381). Working in social care in Central and Eastern Europe was the strongest predictor of reporting dealing with difficult clients (AME = 0.303) as the most prevalent mental health risk factor. Conclusion: Understanding the impact of employment in specific human services occupations on mental health and its specific occupational stressors are vital to improve mental health and safety at work and maintain high quality services." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Gürtzgen, Nicole & Karolin Hiesinger (2025): Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence: Evidence from a policy change. In: Industrial Relations, Jg. 64, H. 3, S. 318-342., 2024-07-29. DOI:10.1111/irel.12375

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"This paper studies whether a decline in employment protection reduces workers' long-term sickness absences (of >6 weeks). We exploit exogenous variation from a German policy change that shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from 5 to 10 workers. Using German register data, we find that the reform significantly reduced employees' transitions into long-term sickness during their second year after being hired. This response is due to a behavioral rather than a compositional effect and is particularly pronounced among the medium-skilled and younger males. Further results indicate that the reform did not alter the probability of involuntary unemployment after sickness." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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Halla, Martin & Bernhard Schmidpeter (2025): Werther at Work: Intra-firm Spillovers of Suicides. (Department of Economics working paper / Vienna University of Economics and Business 374), Wien, 41 S.

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"Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide and a critical public health concern. We examine the hypothesis of suicide contagion within in the workplace, investigating whether exposure to a coworker's suicide increases an individual's suicide risk. Using high-quality administrative data from Austria and an event study approach, we compare approximately 150,000 workers exposed to a coworker's suicide with a matched group exposed to a "placebo suicide". We find a significant increase in suicide risk for exposed individuals, with a cumulative treatment effect of 0.04 percentage points (33.3 percent) over a 20-year post-event period. Exposed individuals who also die by suicide are more likely to use the same method as their deceased coworker, strongly suggesting a causal link. Two placebo tests bolster this interpretation: workers who left the firm before the suicide and those exposed to a coworker's fatal car accident do not show an elevated suicide risk." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Hasselhorn, Hans Martin & Max Josef Rohrbacher (2025): „Stay at Work“ – ein ressourcenorientiertes Konzept füllt eine Lücke. In: Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Umweltmedizin, Jg. 60, H. 3, S. 164-169. DOI:10.17147/asu-1-426483

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"Einleitung: Das Konzept „Stay at Work“ (SaW) bietet eine ressourcenorientierte Perspektive auf Erwerbstätige, die trotz gesundheitlicher Einschränkungen kontinuierlich arbeiten und dabei keine erhöhten Fehlzeiten aufweisen. Methode: In der vorliegenden Studie werden Daten der lidA-Kohortenstudie verwendet, um das Phänomen SaW innerhalb der mittelalten Erwerbsbevölkerung querschnittlich zu untersuchen. Ergebnisse: Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass SaW-Beschäftigte oft über günstigere personale und arbeitsbezogene Ressourcen verfügen als Beschäftigte mit häufigen Arbeitsunfähigkeitszeiten. Insbesondere Arbeitsfaktoren wie Führungsqualität und Einfluss bei der Arbeit scheinen dabei zentrale Einflussfaktoren zu sein. Dennoch stellen sie zugleich eine potenziell vulnerable Gruppe dar. Schlussfolgerungen: Der Beitrag leistet einen ersten Schritt zur besseren wissenschaftlichen Einordnung von SaW und zeigt Potenziale auf, wie diese Perspektive die betriebliche Präventionsarbeit in Deutschland stärken kann." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Hotz, V. Joseph, Anna Ziff & Emily Wiemers (2025): The Association between the Volatility of Income and Life Expectancy in the U.S. In: Journal of labor economics, Jg. 43, H. S1, S. S153-S178. DOI:10.1086/732668

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"We examine the relationship between income volatility and life expectancy in mid-sized U.S. commuting zones between 2006 and 2014. We use a commercial dataset, Info USA, to measure income volatility which we link to estimates of life expectancy by gender, county,race, and income. We find that higher income volatility in a county is associated with lower life expectancy, but only at the bottom of the income distribution and primarily for non-HispanicWhites. Though we cannot extrapolate our findings to individual-level relationships, we dolink them to existing literatures on place-based differences in mortality and the relationship between volatility and health." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Kaboth, Arthur, Marcel Lück, Lena Hünefeld & Vanessa Vegner (2025): Arbeits- und Gesundheitssituation von Erwerbstätigen in der Einfacharbeit. (baua: Bericht), Dortmund, 41 S. DOI:10.21934/baua:bericht20250331

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"Einfacharbeit umfasst Tätigkeiten, die keine formale Qualifikation voraussetzen. Diese Tätigkeiten bewegen sich im Spannungsfeld zwischen belastenden Arbeitsanforderungen und hoher gesellschaftlicher Relevanz. Bislang ist der Forschungsstand lückenhaft, und es fehlt an spezifischen Maßnahmen zur Verbesserung der Arbeits- und Gesundheitssituation dieser Erwerbstätigengruppe. Im vorliegenden Bericht wird anhand verschiedener Datensätze beleuchtet, wer in Einfacharbeit tätig ist, welche Arbeitsanforderungen und -ressourcen vorzufinden sind, wie die Erwerbsverläufe bis hin zur Regelaltersgrenze der Beschäftigten aussehen und welche gesundheitlichen Konsequenzen mit Einfacharbeit einhergehen können. Der Bericht dient dazu, einen Status Quo über die hier aufgezählten Inhalte zu liefern, Forschungslücken zu identifizieren und zu schließen sowie Handlungsempfehlungen für die Arbeits- und Gesundheitssituation dieser Erwerbsgruppe darzulegen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Beschäftigte in der Einfacharbeit sowohl von körperlichen als auch psychischen Arbeitsanforderungen betroffen sind und zugleich wenige Arbeitsplatzressourcen zur Verfügung stehen. Außerdem sind im Vergleich zu anderen Erwerbgruppen die Erwerbsverläufe der Beschäftigten in der Einfacharbeit häufiger von Erwerbsunterbrechungen sowie von vorzeitigen Eintritten in die Altersrente geprägt. In verschiedenen Bereichen der Einfacharbeit kann eine Vielzahl arbeitsbezogener Anforderungen identifiziert werden, die gesundheitliche Risiken mit sich bringen. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen eine durchschnittlich schlechtere sowie über den Erwerbsverlauf abnehmende subjektive Gesundheit. Aus Perspektive des Arbeitsschutzes müssen zunächst die Problemlagen der Beschäftigten in der Einfacharbeit identifiziert und dementsprechend passgenaue Maßnahmen ergriffen werden. Zum einen geht es dabei um die Identifizierung und Reduzierung von Belastungen am Arbeitsplatz sowie der Bereitstellung von spezifischen Ressourcen, um die Gesundheit der Beschäftigten bis ins hohe Alter zu fördern und zu erhalten. Zum anderen können (Teil-)Qualifizierungen dazu beitragen, die Motivation aber auch die Beschäftigungsstabilität sowie Arbeitsmarktchancen zu erhöhen, sodass das Risiko von Erwerbsunterbrechungen minimiert wird. Diese sollten vor dem Hintergrund des drohenden Arbeits- bzw. Fachkräftemangels lebenslauforientiert und alter(n)sgerecht gestaltet werden. Der vorliegende Bericht zeigt allerdings auch, dass noch weitere Forschung nötig ist, um die Arbeits- und Gesundheitssituation der Beschäftigten in der Einfacharbeit zu verbessern." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Kirkegaard, Tanja, Vita Ligaya P. Dalgaard & R. Grytnes (2025): Repeated short‐term sickness absence: A problem to be handled or a symptom to be prevented? A qualitative case study. In: Industrial relations journal, Jg. 56, H. 1, S. 3-21. DOI:10.1111/irj.12447

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"Repeated short‐term sickness absence has been linked to poor psychosocial work environment. However, the handling of short‐term sickness absence is often driven by a formal monitoring of employees' absence records rather than by a focus on enhancing well‐being at work. In this paper, based on interview data, we found that repeated short‐term sickness absence was primarily addressed as an individual employee issue, with limited focus on prevention through improvements in the work environment such as fostering trust between employees' and managers and promoting overall well‐being at work." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Knispel, Jens, Veneta Slavchova, Julia Brenner & Viktoria Arling (2025): Die Relevanz der beruflichen Resilienz für die mentale Gesundheit und Arbeitszufriedenheit von Beschäftigten. In: Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Umweltmedizin, Jg. 2025, H. 2, S. 98-107. DOI:10.17147/asu-1-417844

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"Zielstellung: Schätzungsweise 15% aller Fehltage von Beschäftigten aller Altersgruppen sind auf psychische Erkrankungen zurückzuführen. Ziel der vorliegenden Studie ist es, die Relevanz verschiedener Facetten der beruflichen Resilienz als mögliche Schutzfaktoren für die langfristige Aufrechterhaltung der mentalen Gesundheit von Beschäftigten und dem Erleben ihrer beruflichen Situation zu untersuchen. Zu den Facetten der beruflichen Resilienz zählen Optimismus, Akzeptanz, Lösungsorientierung, Selbstfürsorge, Netzwerkorientierung, Verantwortungsübernahme und Zukunftsplanung. Methode: Zur Untersuchung der Forschungsfrage wurden im Rahmen einer Online-Studie 235 Beschäftigte mit einem Stellenumfang von mindestens 20 Stunden pro Woche mittels Fragebögen bezüglich ihrer beruflichen Resilienz (RB-7-30) und ihrer emotionalen Irritation, Depressivität und Arbeitszufriedenheit befragt. Ergebnisse: Die Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass berufliche Resilienz mit emotionaler Irritation, Depressivität und Arbeitszufriedenheit assoziiert ist. Multiple Regressionsanalysen geben Hinweis darauf, dass die jeweiligen Resilienzfacetten einen differenzierten Zusammenhang mit der mentalen Gesundheit von Beschäftigten und dem Erleben ihrer beruflichen Situation aufweisen. Schlussfolgerungen: Berufliche Resilienz stellt einen potenziellen Schutzfaktor zum Erhalt der mentalen Gesundheit dar. Es erscheint lohnenswert, weitere Untersuchungen zur Wirksamkeit beruflicher Resilienz durchzuführen, um anschließend gezielte Trainingsmaßnahmen für Beschäftigte (Führungskräfte und Mitarbeitende) abzuleiten und so einen nachhaltigen Beitrag zur langfristigen Stabilisierung des psychischen Wohlbefindens und der Arbeitszufriedenheit zu leisten" (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Llanos-Reyes, Claudio & Anna Horstmann (2025): From the policy of humanization to labour flexibilization: the case of the Federal Republic of Germany (from the 1970s to the 1980s). In: Labor history, S. 1-17. DOI:10.1080/0023656x.2025.2477149

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"This paper examines how proposals for the ‘humanization of work,’ aimed at improving working conditions, were increasingly overshadowed by labor flexibilization during the 1980s. Using Germany as a case study, it explores the Federal Government’s 1974 ‘Humanization of Work’ initiative and its evolution amidst rising unemployment, technological change and neoliberal influence. Labor flexibilization, exemplified by debates over working hours, displaced efforts to improve the quality of working life. This transition reflects a broader historical shift from policies supporting worker protections to those favouring capitalist accumulation and deregulation. By analyzing political, academic and trade union perspectives from the 1970s and 1980s, this paper highlights how neoliberal agendas reshaped labor relations, diminishing the focus on worker-centered approaches. These findings underscore pivotal changes in labour policies and their lasting impact on work and workers’ rights." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Llosa, José Antonio, Enrique Iglesias-Martínez, Esteban Agulló-Tomás, Sara Menéndez-Espina & Beatriz Oliveros (2025): The effect of precarious employment on suicidal ideation: A serial mediation model with contractual temporality and job insecurity. In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Jg. 46, H. 1, S. 239-255. DOI:10.1177/0143831X241240616

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"Suicidal ideation is a variable prior to suicidal behavior and one of the main producers of risk of death by suicide. The sample consisted of a total of 1,288 people living in Spain who at the time of answering the questionnaire were in active employment. Contractual status is a significant variable for the prediction of suicidal ideation. Contractual temporality is a risk factor for suicidal ideation, whereas permanent employment is a protective factor. In suicidal ideation, job insecurity is a mediating risk factor and a key dimension of job precariousness because of the adverse effects on mental health it causes. Job insecurity interacts with objective causes of precariousness and is presented as a necessary variable for understanding the relationship between these material causes and suicidal thoughts." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Machek, Ondřej & Martin Machek (2025): Reducing Counterproductive Work Behavior. Examining the Interplay Between Mental Load and Emotional Load. In: Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, Jg. 69, H. 1, S. 15-27. DOI:10.1026/0932-4089/a000436

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"This study explores the effects of mental load and emotional load on counterproductive work behavior (CWB). Building on the conservation of resources theory and the challenge–hindrance stressor framework, we hypothesize that mental load enhances the effort and engagement of employees to accomplish goals and subsequently reduces organizational deviance (e. g., working time fraud), while emotional load, through resource depletion, weakens this relationship. We also suggest that by depleting emotional resources, emotional load could increase interpersonal deviance, with mental load exacerbating this effect due to synergistic effects. The results of a two-wave survey among 303 UK employees show that mental load reduces organizational deviance only when emotional load is low to moderate; when emotional load is high, mental load may even increase organizational deviance. The results also show that emotional load increases interpersonal deviance, irrespective of the level of mental load. The findings underscore the distinct nature of interpersonal and organizational deviance, challenges previous interpretations of the relationship between workplace stressors and CWB, and highlights the importance of considering the complex interplay between different types of stressors in predicting workplace outcomes." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2024 Hogrefe Verlag) ((en))

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Mergener, Alexandra, Nico Stawarz, Heiko Rüger & Inga Laß (2025): Working from home and health complaints: on the difference between telework and informal overtime at home. In: Frontiers in Public Health, Jg. 13. DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2025.1465617

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"Background: With the increase in the prevalence of working from home (WFH), understanding its impact on health has become more relevant. However, the possibility that health effects may depend on the specific WFH arrangement has largely been ignored in research. Objective: The aim of this study is to offer a differentiated view of WFH by distinguishing between informal overtime at home and telework during recognized working time when assessing its associations with mental and physical health complaints. Moreover, the extent of telework is considered. The study also differentiates the group of WFH non-users by distinguishing between voluntary non-use and employer-directed non-use. Methods: We apply OLS regression models with clustered standard errors by occupation to probability-based survey data that is representative of employees in Germany. The analytical sample was restricted to employees whose job tasks could be performed at home (N  = 10,365). Results: Compared to employer-directed non-users, working informal overtime at home is associated with more mental health complaints, while telework is associated with fewer mental and physical health complaints. However, the beneficial association between recognized telework and mental health only applies to employees with relatively small extents of telework. At higher extents of telework, the mental health advantages disappear, while those for physical health tend to remain. Conclusion: This study suggests that a nuanced look at patterns of use and non-use of WFH is essential when gauging its impact on health." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Mikucka, Malgorzata, Oliver Arránz Becker & Christof Worl (2025): Short- and long-term health effects of job insecurity. Fixed effects panel analysis of German data. In: Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, Jg. 51, H. 2, S. 68-76. DOI:10.5271/sjweh.4206

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"Objective: Previous research has linked job insecurity to health deterioration. The risk accumulation model suggests that health effects of job insecurity may persist even after job security is restored, yet long-term empirical analyses are scarce. Our study evaluates the long-term effects of accumulated exposures to affective job insecurity on mental and physical health among the working-age population in Germany. Method: Using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (12 624 individuals; 84 219 observations), we applied panel regression models with individual fixed effects to assess short- and long-term health changes associated with affective job insecurity. Job insecurity was measured by respondents’ worries about job security. Mental and physical health was recorded with the SF-12 scale. Results: Job insecurity correlated with short-term worsening in mental and physical health. However, after job insecurity ceased, health recovery was incomplete resulting in a long-term health deterioration. The long-term effects were larger among respondents who accumulated more instances of job insecurity, and showed a similar pattern for mental and physical health. An additional analysis documented stronger health effects of job insecurity among lower educated persons. Conclusion: Our study is one of the first to empirically demonstrate the negative long-term health effects of job insecurity. Our findings for a well-protected labor market like Germany’s, suggest that the health risks associated with job insecurity may be substantial and potentially underestimated by studies that focus solely on short-term effects." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Raj, Asha Binu & Ashok Kumar Goute (2025): Internal branding and technostress among employees - the mediation role of employee wellbeing and moderating effects of digital internal communication. In: Acta Psychologica, Jg. 255. DOI:10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104943

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"Integrating technology with communication makes work comfortable, but it simultaneously interrupts employees' personal life. Internal branding strategies attempts to improve employee's psychological and physiological wellbeing, yet the extensive integration of technology with work and workplace activities posit serious challenges in the form of technostress. In the context of communication, digital tools and mode of work increases efficiency, yet their impact of wellbeing and technostress experienced by employees needs to be examined.The present study aims to analyze the impact of internal branding on employee wellbeing and technostress under the influence of digital internal communication. The paper also examines if digital internal communication can moderate the impact of internal branding on employee wellbeing and also the impact of employee wellbeing on technostress experienced at workplace. The mediation effect of employee wellbeing between internal branding and technostress is also analyzed.The conceptual model was built on the premises of job demands-resources theory, technology acceptance model, and transactional theory of stress and coping. Data collected from 401 employees from information technology sector was analyzed using Smart PLS4. Results of structural and measurement model using PLS SEM indicate that internal branding improves wellbeing and reduces technostress under the influence of digital internal communication. Employee wellbeing is found to mediate the impact of internal branding as well as digital internal communication on technostress. Findings support the moderating effects of digital internal communication in reducing technostress and improving employee wellbeing. The hypothesised research model integrates three theories making a novel contribution by analysing wellbeing and technostress and exploring internal branding and internal communication in the digital context." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2025 The Authors. Published byElsevier B.V.) ((en))

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Rose, Uwe, Friederike Buchallik, Hermann Burr & Norbert Kersten (2025): Burnoutdimension emotionale Erschöpfung und Einschränkungen der Erwerbsteilhabe: Eine prospektive Studie bei 2308 sozialversicherungspflichtig Beschäftigten in Deutschland. In: Das Gesundheitswesen, S. 1-7. DOI:10.1055/a-2505-9011

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"In der Studie wird der Zusammenhang zwischen der Burnoutdimension emotionale Erschöpfung mit nachfolgenden Ereignissen der Nichterwerbsteilhabe (Langzeit-Arbeitsunfähigkeit, Arbeitslosigkeit, Frühberentung) und deren Dauer untersucht. Die Datenbasis bildet die Studie zur Mentalen Gesundheit bei der Arbeit (S-MGA); eine Verlaufsstudie basierend auf einer Zufallsstichprobe von n=4511 sozialversicherungspflichtig Beschäftigten im Alter von 31–60 Jahren zum Zeitpunkt der Ziehung und einem Follow-up nach 5 Jahren (n=2460). Burnoutsymptome wurden zum Zeitpunkt der Erstbefragung mittels eines schriftlichen Fragebogens erfasst, während die Erwerbs- und die Krankheitshistorie im Follow-up mittels eines Interviews erhoben wurde. Zusammenhänge zwischen der Burnoutskala zu T1 mit darauffolgenden Ereignissen der Nichterwerbsteilhabe wurden im Rahmen eines Two-Part-Models analysiert: d. h. Ereignisse wurden mittels logistischer Regression und deren Dauer mittels Verallgemeinerter Linearer Regressionsmodelle (GLM) prädiziert. Die Burnoutskala war mit dem Ereignis und der Dauer von Langzeit-AU assoziiert; bei den Männern mit einem Odds Ratio=1,72 (95% KI=1,31; 2,27) und bei den Frauen mit einem OR=2,23 (95% KI=1,73; 2,88) je Skalenpunkt für das Auftreten eines Ereignisses. Unter denen, die mindestens einmal Langzeit-AU erlebten, verlängerte sich die Dauer (in Monaten) mit jedem Skalenpunktwert auf der Burnoutskala um den Faktor Exp(β)=1,44 (95% KI=1,23; 1,69) bei Männern und bei den Frauen um den Faktor Exp(β)=1,29 (95% KI=1,09; 1,52). Von einem klinischen und gesundheitsökonomischen Gesichtspunkt aus ist es ein relevanter Befund, dass die Burnoutdimension emotionale Erschöpfung mit Ereignissen und Dauer der Nichterwerbsteilhabe einhergeht." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Trevino Garcia, Lorena Edith & Jan Olav Christensen (2025): Hybrid work and mental distress: a cross-sectional study of 24,763 office workers in the Norwegian public sector. In: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. DOI:10.1007/s00420-025-02136-9

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"Objective: Few studies have investigated the relationship between post-pandemic hybrid work-from-home (WFH), mental health, and work-life balance. We examined the association between hybrid WFH, mental distress, availability demands, work-life conflict, and life-work conflict. Methods: Data from 24,763 office workers in the public sector in Norway were analyzed by linear and logistic regressions. Results: Employees practicing flexible hybrid WFH (i.e., when needed/desired) were less likely to report mental distress (measured by the Hopkins Symptom-Checklist; HSCL-5) than those not practicing WFH. WFH being self-chosen was associated with less distress. Flexible WFH was also associated with availability demands, work-life conflict, and life-work conflict, which were, in turn, linked to distress. The risk of distress increased with the number of weekly days of flexible WFH. Workers with fixed agreements to regularly WFH did not report significantly less distress than those with no WFH. However, fixed WFH was associated with lower availability demands, not with work-life conflict, and was more often self-chosen than flexible WFH. Conclusion: Flexible WFH may alleviate distress but may also indicate attempts to cope with taxing availability demands, and may even introduce stressors that could reverse beneficial effects. Our results should motivate nuanced, multifactorial assessments of WFH in organizational practice and research." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Wang, Rui & Yifei Hou (2025): Does the Sector of Employment Matter? A Study of Employee Absenteeism in Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Organizations. In: The American Review of Public Administration, Jg. 55, H. 3, S. 264-279. DOI:10.1177/02750740251325305

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"While public sector employees differ from private sector employees in important aspects, limited knowledge exists regarding what accounts for these differences. This study focuses on employee absenteeism, examining variations across public, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors. We argue that the differences are shaped by both sectoral conditions and employees’ selection into sectors. Using data from the U.S. Current Population Survey between 1994 and 2019, we find that absenteeism is the highest among public sector employees, followed by nonprofit and for-profit sector employees. By tracking individuals’ absenteeism after sector switching, we reveal that entering the for-profit sector is associated with decreased absenteeism, and employees with low absenteeism propensities are equally likely to enter and leave public and nonprofit sectors. These findings indicate that public and nonprofit sector managers could effectively reduce absenteeism by retaining low-absenteeism employees." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Würtenberger, Annika, David A. Groneberg & Stefanie Mache (2025): Digital stress perception and associations with work- and health-related outcomes among general practitioners in Germany: a quantitative study. In: BMC health services research, Jg. 25. DOI:10.1186/s12913-025-12653-5

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"Background: Digital technologies are increasingly being integrated into healthcare settings, including the ambulatory sector of general practitioners, with potential improvement in everyday work life. Although the changes sound very promising, the adoption of new technologies can also introduce additional stressors for medical staff, potentially resulting in negative impacts on work performance and health. This study seeks to identify the stressors and resources associated with digitization among general practitioners in Germany, explore their effects on work and health variables, and uncover potential preventive measures to mitigate these stressors. Methods: This mixed methods study combined quantitative and qualitative approaches. An online questionnaire was used to examine the relationships between technostress creators, inhibitors, and the perception of technostress, as well as the measures of burnout, job satisfaction, and general health among 114 general practitioners in Germany's ambulatory care setting. The study was carried out between March and June 2024. Several validated instruments were employed, including the Technostress Model and selected items from the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ III). Exploratory assumptions were evaluated using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analyses. Results: The study found medium levels of technostress perception among the participating general practitioners (n = 114) along with a substantial level of technostress inhibitors. The general practitioners surveyed in this study reported experiencing burnout symptoms occasionally, expressed a moderate level of job satisfaction, and generally described their health status as good. The relationships between stressors and work- and health-related outcomes were analyzed. Conclusions: This study offers a preliminary overview of the persistence of techno-stressors, technostress inhibitors, and technostress levels and their impact on health- and work-related outcomes among general practitioners in Germany. The findings indicate that using information and communication technologies can lead to heightened stress, increased burnout symptoms, and reduced job satisfaction. As the workload for general practitioners is expected to grow in the upcoming years, the study highlights the critical need for additional preventive strategies to mitigate stress and improve well-being among general practitioners." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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ten Berge, Jannes & Fabian Dekker (2025): New technology and workers’ perceived impact on job quality: Does labor organization matter? In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Jg. 46, H. 2, S. 619-654. DOI:10.1177/0143831x241265911

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"There is an emerging literature focusing on the impact of technological change on work quality. This study contributes to the literature by examining (1) workers’ expectations regarding the effect of technological change on perceived job insecurity, as well as physical and psychological job demands, and (2) how these expectations are shaped by the degree of labor organization within countries. The article uses cross-national data for 25 OECD countries. It is found that labor organization decreases perceived levels of job insecurity related to technological change, but also lowers workers’ expectations of technology improving the quality of their work. These findings may indicate that in environments where technological change is less strongly moderated by organized labor, workers put greater emphasis on technology as a driver of (short-term) work changes. Alternatively, these findings may signal a lack of ‘worker power’ of organized labor to enforce technologies that improve the quality of employment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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(2025): Arbeiten trotz Krankheit. Starker Anstieg nach der Corona-Pandemie. (DGB-Index Gute Arbeit. Kompakt 2025,01), Berlin, 10 S.

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"In der Hochphase der Corona-Pandemie haben Arbeitnehmer*innen seltener krank gearbeitet. Seitdem ist der Anteil wieder stark angestiegen und befindet sich 2024 wieder auf dem hohen Niveau der Vorpandemiezeit. Das zeigen die Auswertungen im DGB-Index Gute Arbeit "Kompakt" 01/2025. 63 Prozent der Befragten gaben an, auch gearbeitet zu haben, obwohl sie sich "richtig krank gefühlt" haben. Besonders weit verbreitet ist Präsentismus - wie das Arbeiten trotz Krankheit in der Fachdiskussion genannt wird - in den Berufsgruppen Reinigungsberufe, Lehr- und Erziehungsberufe sowie Gesundheitsberufe. Krank zu arbeiten ist für die Betroffenen mit Risiken verbunden. Der Gesundheitszustand kann sich ohne ausreichende Erholung verschlechtern und damit zu längeren Erkrankungsdauern führen. Risiken entstehen damit auch für Betriebe und Belegschaften, gerade im Fall von übertragbaren Erkrankungen. Die Auswertung liefert Hinweise auf die Gründe, die zum "Präsentismus" von Beschäftigten führen. Besonders häufig wird trotz Krankheit gearbeitet, wenn die Beschäftigten hohen Arbeitsbelastungen ausgesetzt sind, wenn sie von einer schlechten Betriebskultur berichten und/oder sich Sorgen um die Sicherheit ihres Arbeitsplatzes machen. Gute Arbeitsbedingungen sind nicht nur ein entscheidender Hebel zum Schutz der Gesundheit. Sie sind auch förderlich für eine erfolgreiche Genesung." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Akko, Davin P. (2024): Krankenstand in Berufen der Kindertagesbetreuung und -erziehung. Eine Auswertung von Krankenkassendaten. Gütersloh, 13 S. DOI:10.11586/2024108

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"Die Arbeitsunfähigkeitstage für alle Berufsgruppen sind bundesweit in den letzten Jahren angestiegen. Bei Personen, die in der Kinderbetreuung und -erziehung arbeiten, sind die Fehlzeiten ebenfalls angestiegen und dabei höher als im Durchschnitt aller Berufsgruppen. Dies kann unterschiedliche Ursachen haben. Im Feld der Kindertagesbetreuung ist vor allem aufgrund des anhaltenden Personalmangels eine erhöhte Arbeitsbelastung zu beobachten, die zu einer Überlastung der Fachkräfte führt. Dies kann sowohl für die physische als auch psychische Gesundheit negative Folgen haben. Beim Kita-Personal äußert sich dies auch in besonders hohen Fehlzeiten aufgrund von psychischen Erkrankungen. Aufgrund dieser Entwicklungen hat die Bertelsmann Stiftung Berechnungen zu den Ausfallzeiten von pädagogischem Personal sowie dem Personalbedarf und den Personalkosten für Vertretung durchgeführt. Das Hintergrundpapier von Davin P. Akko analysiert anhand von bereitgestellten Daten der DAK-Gesundheit, inwieweit das KiTa-Personal in den Jahren 2020 bis 2023 von Arbeitsunfähigkeit betroffen war. Dafür wurde eine Sonderauswertung für die Berufe in der Kinderbetreuung und -erziehung der DAK-Gesundheit durchgeführt. Diese dient als Grundlage für die Berechnungen der Bertelsmann Stiftung." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Andelic, Nicole, Julia Allan, Keith A. Bender, Daniel Powell & Ioannis Theodossiou (2024): Performance-related pay, mental and physiological health. In: Industrial Relations, Jg. 63, H. 1, S. 3-25. DOI:10.1111/irel.12334

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"Much of the literature on performance-related pay (PRP) and poor health relies on self-reported data, and the relationship is difficult to examine due to confounding variables. We examine the relationship between PRP and three groups of health measures using data from the UKHLS: blood pressure, inflammation markers in blood, and self-reported health. Regressions correcting for self-selection bias and socio-demographic covariates find that PRP contracts are associated with poorer mental health, higher systolic blood pressure, and higher levels of fibrinogen. These findings suggest that firms that use PRP may need to implement policies to mitigate against PRP-related stress." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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Arntz, Melanie, Sebastian Findeisen, Stephan Maurer & Oliver Schlenker (2024): Are we yet sick of new technologies? The unequal health effects of digitalization. (CEP discussion paper / Centre for Economic Performance 1984), London, 52 S.

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"This study quantifies the relationship between workplace digitalization, i.e., the increasing use of frontier technologies, and workers' health outcomes using novel and representative German linked employer-employee data. Based on changes in individual-level use of technologies between 2011 and 2019, we find that digitalization induces similar shifts into more complex and service-oriented tasks across all workers but exacerbates health inequality between cognitive and manual workers. Unlike more mature, computer-based technologies, frontier technologies of the recent technology wave substantially lower manual workers' subjective health and increase sick leave, while leaving cognitive workers unaffected. We provide evidence that the effects are mitigated in firms that provide training and assistance in the adjustment process for workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Backhaus, Nils (2024): Verkürzung von Arbeitszeit und „4-Tage-Woche“: Chancen und Herausforderungen für die Arbeits(zeit)gestaltung aus Sicht der Arbeitswissenschaft. In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, Jg. 73, H. 2, S. 136-146. DOI:10.1515/zfwp-2024-2010

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"The debate on working time reduction in Germany is becoming increasingly important in light of international “4-day week” trials and the experiences of the Corona pandemic. Studies show a declining trend in average working hours and a preference for shorter working times. Different models for working time reduction must be taken into account. Shorter working hours have potential health benefits, but also the risk of work intensification and productivity losses. A collective reduction in working hours seems unrealistic against the background of economic challenges, but working time models that are differentiated and employee-oriented might meet the demands of employees and allow companies to benefit from healthy and motivated employees in the long term." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © DeGruyter) ((en))

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Badura, Bernhard, Antje Ducki, Johanna Baumgardt, Markus Meyer & Helmut Schröder (Hrsg.) (2024): Fehlzeiten-Report 2024. Bindung und Gesundheit - Fachkräfte gewinnen und halten. (Fehlzeiten-Report 26), Berlin: Springer, 721 S.

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"Der jährlich erscheinende Fehlzeiten-Report informiert umfassend über Entwicklungen des Krankenstandes in Deutschland. Neben detaillierten Analysen aktueller Daten werden empirische Studienergebnisse, zeitgemäße methodische Herangehensweisen und Leuchtturmprojekte des Betrieblichen Gesundheitsmanagements vorgestellt. Schwerpunkt „Bindung und Gesundheit – Fachkräfte gewinnen und halten“ Vor dem Hintergrund des Fachkräftemangels haben Arbeitgebende heute mehr denn je ein hohes Interesse, Beschäftigte zu gewinnen und dann langfristig gesund und leistungsfähig in der eigenen Organisation zu halten. Deshalb fokussiert der diesjährige Schwerpunkt des Fehlzeiten-Reports das Thema organisationale Bindung, denn diese reduziert nachweislich das Risiko, dass Mitarbeitende eine Organisation verlassen. Die folgenden Themen werden dabei wissenschaftlich fundiert erörtert: - Arbeitsmarktentwicklung und empirische Daten zur Mitarbeitendenbindung in Deutschland - Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse zu organisationaler Bindung - Strategien zur Steigerung von Mitarbeitendenbindung - Zusammenhänge von gelungener Führung, Bindung und Gesundheit - Nutzen und Potenzial von Betrieblichem Gesundheitsmanagement für die Steigerung der Mitarbeitendenbindung Darüber hinaus liefert der Fehlzeiten-Report 2024 in gewohnter Qualität Daten und Analysen zu Fehlzeiten von Beschäftigten in Deutschland: - Aktuelle Statistiken zum Krankenstand in allen Branchen - Vergleichende Analysen nach Berufsgruppen, Bundesländern und Städten - Die wichtigsten für Arbeitsunfähigkeit verantwortlichen Krankheitsarten - Detaillierte Auswertungen zu Arbeitsunfällen, Langzeitarbeitsunfähigkeit, Kinderkrankengeld sowie zu Covid-19-Infektionen und deren Spätfolgen Die Herausgeberinnen und Herausgeber Der Fehlzeiten-Report wird vom Wissenschaftlichen Institut der AOK (WIdO) in Kooperation mit der Universität Bielefeld und der Berliner Hochschule für Technik herausgegeben." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bagnardi, Francesco, Devi Sacchetto & Francesca Alice Vianello (2024): Constructing Mobilities: The Reproduction of Posted Workers' Disposability in the Construction Sector. In: Work, Employment and Society, Jg. 38, H. 6, S. 1703-1724. DOI:10.1177/09500170231225622

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"Posted work is often framed as a business model based on social dumping. Widespread regulatory evasion is imputed to regulation’s opacity, firms’ predatory practices and trade unions’ inability to organise posted workers. Isolation and precariousness channel posted workers’ agency into individualized reworking or exit strategies. These perspectives, however insightful, focus either on formal regulations, enforcement actors or host countries ’ institutional settings. Drawing on biographical interviews with Italian construction workers posted abroad, and semi-structured interviews with non-posted workers and stakeholders of the sector in Italy, the article adopts an actor-centred perspective and mobilises the concept of labour regime to show how its disciplining elements operating in the construction sector in Italy stick with workers during their postings and enhance their disposability. Although this sticky labor regime constrains workers’ agency abroad, it remains continuously contested and offers ways for workers to subvert it and improve their employment conditions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Baktash, Mehrzad B. (2024): Does Performance Pay Increase the Risk of Worker Loneliness? (Universität Trier. Research papers in economics 2024,12), Trier, 57 S.

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"Increased wages and productivity associated with performance pay can be beneficial to both employers and employees. However, performance pay can also entail unintended consequences for workers’ well-being. This study is the first to systematically examine the association between performance pay and loneliness, a significant social well-being concern. Using representative survey data from Germany, I find that performance pay is positively associated with incidence, dimensions, and intensity of loneliness. Correspondingly, performance pay is negatively associated with social life satisfaction of the workers. The findings also hold in sensible instrumental variable estimations addressing the potential endogeneity of performance pay and in various robustness checks. Investigating the potential role of moderating factors reveals that the association between performance pay and loneliness is particularly large for private sector employees. Finally, implications are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Beermann, Beate & Frank Brenscheidt (2024): Nachhaltig und zukunftsfähig – Anforderungen an die Arbeitszeitgestaltung aus Sicht des Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutzes. In: Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft, Jg. 78, H. 4, S. 425-435. DOI:10.1007/s41449-024-00448-z

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"Die Arbeitszeit ist ein zentraler Faktor der Gestaltung von Arbeits- und Lebenswelten. Aus individueller Sicht synchronisiert sie das Privatleben mit den zeitlichen Anforderungen im Beruf. Aus betrieblicher Sicht ist sie Teil der Optimierung des wirtschaftlichen Erfolgs. Darüber hinaus kommt ihr ein bedeutendes gesellschaftliches Interesse zu. Zum Schutz der Beschäftigten vor gesundheitlichen Beeinträchtigungen ist die Definition und Einhaltung von Anforderungen an die Arbeitszeitgestaltung zentral. In der praktischen Umsetzung stehen den Betrieben aus der Arbeitszeitforschung der letzten 50 Jahre umfängliche Erkenntnisse zur menschengerechten Gestaltung der Arbeitszeit zur Verfügung. Neue Herausforderungen ergeben sich aufgrund zunehmender Flexibilisierungswünsche sowie steigender Anforderungen im Arbeitskontext wie z. B. hohe Arbeitsintensität. Aktuelle Erkenntnisse weisen darauf hin, dass Erholung und Regeneration während und nach der Arbeit eine hohe Bedeutung für einen nachhaltigen Erhalt der Gesundheit der Beschäftigten zukommen. Eine Diskussion des Arbeitszeitgesetzes hinsichtlich weitergehender Flexibilisierungsnotwendigkeiten wie Ausdehnung der täglichen Arbeitszeit oder auch Kürzung der Ruhezeiten erscheint vor diesem Hintergrund problemunangemessen und stellt einen angemessenen Beschäftigtenschutz in Frage. Sinnvoll ist vielmehr die Nutzung der Arbeitszeitgestaltung und Berücksichtigung der vorliegenden arbeitswissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse zur Vermeidung von arbeitsbezogenen Krankheitsausfällen oder Einschränkung der Erwerbsfähigkeit." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Broockmann, Bernhard, Natalie Herdegen & Martin Kroczek (2024): Arbeitsbedingte Belastungen, technologischer Wandel und die Wirkung von rentenrechtlichen Änderungen auf den Renteneintritt. In: Deutsche Rentenversicherung, Jg. 79, H. 2, S. 71-93.

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"In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir, inwiefern Rentenreformen unterschiedliche Effekte auf Versicherte haben, deren Berufe sich hinsichtlich arbeitsbedingter Belastungen und der Anpassung an den technologischen Wandel unterscheiden. Wir finden signifikante Unterschiede in den Effekten hinsichtlich der untersuchten Berufscharakteristika. Versicherte in belastenden Berufen weiten ihre Erwerbstätigkeit beim Wegfall einer Frühverrentungsoption weniger stark aus und stehen eher in der Gefahr, arbeitslos zu werden. Ermöglicht eine Reform einen vorzeitigen Renteneintritt, nehmen dies eher Versicherte in belastenden Berufen wahr. Versicherte in Berufen, in denen neue Technologien intensiver verwendet werden, gelingt es besser, beim Wegfall einer Frühverrentungsoption erwerbstätig zu bleiben und ihr Arbeitslosigkeitsrisiko ist geringer. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass eine verlängerte Erwerbsbeteiligung nicht für alle Versicherten gleichermaßen möglich ist." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Brunsen, Hendrik, Agnes Fessler, Yannick Kalff & Hajo Holst (2024): Arbeiten in bioökonomischen Produktionsprozessen. Eine qualitative Analyse von Arbeit und Beschäftigung in Chemie, Landwirtschaft und Pharmazie. In: WSI-Mitteilungen, Jg. 77, H. 2, S. 89-97. DOI:10.5771/0342-300X-2024-2-89

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"Die Umstellung auf eine Bioökonomie soll dem menschengemachten Klimawandel entgegenwirken. Für die Betriebe bedeutet dies eine veränderte stoffliche Basis der Produktion. Der Beitrag untersucht qualitativ die bislang nur randständig beachteten Folgen bioökonomischer Produktionsprozesse für die Arbeitenden. Mittels Expert*inneninterviews und Betriebsfallstudien aus der Landwirtschaft, Chemie und Pharmazie werden drei zentrale Herausforderungen im biobasierten Produktionsprozess herausgearbeitet, die sich direkt auf die Arbeitsbedingungen auswirken: Standardisierungsgrenzen durch die ‚natürlich-lebendige‘ Produktionsbasis, eine vergleichsweise schwache Marktposition und ein hoher Arbeits- und Fachkräftemangel. Für die Arbeitenden werden diese Herausforderungen spürbar durch hohe Wissens- und Flexibilitätsanforderungen, eine hohe Arbeitsintensität sowie eine Verstetigung und sogar Ausweitung atypischer Beschäftigungsverhältnisse – und zwar nicht nur für Akademiker*innen. Die Befunde zeigen, dass Ausbildungsberufe, atypische und geringqualifizierte Arbeit ein – bislang unterschätzter – Bestandteil der Bioökonomie sind." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Canzio, Leandro Ivan (2024): Does employability help to cope with job insecurity? An analysis of workers' well-being with Swiss panel data. In: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Jg. 90. DOI:10.1016/j.rssm.2024.100915

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"Can perceived employability mitigate the negative impacts of job insecurity on wellbeing?. We address this question using fixed-effects models on panel data from. Switzerland. To measure job insecurity, we use two subjective indicators (risk of job. loss and fear of job loss in the last year) and an objective one (having a temporary contract). We assess well-being by studying job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and mental health, and perform separate analyses for men and women. Results suggest that employability does not mitigate the impacts of job insecurity on job satisfaction. For life satisfaction, employability reduces the impacts of the risk of job loss in the last year, but only among men. Regarding mental health, employability partially offsets the impacts of the risk of job loss in the last year for both men and women. We conclude that even though employability might help, it does not shield workers from the negative impacts of job insecurity. This suggests that the flexicurity strategy falls short of mitigating the non-pecuniary impacts of job insecurity." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2024 Elsevier) ((en))

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Collischon, Matthias, Karolin Hiesinger, Laura Pohlan & Emily Breuer (2024): Partizipation am Arbeitsmarkt: Eine Schwerbehinderung hat oft gravierende Folgen für den weiteren Erwerbsverlauf. (IAB-Kurzbericht 22/2024), Nürnberg, 8 S. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2422

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"Der Kurzbericht präsentiert Ergebnisse einer empirischen Analyse wie das Eintreten einer Schwerbehinderung die individuelle Erwerbsbiografie beeinflusst. Auf Basis von administrativen Daten der Bundesagentur für Arbeit aus der Beschäftigungsstatistik der schwerbehinderten Menschen (BsbM), die mit den Integrierten Erwerbsbiografien (IEB) des IAB verknüpft wurden, werden in den Analysen Personen betrachtet, die im Laufe ihres Erwerbslebens eine Schwerbehinderung erfahren haben, diese vom Versorgungsamt anerkennen ließen und dem Arbeitgeber meldeten. So können Mechanismen wie Arbeitszeitanpassungen, Berufs- und Tätigkeitswechsel oder Gründe, warum ein Austritt aus dem Arbeitsmarkt geschieht, untersucht werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Denzer, Manuel & Philipp Grunau (2024): The impacts of working from home on individual health and well-being. In: The European Journal of Health Economics, Jg. 25, H. 5, S. 743-762., 2023-07-07. DOI:10.1007/s10198-023-01620-8

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"Using a novel German linked employer–employee dataset, we provide unique evidence about the consequences of working from home (WfH) on individual health and well-being. During the recent pandemic, this locational flexibility measure has been used extensively to promote health by hampering the spread of the virus and to secure jobs. However, its direct theoretical ambiguous effects on health and well-being as characterized by different potential channels have barely been empirically investigated to date despite WfH’s increasing popularity in the years before the pandemic. To address concerns about selection into WfH in our dataset that is unaffected by the COVID-19 shock, our analysis relies on an identification strategy ruling out confounding effects by time-invariant unobservable variables. Moreover, we explain the remaining (intertemporal) variation in the individual WfH status by means of an instrumental variable strategy using variation in equipment with mobile devices among establishments. We find that subjective measures of individual health are partly affected by WfH, whereas no corresponding effect is present for an objective measure of individual health. In terms of individual well-being, we find that WfH leads to considerable improvement. By addressing the potential heterogeneity in our effect of interest, we find that men and middle-aged individuals particularly benefit from WfH." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer) ((en))

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Dettmers, Jan, Anita Tisch & Rüdiger Trimpop (Hrsg.) (2024): Psychologie der Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheit. Gesundheitsförderliche Arbeit = attraktive Arbeit? Arbeitsgestaltung in Zeiten des Fachkräftemangels. 23. Workshop. Kröning: Roland Asanger Verlag GmbH, 506 S.

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"Der Workshop Psychologie der Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheit wurde 1984 gegründet. Er hat sich im deutschsprachigen Raum inzwischen als strukturierter Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen verschiedenen mit Sicherheit und Gesundheit befassten Institutionen und Interessengruppen etabliert. Der 23. Workshop mit dem Leitthema Gesundheitsförderliche Arbeit = attraktive Arbeit? Arbeitsgestaltung in Zeiten des Fachkräftemangels wird gemeinsam veranstaltet vom Fachverband Psychologie für Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheit (FV PASiG e.V), dem Lehrgebiet Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie der FernUniversitat in Hagen und dem Fachbereich 1 Arbeitswelt im Wandel der Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin. Im Mittelpunkt der 33 Arbeits-Dialog-Kreise stehen der Wandel der Arbeit und die damit einhergehenden neuen Belastungen und vielfaltigen Probleme von Sicherheit und Gesundheit der Arbeitswelt von heute und morgen. Einige Beispiele: Welche Wechselwirkungen gibt es zwischen veränderten Arbeitsbedingungen und präventiver Arbeitsgestaltung? Welche Qualifizierungskonzepte eignen sich für die Entwicklung einer lernförderlichen Unternehmenskultur für die Arbeit 4.0? Welche besonderen Herausforderungen sind mit gesundheitsförderlicher Führung von hybrid arbeitenden Teams verbunden? Welche Handlungshilfen brauchen Unternehmen für die digitalisierte Arbeit mit mobilen Smart Devices (Tablets, Datenbrillen) und für KI-basierte Technologien? Welche Rolle spielt Resilienz als persönliche Ressource in der heutigen Arbeitswelt mit steigenden psychischen Belastungen?" (Verlagsangaben, IAB-Doku)

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Dorigatti, Lisa, Francesco E. Iannuzzi, Valeria Piro & Devi Sacchetto (2024): Job quality in worker cooperatives: Beyond degeneration and intrinsic rewards. In: BJIR, Jg. 62, H. 3, S. 591-613. DOI:10.1111/bjir.12798

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"While there are normally positive expectations concerning job quality in cooperatives, many studies have described a more complex picture. The extant literature has, however, found it difficult to deal with evidence of poor working conditions in these organisations. Some contributions downplay the relevance of this issue, arguing that poor extrinsic aspects of job quality are compensated by intrinsic rewards, as confirmed by higher levels of job satisfaction. Others focus on external market pressure and interpret bad labour conditions as a form of degeneration of originally good employment practices. Through a qualitative analysis of job quality in cooperatives in three sectors of the Italian economy (social services, hotel cleaning and meat processing), we advance a different argument: we contend that employment practices associated with poor job quality are not the result of difficult market conditions but are rather the key explanation for the quantitative expansion of this form of economic organisation, which has moved from being an instrument for promoting good employment to a way of ensuring lower labour costs and higher flexibility within outsourcing relationships." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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Dragano, Nico (2024): Gesundheitsrisiken und Prävention in der digitalen Arbeitswelt - Technostress, Ergonomie und Unfallsicherheit. In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, Jg. 74, H. 36-37, S. 30-35.

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"Der Einsatz digitaler Technologien im Arbeitskontext soll Arbeit besser organisieren, sie effizienter und sicherer machen. Gleichzeitig wachsen damit auch die Potenziale für psychische und physische Belastungen, die eine Diskussion über Technikfolgenabschätzung erfordern." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Erhel, Christine, Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière & Malo Mofakhami (2024): Diversity of flexible working time arrangements and workers' health: An analysis of a workers’ panel and linked employer-employee data for France. In: Social Science & Medicine, Jg. 356. DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117129

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"Flexible working time arrangements (FWTA) have increased over the last decades, favored by labor market deregulation, the decentralization of collective bargaining and the development of new technologies. The negative impact of some non-standard working hours on health (like night work, shift work) is quite well-known but other forms of FWTA have been studied less so far. This article aims to investigate the relationship between FWTA and workers’ health. It focuses on employer-oriented FWTA and uses a job demands-control framework to identify different types of working time demands and control. The study uses individual data from the French working conditions survey, including panel data from 2013 to 2019 (64,981 observations) and cross-sectional employer-employee linked data from 2019 (5687 employees from 4672 workplaces). We identify empirically two main dimensions of employer-oriented FWTA, based on 14 working time variables. The first type involves “atypical working hours”, such as working weekends, nights, early mornings, evenings, or doing shift work. The second type - “work overflow” - is characterized by long working hours, overtime, taking work home, and having variable working hours. Using a fixed-effects model based on panel data, we show that both types of FWTA have a negative impact on workers' self-rated general health and mental health, as measured by the WHO-5 index. The study also finds that workers who have more control - both individual and collective – to face these demands demonstrate better health. Workers with control over their working hours report better health and are less negatively affected by FWTA. Moreover, workplace-level practices have ambiguous relationships with workers' health. However, those involving social dialogue and workers ’ participation have more favorable effects: the positive effect of health and safety committees is especially clear. To improve workers’ health in the context of increased flexible working time arrangements, public policies should promote the development of control over working time and participation of workers to social dialogue on working time related issues." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2024 Elsevier) ((en))

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Ernst, Stefanie & Luigi Droste (2024): Die Wechselwirkung zwischen Wiedereingliederung und betrieblichem Arbeitskontext. Eine prozess- und organisationssoziologische Perspektive. In: Sozialer Fortschritt, Jg. 73, H. 8-9, S. 563-580. DOI:10.3790/sfo.2024.1445002

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"Aus einer figurationssoziologischen Perspektive adressiert dieser Beitrag die Verflechtungszusammenhänge und Wechselwirkungen zwischen Wiedereingliederung und betrieblichem Arbeitskontext. Ausgehend von Analysen mit Daten der Erwerbstätigenbefragung, die auf sozialstrukturelle und organisationale Diskrepanzen bei der betrieblichen Reintegration verweisen, arbeitet der Beitrag dafür eine organisationssoziologische Deutung aus. Bei der inner- und überbetrieblichen Kooperation und Koordination im Kontext von betrieblichen Wiedereingliederungsprozessen kommt es zu einer Akzeleration von Komplexität und Kontingenz, da sich Verflechtungszusammenhänge ausdehnen und unterschiedliche organisationale Formen der Steuerung und Kontrolle in multiplen Schnittstellenfigurationen aufeinandertreffen. Dies impliziert Risiken: Nicht-intendierte Nebenfolgen intendierter Steuerungspraktiken, die auch in der Genese eines neuen Typs von „Wiedereingliederungsbiografien“ identifiziert werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Fana, Marta, Fernanda Bárcia De Mattos, Valeria Esquivel, Guendalina Anzolin, David Kucera & Sheeba Tejani (2024): The effects of automation in the apparel and automotive sectors and their gender dimensions. (JRC science for policy report 136639), Brüssel, 66 S.

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"This report is the final output of a research project investigating the effects of automation on employment in the automotive, apparel and footwear industries in five countries, namely Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Romania, and Spain. The main objective of this project has been to improve our understanding of how ongoing processes of technological upgrading, particularly automation, impact women's and men's employment and work in these industries. Our findings suggest that, in the short term, close to the introduction of new automation technology, the impact on employment takes the form of reassignment of workers directly involved in automated processes to other positions, tasks, and occupations. This study also explored the impact of automation in terms of work organization and working conditions. Across the case studies, it emerged that the adoption of automation technologies has reduced heavy and repetitive tasks and improved health and safety for workers directly concerned by automation. Another interesting and related common finding is the reduction of workers' autonomy who are now subject to more standardization of tasks together with an ongoing process of deskilling of operators. Finally, in the apparel and footwear sector, we did not find evidence of defeminisation at the establishment level as well as the automotive factories remains highly male-dominated. Cultural norms and stereotypes which influence not only the jobs women and men apply to and get hired for, but also which training and education they engage in, contribute to this gender segregation in both sectors." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Ferreira, Susana, Sara Martinez-de-Morentin & Amaya Erro-Garcés (2024): Measuring Job Risks When Hedonic Wage Models Do Not Do the Job. (IZA discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 16716), Bonn, S.45.

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"Hedonic wage regressions show little evidence that European workers facing larger job risks and other workplace disamenities receive higher wages. On the other hand, workers in more risky or unpleasant jobs are less satisfied with their jobs, ceteris paribus. If labor markets were perfectly competitive and workers fully informed of their working conditions ex ante, according to the theory of compensating differentials, there should be no relationship between on-the-job risk and job satisfaction because wages would fully adjust to compensate for differences in job characteristics. We show that when wages do not fully compensate for on-the-job risks, the willingness to pay to reduce mortality risks estimated from hedonic regressions needs to be complemented with a residual effect of job risks on utility which is not capitalized on wages. We explore the potential of job satisfaction regressions as an additional valuation approach to estimate the tradeoffs between wages and risks that keep job satisfaction constant." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Fleischer, Julia & Camilla Wanckel (2024): Job Satisfaction and the Digital Transformation of the Public Sector: The Mediating Role of Job Autonomy. In: Review of Public Personnel Administration, Jg. 44, H. 3, S. 431-452. DOI:10.1177/0734371X221148403

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"Worldwide, governments have introduced novel information and communication technologies (ICTs) for policy formulation and service delivery, radically changing the working environment of government employees. Following the debate on work stress and particularly on technostress, we argue that the use of ICTs triggers “digital overload” that decreases government employees’ job satisfaction via inhibiting their job autonomy. Contrary to prior research, we consider job autonomy as a consequence rather than a determinant of digital overload, because ICT-use accelerates work routines and interruptions and eventually diminishes employees’ freedom to decide how to work. Based on novel survey data from government employees in Germany, Italy, and Norway, our structural equation modeling (SEM) confirms a significant negative effect of digital overload on job autonomy. More importantly, job autonomy partially mediates the negative relationship between digital overload and job satisfaction, pointing to the importance of studying the micro-foundations of ICT-use in the public sector." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Grasshoff, Julia, Batoul Safieddine, Stefanie Sperlich & Johannes Beller (2024): Gender inequalities of psychosomatic complaints at work vary by occupational groups of white- and blue-collar and level of skill: A cross sectional study. In: PLoS ONE, Jg. 19. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0303811

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"Background: Previous research has shown that women report more psychosomatic complaints at work than men. However, knowledge about gender inequalities in psychosomatic complaints within occupational groups and specific symptoms is lacking. This study aims to compare gender inequalities in psychosomatic complaints in the occupational groups of white-collar high-skilled, white-collar low-skilled, blue-collar high-skilled and blue-collar low-skilled workers. Methods: The study implemented a cross sectional design using data from the nationwide German Employment Survey of the Working Population on Qualification and Working Conditions conducted in 2017/ 2018. Psychosomatic complaints were operationalised by the following symptoms: headache, insomnia, tiredness, irritability, dejection, physical fatigue, and emotional fatigue. N = 20012 working German-speaking respondents were sampled. After excluding persons with missing data on the study variables, the sample consisted of N = 16359 persons. Results: Women reported significantly more psychosomatic complaints than men in the subgroups of white-collar high-skilled and white-collar low-skilled (ps < .05), inequalities in blue-collar high-skilled and blue-collar low-skilled only being numerical. Regarding specific symptoms, women reported more psychosomatic complaints then men in the subgroups of white-collar high-skilled workers, white-collar low-skilled workers, and blue-collar low-skilled workers. Headaches, physical fatigue, and emotional fatigue were the most common symptoms. The white-collar high-skilled subgroup had the highest number of symptoms with significant gender inequalities. These effects remained after controlling for age, working hours, parental status and marital status. Conclusions: Gender inequalities in psychosomatic complaints are ubiquitous but vary in their frequency by occupational subgroup and specific psychosomatic complaint. Women in white-collar high-skilled jobs in particular report to be burdened more often by many specific psychosomatic symptoms. Future studies should investigate the reasons for these occupational inequalities and develop interventions to reduce health inequalities in the workplace." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Gray, B.J., M.L. Griffiths, R.G. Kyle, K.R. Isherwood, C. Humphreys & A.R. Davies (2024): Precarious employment and associations with socio-demographic characteristics and self-reported health in Wales, UK. In: Public health, Jg. 236, S. 452-458. DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2024.08.015

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"Objectives: The study's aim was to explore the prevalence of precarious employment (PE) in Wales prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and examine associations with PE domains across socio-demographics and self-reported health. Study design: A cross-sectional design was used to explore the prevalence of PE in Wales prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, in February 2020. Methods: Data were collected from a national household survey carried out in May/June 2020, with a sample of 1032 residents in Wales. PE was determined using the Employment Precariousness Scale. Associations between experiencing PE and socio-demographic/health characteristics were examined using Chi-squared tests and logistic regression models (multinomial and binary). Results: Overall, before the pandemic, one in four respondents (26.5%) was in PE, with the most prevalent domains, wages, and disempowerment being experienced by at least 50% of respondents. Worse perceived treatment at work was twice as likely in those reporting pre-existing conditions (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 2.45 95% confidence interval [CI]: [1.33–4.49]), poorer general health (aOR: 2.33 95% CI: [1.22–4.47]), or low mental wellbeing (aOR: 2.81 95% CI: [1.34–5.88]). Those with high wage precariousness were three times more likely to report low mental wellbeing (aOR 3.12 95% CI [1.54–6.32]). Conclusions: The creation and Provision of secure, adequately paid job opportunities has the potential to reduce the prevalence of PE in Wales. Targeting such employment opportunities to those people currently unwell would have better population health gains." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Grund, Christian & Anna Nießen (2024): The Use of Performance Appraisals and Employees' Presenteeism Behavior. (IZA discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 16883), Bonn, 44 S.

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"Presenteeism behavior, i.e. working despite illness, is a common phenomenon worldwide and can have severe consequences for employees and firms alike. In this study, we investigate the relation between the use of company performance appraisals and employees' presenteeism behavior. We use linked-employer-employee data (the German Linked Personnel Panel) and apply pooled Poisson as well as linear fixed effects estimations. We show that the use of performance appraisals is associated with significant lower annual presenteeism days in the amount of one-half to one full day. In addition, the presence of a works council strengthens the negative relationship between performance appraisals and presenteeism. The results are driven by performance appraisals that are linked to performance-related pay, in particular. Our study contributes to the understanding of context specific behavioral consequences of HRM practices such as performance appraisals." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Gut, Vanessa, Sonja Feer & Isabel Baumann (2024): A resource-oriented perspective on the aging workforce – exploring job resource profiles and their associations with various health indicators. In: BMC public health, Jg. 24, H. 1. DOI:10.1186/s12889-024-20098-4

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"Background: Promoting older workers’ health in the context of increasing labor force participation and skill shortages is crucial. Examining job resource profiles offers a promising approach to understanding how to promote and maintain the health of older workers within the workplace. However, it is unclear how different job resources interact within distinct worker subgroups. Thus, this study explores the association between the job resource profiles of distinct subgroups and various health indicators among older workers in Europe. Methods: Data from 4,079 older workers (age range: 50–60 years, 57% female) from waves 6 and 8 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) were analyzed. Latent profile analysis was employed to identify distinct job resource profiles using social support, recognition, job promotion, autonomy, and development opportunities. Associations between these profiles and various health indicators were examined, alongside the sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics associated with each profile. Results: Four distinct job resource profiles emerged: (I) average job resource workers (n = 2170, 53%), (II) high social job resource workers (n = 983, 24%), (III) low job resource workers (n = 538, 13%), and (IV) autonomous decision-making workers (n = 388, 10%). Workers in the (II) high social job resource profile had the highest socioeconomic status and reported the best self-perceived health, lowest depressive symptoms, and fewest limitations and chronic diseases. Conversely, workers in the (III) low job resource profile had the second-lowest socioeconomic status and reported the poorest health outcomes. Surprisingly, older workers with high autonomy (profile IV) had the lowest socioeconomic status and the second worst self-perceived health. This may be because they perceive themselves as autonomous while lacking support and recognition. Conclusion: There is wide variation in the level and composition of resources available to older workers in the workplace. The most vulnerable subgroups, such as low job resource workers (profile III) and autonomous decision-making workers (profile IV), could benefit from tailored workplace health promotion interventions, such as support from supervisors or peers. Strengthening older workers’ job resources, including social support and recognition, can improve their health and contribute to them remaining in the workforce." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Heisel, Max-Erik (2024): Age Management in der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege: eine qualitativ-empirisch Untersuchung alter(n)sgerechter Arbeitsgestaltung in der stationären Pflege. In: R. Conrads, B.-J. Ertelt & A. Frey (Hrsg.) (2024): Berufswahl, Arbeitsgestaltung und Berufsverbleib in Gesundheits- und Pflegeberufen, S. 155-229.

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"Die Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege steht in Deutschland vor der Herausforderung, die pflegerische Versorgung der Bevölkerung angesichts einer steigenden Anzahl pflegebedürftiger Personen, anhaltender Fachkräfteengpässe und hoher Arbeitsanforderungen auch in Zukunft sicherzustellen. Der zunehmende Anteil älterer Beschäftigter macht es notwendig, die Arbeitsbedingungen in der Pflege auf eine gesunde, motivierte und möglichst lange Erwerbsbiografie auszurichten. Die lebensphasenorientierte und alter(n)sgerechte Ausgestaltung der pflegerischen Arbeit muss deutlicher adressiert werden, um das Erwerbspersonenpotenzial älterer Pflegekräfte sowie Teilzeitbeschäftigter zu erschließen und die Berufsattraktivität zu erhöhen. Der Beitrag thematisiert zum einen die Auswirkungen des demografischen Wandels auf die Alterung der Belegschaften in der stationären Akutpflege. Zum anderen setzt die vorliegende Untersuchung bei den Differenzen zwischen den vorherrschenden gesundheitlichen Belastungsfaktoren und den Anforderungen an eine präventive, altern(n)sgerechte Arbeitsgestaltung an. Am Beispiel einiger Akutkrankenhäuser werden Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten der Arbeit in systematischen Handlungsfeldern vorgestellt und Kriterien guter Arbeit für stationäre Pflegeinrichtungen identifiziert. Die Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Befragung von Personalverantwortlichen, Pflegekräften und Arbeitnehmervertretungen sowie literaturbasierte Analysen zu den Arbeitsbedingungen und Berufsverweildauer begründen das Plädoyer des Autors für eine systematisches Age Management in der stationären Akutpflege." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Herold, Regina, Manuel Feißt, Eva Morawa, Sinja Hondong, Eva Rothermund, Tamara Waldmann, Meike Heming, Jeannette Weber, Nicole R. Hander, Nadine Mulfinger, Christoph Kröger & Yesim Erim (2024): Psychische Gesundheit am Arbeitsplatz – Welche Rolle spielen sozioökonomische, geschlechterspezifische und migrationsbedingte Ungleichheiten? In: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, Jg. 67, H. 7, S. 783-795. DOI:10.1007/s00103-024-03902-9

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"Hintergrund: Risikofaktoren für die psychische Gesundheit sind häufig in sozioökonomischen, geschlechter- und migrationsspezifischen Ungleichheiten begründet. Diese sowie die Ausprägung der Depressivität, Ängstlichkeit und Somatisierung von Beschäftigten wurden in der vorliegenden Studie untersucht. Methoden: Im Rahmen der friaa-Studie ( „Frühe Intervention am Arbeitsplatz“) wurden psychisch belastete Beschäftigte an 5 Standorten in Deutschland zu soziodemografischen, arbeits-, migrations- und gesundheitsbezogenen Inhalten befragt. Mittels Regressionsanalysen wurde der Zusammenhang dieser Faktoren mit Depressivität (Patient-Health-Questionnaire-9, PHQ-9), Ängstlichkeit (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2, GAD-2) und Somatisierung (Somatic Symptom Scale-8, SSS-8) an der gesamten Stichprobe sowie bei Personen mit Migrationshintergrund (MH) untersucht. Bei Letzteren wurden zusätzlich die Akkulturation (Frankfurter Akkulturationsskala, FRAKK) und das Belastungsempfinden gegenüber Migrationsanforderungen (Demands of Immigration Scale, DIS) berücksichtigt. Ergebnisse: Die 550 Beschäftigten (12 % mit MH) wiesen im Durchschnitt eine klinisch relevante Depressivität (M = 13,0, SD = 5,1) (PHQ-9 ≥ 10), Ängstlichkeit (M = 3,5, SD = 1,7) (GAD ≥ 3) sowie Somatisierung (M = 13,0, SD = 5,8) (SSS-8 ≥ 12) auf. Das weibliche Geschlecht war mit höheren Werten für Ängstlichkeit und Somatisierung assoziiert. Höheres Alter und Nachtschichtarbeit hingen mit stärkerer Somatisierung zusammen. Diskussion: Die Ergebnisse bestätigen die hohe psychische Belastung der Beschäftigten in dieser Stichprobe aus Deutschland. Um deren psychische Gesundheit aufrechtzuerhalten, sollten Unterstützungsmaßnahmen insbesondere für vulnerable Gruppen wie Frauen, ältere Beschäftigte und Nachtschichtarbeitende angeboten werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku, © Springer-Verlag)

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Hilgert, Jeffrey (2024): Safety and health at work as fundamental rights: A comparative-historical study of the ILO's strategy of realistic vigilance. In: International Labour Review, Jg. 163, H. 1, S. 95-115. DOI:10.1111/ilr.12401

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"This article is a comparative-historical study of ILO action on safety and health as fundamental rights. In the two decades after the adoption of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the ILO used a realist lens and prioritized the idea that safety and health were dependent upon economic preconditions for their protection. Given the new complex of global health uncertainty and the addition of safety and health to the framework of fundamental principles and rights at work, this history is revisited. Implications are discussed for the ILO supervision of coherence in national occupational safety and health policy." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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Hohendanner, Christian, Jasmin Rocha & Joß Steinke (2024): Vor dem Kollaps!? Beschäftigung im sozialen Sektor. Empirische Vermessung und Handlungsansätze. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 111 S. DOI:10.1515/9783110748024

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"Diese Studie bietet eine empirisch fundierte Gesamtschau auf die Beschäftigung in einem der personalintensivsten und am stärksten vom Fachkräftemangel betroffenen Arbeitsfelder in Deutschland: dem sozialen Sektor. Wer das Buch liest, gewinnt ein tieferes Verständnis über Zusammenhänge und die Notwendigkeit, offen über Beschäftigung im sozialen Sektor zu debattieren. Anhand aktueller Daten zeigen die Autor:innen, dass der soziale Sektor im Wettbewerb um Arbeitskräfte schlecht dasteht. Zunehmend fehlen Arbeitskräfte und grundlegende, bislang als selbstverständlich betrachtete Leistungen der sozialen Daseinsvorsorge können immer häufiger nicht mehr erbracht werden. Die Autor:innen zeigen Wege auf, wie soziale Berufe wieder attraktiver und der Kollaps des sozialen Sektors (vielleicht) verhindert werden kann." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku, © De Gruyter Oldenbourg)

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Hollederer, Alfons & Dennis Mayer (2024): Arbeitsbedingungen, Gesundheit und Erschöpfung bei Krankenpflegekräften in Deutschland. In: WSI-Mitteilungen, Jg. 77, H. 3, S. 219-227. DOI:10.5771/0342-300X-2024-3-219

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"Gesundheitsbezogene Problemanalysen weisen darauf hin, dass Krankenpflegekräfte einer Kumulation verschiedener Arbeitsbelastungen ausgesetzt sind und ein hohes Risiko für Erschöpfung und Burnout tragen. Anhand empirischer Daten, wie sie in diesem Beitrag analysiert werden, lässt sich klar aufzeigen, welche Faktoren den Fach- und Hilfskräften in der Krankenpflege die Tätigkeit erschweren – damit aber auch, wo Ansatzpunkte für Verbesserungen liegen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Hsu, Chen-Hao & Henriette Engelhardt (2024): On the Relationship between Telework and Health in Germany: Causal or Selection Effects? In: Socius, Jg. 10. DOI:10.1177/23780231241245227

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"Teleworking has become a popular work arrangement in many developed countries. Although there are heated public debates over the benefits of teleworking, empirical evidence on the causal relationship between teleworking and health is still rare. Using panel data from the German BAuA Working Time Survey (2015, 2017, and 2019), the authors investigated the effects of teleworking on health and well-being. The authors applied an innovative research design to underscore different sources of selection. Overall, no concrete evidence was found for the positive effect of teleworking on workers’ self-reported health, quality of sleep, and psychosomatic conditions. The ostensible better health outcomes among teleworkers could be partially explained by the positive selection on both prior levels and prior trajectories of health into teleworking. Moreover, the health impacts of telework were contingent on workers’ gender and parenthoodstatus and the intensity of teleworking. These findings indicate that the positive association between teleworking and health appears to reflect selection bias rather than a causal relationship in Germany before the COVID-19 pandemic." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Irvine, Annie & Nikolas Rose (2024): How Does Precarious Employment Affect Mental Health? A Scoping Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence from Western Economies. In: Work, Employment and Society, Jg. 38, H. 2, S. 418-441. DOI:10.1177/09500170221128698

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"This article offers a scoping review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research on the relationship between precarious employment and mental health. Systematic searches of primary qualitative research in western economies, focused on insecure contracts and a broad conceptualisation of mental health, identified 32 studies. Thematic synthesis revealed four core experiences of precarious employment: financial instability, temporal uncertainty, marginal status and employment insecurity, each connected with multiple, interrelated experiences/responses at four thematic levels: economic, socio-relational, behavioural and physical, leading to negative mental health effects. Reported mental health outcomes could be predominantly understood as reductions in ‘positive mental health’. Findings are theoretically located in models of work-family conflict and latent deprivation; insecure work constrains access to benefits of time structure, social contacts, social purposes, status and identity, which correlate with psychological wellbeing. Frequently failing also to provide the manifest (financial) benefits of work, insecure employment poses mental health risks on both fronts." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Jannsen, Nils & Dominik Groll (2024): Konjunkturschlaglicht: Krankenstand und Wirtschaftsleistung. In: Wirtschaftsdienst, Jg. 104, H. 3, S. 215-216. DOI:10.2478/wd-2024-0057

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"Der Krankenstand ist 2022 in Deutschland massiv gestiegen und verharrte 2023 in etwa auf dem Rekordniveau. Da der Anstieg der Krankenfälle in den beiden Jahren jeweils fast 2 % des gesamten Arbeitsvolumens ausmachte, stellt sich die Frage, inwieweit dies die Wirtschaftsleitung belastete. Auch in der Vergangenheit unterlag der Krankenstand Schwankungen. Allerdings waren die jährlichen Veränderungen bei Weitem geringer." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)

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Joffe, Michael (2024): Evaluating Economic Success. Happiness, Health, and Basic Human Needs. (Wellbeing in Politics and Policy), Cham: Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, XV, 116 S. DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-57671-3

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"“Economics aims to be the study of making people's lives better, but the focus has for too long been too narrow. This book makes a compelling case for measures of economic progress that go beyond GDP growth to put human wellbeing firmly in the spotlight, setting out a new system for assessing success.” -- Dame Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge, UK “Michael Joffe's book complements the growing criticisms to GDP as the sole (or main) metric to measure economic success with new outcome indicators that measure attainment of human needs and well-being. From this point of view, it is not only a step forward in the direction of overcoming the old and counterproductive economic metrics, but it puts forward a practical, actionable approach to measuring economic “growth” in a completely different way. I hope this book will have the reception it deserves, as a clear theoretical essay and a source of concrete and novel metrics for economics based on human needs”. -- Paolo Vineis, Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK This open access book argues that a new policy approach is required in order to tackle the numerous problems the world is currently facing. The priority should be on achieving better outcomes for people, especially those facing deprivation or precariousness, by meeting their basic needs. In order to achieve this, the book develops a monitoring system that can act as an objective, an incentive, and a criterion of success for policy makers at all levels of government and in civil society, as well as providing information to guide specific actions. In doing so, the book aims to promote good health and positive social functioning by providing a new approach to help assess how well basic human needs are being met. This involves monitoring the outcomes of the economy that ought to satisfy these needs. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy, official statistics and monitoring, public health and wellbeing, as well as practitioners. Michael Joffe is affiliated with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, UK. He writes on topics in economics. ." (Provided by publisher)

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Julmi, Christian, Anna Eifert, Jakob E. Dammert & Sebastian Wittwer (2024): Arbeitsatmosphären-Report 2024. Aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme des Schlüsselfaktors Arbeitsatmosphäre in Deutschland. (essentials), Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, IX, 60 S. DOI:10.1007/978-3-658-45074-8

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"Dieses Open Access Essential bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Bedeutung der Arbeitsatmosphäre und ihre Wirkzusammenhänge. Die in dem Buch zusammengefasste repräsentative Studie zeigt, dass kaum ein Faktor so wichtig für die Gewinnung und Bindung von Personal sowie den Erfolg eines Unternehmens ist wie die Arbeitsatmosphäre, bedeutend wichtiger als die Unternehmenskultur. Dabei zeigt die Studie, dass es bei der Arbeitsatmosphäre weniger um Raumgestaltung und Bürodesign geht, sondern vor allem um zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen und wertschätzendes Führungsverhalten. Unternehmen, die proaktiv ihre Arbeitsatmosphäre gestalten, profitieren von zufriedeneren Mitarbeitenden, steigern ihre Arbeitgeberattraktivität und erhöhen ihren wirtschaftlichen Erfolg. Zudem erweist sich erfolgreiches Atmosphärenmanagement als Schlüsselkompetenz für soziale Nachhaltigkeit. Die Autoren Christian Julmi ist Privatdozent an der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft der FernUniversität in Hagen. Anna Eifert ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insb. Organisation und Planung an der FernUniversität in Hagen. Jakob E. Dammert ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insb. Organisation und Planung an der FernUniversität in Hagen. Sebastian Wittwer ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insb. Organisation und Planung an der FernUniversität in Hagen." (Verlagsangaben)

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Junça-Silva, Ana & António Caetano (2024): How good is teleworking? Development and validation of the tele attitude scale. In: Quality & quantity, Jg. 58, H. 5, S. 4941-4958. DOI:10.1007/s11135-024-01887-w

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"The objective of this study was to develop and validate a measure called the Tele Attitude Scale (TAS). This measure aims to evaluate relevant aspects of the teleworking experience related to its perceived effects regarding, for instance: job characteristics, perceived productivity, quality of work-related interactions, work-non-work balance, and well-being. Four studies were conducted between 2021 and 2022. First, a qualitative study was conducted to develop the scale (N = 80). Afterward, a second study to explore the scale’s factorial structure (N = 602) was developed. A third study served to analyze its internal validity and reliability (N = 232). A fourth study analyzed the criterion validity of the scale by exploring its correlations with measures of health, affect, and performance (N = 837 teleworkers). The findings revealed that the 10-item scale accounted for a unique factor and that it was a reliable measure. Moreover, the results also showed that the scale was significantly related to measures of health, affect, and performance, thus supporting its convergent and criterion validity. This research advances the knowledge about telework by proposing a user-friendly scale to measure teleworking, specifically how workers perceive their experience of it and how it may impact them at several levels. Thus, the TAS can not only fill a gap in the research but also help organizations evaluate and support teleworkers’ needs and subsequent satisfaction while teleworking." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))

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Klemm, Anne-Kathrin, Franz Knieps & Holger Pfaff (Hrsg.) (2024): BKK Gesundheitsreport 2024: Spurwechsel Prävention. (BKK-Gesundheitsreport 47), Berlin: MWV Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsges. mbH & Co. KG, 321 S.

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Deutschlands Beschäftigte melden sich immer öfter krank, kehren aber nach relativ kurzer Zeit wieder an ihren Arbeitsplatz zurück. Das ist ein Ergebnis des heute veröffentlichten BKK Gesundheitsreports „Spurwechsel Prävention“ des BKK Dachverbands. Den Zahlen zufolge ist die Zahl der Krankschreibungen im Jahr 2023 hierzulande mit 22,4 Fehltagen pro Beschäftigtem zwar im Vergleich zum Vorjahr leicht gesunken, der Krankenstand verharrt allerdings noch immer auf hohem Niveau. Grund hierfür sind vor allem überdurchschnittlich viele Krankmeldungen aufgrund von Atemwegserkrankungen, die auf parallele Infektionswellen mit unterschiedlichen viralen Erregern zurückzuführen sind. Zudem melden sich immer mehr Beschäftigte wegen psychischen Krankheiten arbeitsunfähig. Viele Betroffene sind oft erst nach Wochen oder Monaten wieder einsatzfähig. Der Fokus des diesjährigen BKK Gesundheitsreports richtet sich auf nachhaltige Prävention und die Frage, wie sich Krankheiten durch gezielte, maßgeschneiderte Maßnahmen im Privatleben und am Arbeitsplatz verhindern lassen.

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Koch, Michael & Magnus Lodefalk (2024): Artificial Intelligence and Worker Stress: Evidence from Germany. (Working Papers / Örebro University, School of Business 2024,5), Örebro, 38 S.

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"We use individual survey data providing detailed information on stress, technology adoption, and work, worker, and employer characteristics, in combination with recent measures of AI and robot exposure, to investigate how new technologies affect worker stress. We find a persistent negative relationship, suggesting that AI and robots could reduce the stress level of workers. We furthermore provide evidence on potential mechanisms to explain our findings. Overall, the results provide suggestive evidence of modern technologies changing the way we perform our work in a way that reduces stress and work pressure." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Kroczek, Martin & Philipp Kugler (2024): Heterogeneous effects of monetary and non-monetary job characteristics on job attractiveness in nursing. In: Labour Economics, Jg. 91. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102632

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"We apply a novel methodological approach described by Chernozhukov et al. (2018), to analyze preference heterogeneity regarding non-monetary job characteristics and trade-offs between wage and non-monetary job characteristics. Using this approach, we can describe preference heterogeneity more concise than with subgroup analysis. Analyzing data from a self-conducted factorial survey experiment on nurses, we find significant effect heterogeneity regarding non-monetary job characteristics and their trade-off with wages. We also find positive interaction effects between wage and other job characteristics. We further analyze which factors are associated with effect heterogeneity. Working hours and gender appear to be the main drivers of these effects. We also find differences regarding the sources of a nurse’s motivation to initially choose the nursing occupation. Differentiation of job characteristics (job offers) to fit different preferences can therefore be a more effective and efficient way to attract workers than a “one size fits all” solution." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2024 Elsevier) ((en))

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Kunaschk, Max (2024): The effects of minimum wages on employment and Prices - Evidence from the hairdressing sector. In: Labour Economics, Jg. 88, 2024-04-04. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102540

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"This paper provides comprehensive evidence on the labor and product market effects of a high-impact minimum wage introduction in the highly competitive hairdressing sector. Using detailed administrative data, I find negligible overall employment effects, even though the minimum wage substantially increased hourly wages. However, sub-group analyses reveal considerable heterogeneity in the estimated employment effects and suggest shifts away from marginal towards regular employment. Analyses of the price effects suggest that the reform increased output prices considerably, implying that consumers largely paid for the minimum wage." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Elsevier) ((en))

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Leitner, Sandra M. (2024): Working from Home and Mental Well-being in the EU at Different Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Gendered Look at Key Mediators. (WIIW working paper 244), Wien, 44 S.

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"This paper analyses the relationship between working from home (WFH) and mental well-being at different stages during the first two critical years of the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments repeatedly imposed lockdowns and enacted WFH mandates to contain the spread of the virus. Using data from a representative survey conducted at four different time periods in 2020 (first lockdown, subsequent gradual reopening), 2021 (further lockdown) and 2022 (restrictions widely lifted) in the 27 EU member states, it examines the potentially changing role of several mediators over time, such as work-family conflict, family-work conflict, stability, resilience, isolation, the importance of different support networks, workload, physical risk of contracting COVID-19 at work, and housing conditions. For the first lockdown, it also differentiates by previous WFH experience, in terms of WFH novices and experienced WFH workers. It differentiates by gender, in order to take the potential gendered nature and effect of COVID-19 measures into account. The results show that while there was no direct relationship between WFH and mental well-being, there are several important mediators whose relevance was specific not only to certain stages of the pandemic, but also to previous experience with WFH and gender. Stability is the only mediator that was relevant over the entire two-year pandemic period. Work-family conflict and family-work conflict were only relevant during the first lockdown, while resilience and isolation mattered especially when most of the EU economies had lifted most of their restrictions. Unlike established WFH workers, WFH novices had an advantage during the first lockdown, benefiting from lower family-work conflict and more helpful networks of family and friends. Moreover, our results differ by gender for females who undertook WFH, important mediators were work-family conflict and family-work conflict. Both were related to adjustments they had to make in work and non-work" (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Mambrey, Viola & Adrian Loerbroks (2024): Psychosocial working conditions as determinants of slips and lapses, and poor social interactions with patients among medical assistants in Germany: A cohort study. In: PLoS ONE, Jg. 19. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0296977

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"Objective: We sought to examine the relationship of unfavorable psychosocial working conditions with slips and lapses and poor patient interaction as well as potential intermediate factors among medical assistants (MAs) in Germany based on prospective data. Methods: We used data from 408 MAs from a 4-year cohort study (follow-up: 2021). At baseline, psychosocial working conditions were assessed by the established effort-reward-imbalance questionnaire and a MA-specific questionnaire with 7 subscales. Frequency of slips and lapses (e.g., pertaining to measurements and documentation) and the quality of patient interactions (e.g., unfriendliness or impatience) due to work stress were assessed at follow-up with three items each (potential score ranges = 3–15). Potential intermediate factors atbaseline included work engagement (i.e., vitality and dedication (UWES)), work satisfaction (COPSOQ), anxiety (GAD-2), depressiveness (PHQ-2), and self-reported health. We ran multivariable linear regression using z-standardized exposures to estimate unstandardized coefficients (B) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Potential intermediate factors were added separately to the regression models. Attenuation of the association between exposure and outcome toward the null value (B = 0) was interpreted as mediation. Results: High reward and lack of resources were weakly associated with the frequency of slips and lapses (the Bs were -0.18 and 0.23, respectively; p<0.05), with little evidence of mediation. With the exception of low recognition, all unfavorable psychosocial working conditions predicted a higher frequency of poor interactions with patients (p-values<0.01). These associations were attenuated by work engagement, work satisfaction, and health outcomes. Conclusion: We found mostly non-significant associations between adverse psychosocial working conditions and the frequency of slips and lapses. However, unfavorable psychosocial working conditions among MAs predicted a higher frequency of poor interaction with patients due to stress." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Nekoei, Arash, Jósef Sigurdsson & Dominik Wehr (2024): The Economic Burden of Burnout. (CESifo working paper 11128), München, 84 S.

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"We study the economic consequences of stress-related occupational illnesses (burnout) using Swedish administrative data. Using a mover design, we find that high-burnout firms and stressful occupations universally raise burnout risk yet disproportionately impact low-stress-tolerance workers. Workers who burn out endure permanent earnings losses regardless of gender—while women are three times more susceptible. Repercussions of burnout extend to the worker’s family, reducing spousal income and children’s educational achievements. Through sick leaves, earnings scars, and spillovers, burnout reduced the national labor income by 2.3% in 2019. We demonstrate how estimated costs, combined with a prediction model incorporating workers ’ self-reported stress, can improve the design of prevention programs." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Nelson, Jennifer L. & Tiffany D. Johnson (2024): How White Workers Navigate Racial Difference in the Workplace: Social-Emotional Processes and the Role of Workplace Racial Composition. In: Work and occupations, Jg. 51, H. 3, S. 362-407. DOI:10.1177/07308884231176833

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"Research on racialized emotions and racialized organizations has begun to inform how we understand social interactions in the workplace and their implications for racial inequality. However, most research to date focuses on the experiences and coping strategies of racial minority workers, especially when confronted with instances of racial prejudice and discrimination. We extend research on racialized emotions in the workplace by mapping the stages of belonging/unbelonging white workers go through when they encounter instances of racial discomfort or perceived prejudice in the workplace. This is an important contribution to the study of race and work because existing research suggests the deleterious effects for people of color when white people experience negative emotions such as threat, fear, and anxiety in interracial encounters. Drawing on interview data with 56 white teachers in a metropolitan area in the U.S. Southeast, we document a process of racialized belonging. This is a process whereby white workers experienced varying degrees of surprise, confusion, frustration, and fear resulting from interracial—and some intraracial—experiences with coworkers as well as students. We note how the process is informed by racialized imprinting prior to workplace entry and followed by racialized emotions and racialized coping. Racial composition of the workplace also played a role, though the process looked similar across contexts. We argue that by accounting for white workers’ prior life experiences as well as organizations’ involvement in accommodating their emotional expectations, the way white workers behave when race becomes salient to them can be better understood and addressed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Niebler, Valentin (2024): Forschungsmonitoring "Arbeit der Zukunft". Ausgabe 25: Januar bis März 2024 (Berichtszeitraum). (Working paper Forschungsförderung / Hans Böckler Stiftung 339), Düsseldorf, 57 S.

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"Das Forschungsmonitoring Nr. 25 gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Studien und Publikationen zur Arbeitswelt der Zukunft für den Berichtszeitraum Januar bis März 2024. Es orientiert sich an den Schwerpunkten der Forschungsstelle "Arbeit der Zukunft": Digitalisierung und Arbeit der Zukunft, Standards für digitale Arbeitsformen, Beschäftigung im Wandel, Arbeit aufwerten, Humanisierung der Arbeit 4.0, Atmende Arbeitszeiten und Zeitarrangements, Innovationsbegrifflichkeiten, Künstliche Intelligenz und Sozial-ökologische Transformation." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Parent-Thirion, Agnès, Tina Weber & Jorge Cabrita (2024): Working conditions and sustainable work. Job quality side of climate change. (Eurofound research report / European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions), Dublin, 62 S.

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"Climate change will have a profound impact not only on living conditions but also on Europe’s labour markets, working conditions and job quality. To understand the implications of climate change for working life, it is important to distinguish between its direct impact and the impact of climate change policies. This report aims to contribute to the discussion by examining national-level research and debate on the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on job quality, in particular in occupations likely to be impacted by greening." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Pihl-Thingvad, Signe, Vera Winter, Michelle Schelde Hansen & Jurgen Willems (2024): Relationships matter: how workplace social capital affects absenteeism of public sector employees. In: Public Management Review, Jg. 26, H. 4, S. 1033-1060. DOI:10.1080/14719037.2022.2142652

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"Although absenteeism is a key concern in most western societies, research on reducing absenteeism in public sector organizations is scarce, particularly regarding the impact of organizational relationships. By building on the concept of workplace social capital (WSC) and using a large longitudinal cohort of Danish municipal employees, this study shows that three types of WSC (bridging, direct-leader-linking, and top-level-linking WSC) reduce absenteeism, while there is no significant effect of bonding WSC. Our empirical results further suggest that the relationships with the immediate leader and the top management (direct-leader-linking and top-level-linking WSC) are most important for employees' absenteeism." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Pimpertz, Jochen (2024): Kosten der Entgeltfortzahlung: Binnen 14 Jahren verdoppelt. (IW-Kurzberichte / Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln 2024,70), Köln, 4 S.

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"Im vergangenen Jahr 2023 mussten die Arbeitgeber 76,7 Milliarden Euro für die Entgeltfortzahlung ihrer erkrankten Beschäftigten aufbringen. Damit haben sich die Kosten binnen 14 Jahren verdoppelt. Der hohe Beschäftigungsstand, Lohnerhöhungen und nicht zuletzt der unverändert hohe Krankenstand lassen auch für das laufende Jahr keine Trendumkehr erwarten." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Reich, Ricarda (2024): Work hour mismatches and sickness absence and the moderating role of human resource practices: Evidence from Germany. In: German Journal of Human Resource Management, Jg. 38, H. 1, S. 25-58. DOI:10.1177/23970022231193085

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"Working time mismatches - and especially overemployment - continue to be a highly relevant topic in German legislation, business practice and in research. However, it has been rather neglected in empirical absenteeism research. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the relationship between contractual overemployment, that is, the difference between contractual and preferred working hours, and sickness absence in Germany. Furthermore, this study explores the moderating role of HR practices (flexible work arrangements and part-time employment) on this relationship. Therefore, I conduct two-level negative binomial regression analyses, using data from the German Socio-economic panel (GSOEP). In line with the JD-R model, results indicate that overemployment (especially overemployment of 6-10 hours compared to a work hour match) is positively related to sickness absence. However, the moderating role of flexible work arrangements, that is, the buffer effect of working time autonomy on this link cannot be confirmed. Moreover, the results suggest that part-time employment amplifies the relationship between overemployment (1-5 hours) and sickness absence for females only. This study highlights the need to move away from standardised work hour arrangements. Indeed, it is one of the first studies that emphasises the role of preference-based contractual working hours in reducing absenteeism, also and especially because standard HR practices do not mitigate overemployment-related absenteeism, but can in fact exacerbate it. Furthermore, this study contributes to theory and literature, by extending the JD-R model to overemployment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Reinke, Kathrin, Lisa Niederkrome & Sandra Ohly (2024): Boundary Work Tactics and Their Effects on Information and Communication Technology Use After Hours and Recovery. In: Journal of Personnel Psychology, Jg. 23, H. 1, S. 36-48. DOI:10.1027/1866-5888/a000335

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"With an increasing use of work-related technologies after hours and mobile working, boundaries between work and personal life domains blur more and more, impairing recovery. Qualitative studies have shown that individuals use various boundary work tactics to actively manage their work–nonwork boundaries. However, it remains largely unknown how the use of such tactics contributes to recovery. This research differentiates types of availability-related boundary work tactics and organizes them according to their underlying motives: preventive, restrictive, and rejecting tactics. The results of a cross-sectional study (N = 249) and a validation study (N = 175) support the proposed motive-oriented structure of tactics and show differential prediction of psychological detachment and relaxation. Implications for practice and future research are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2023 Hogrefe Verlag) ((en))

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Rick, Vera B., Marie Stebner, Larissa Dräger, Annika Franken, Alexander Mertens & Verena Nitsch (2024): Effects of AI-based technologies on employees’ work engagement: Implications for the human-centered design of digital work. In: Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft, Jg. 78, H. 3, S. 323-334. DOI:10.1007/s41449-024-00438-1

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"Ein wichtiges Ziel des regionalen Kompetenzzentrums AKzentE4.0 ist die Unterstützung von Unternehmen im Rheinischen Revier bei der menschengerechten Gestaltung ihrer digitalen Transformation auf Basis arbeitswissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse. Um evidenzbasierte Leitlinien für die menschengerechte Gestaltung von KI-gestützter Arbeit ableiten zu können, sind weitere Erkenntnisse darüber notwendig, wie sich der Einsatz von KI auf die Merkmale menschengerechter Arbeitsgestaltung auswirkt und wie sich dies von der Nutzung digitaler Technologien im Allgemeinen unterscheiden. Zu diesem Zweck wurde eine Sekundäranalyse einer im Kontext von AKzentE4.0 durchgeführten Fragebogenstudie vorgenommen. Der analysierte Datensatz umfasste Rückmeldungen von N= 825 digitalen Informationsarbeitenden. Dabei wurden zwei zentrale Forschungsfragen untersucht: 1. Unterscheidet sich die Wahrnehmung des Arbeitsengagements zwischen Nutzenden von KI-Systemen und Nicht-Nutzenden? 2. Welche Merkmale der menschengerechten Arbeitsgestaltung sagen das Arbeitsengagement bei der Arbeit mit KI voraus und gibt es Unterschiede im Vergleich zu denjenigen, die nicht mit KI arbeiten? Praktische Relevanz: Die Ergebnisse machen deutlich, dass eine menschzentrierte und menschengerechte Gestaltung KIgestützter Arbeit insbesondere auf die Bereitstellung sinnvoller Aufgaben für die Beschäftigten, die Unterstützung durch Vorgesetzte und die Wahrung der Autonomie der Beschäftigten ausgerichtet sein sollte. Insbesondere der Aspekt der sinnvollen Arbeit kann durch die Technik gefährdet werden. Damit KI-Systeme am Arbeitsplatz gesundheitserhaltend und lernförderlich wirken können, sollte bereits bei ihrer Entwicklung darauf geachtet werden, dass sie die Arbeit gezielt unterstützen und nicht ersetzen sowie sinnvolle Arbeitsaufgaben fördern. Zudem sollten die Beschäftigten mit Unterstützung ihrer Vorgesetzten auch die Möglichkeit haben, über den Einsatz und die Nutzung von KI-Systemen selbst zu bestimmen, um eine größere Autonomie und Handlungsfähigkeit zu erhalten." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Riso, Sara (2024): Workplace bullying, harassment and cyberbullying: Are regulations and policies fit for purpose? (Eurofound research report / European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions), Dublin, 47 S. DOI:10.2806/8853437

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Rudolph, Cort W., Mindy K. Shoss & Hannes Zacher (2024): Dynamic and reciprocal relations between job insecurity and physical and mental health. In: Journal of Applied Psychology. DOI:10.1037/apl0001259

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"This article reports the results of a 33-wave longitudinal study of relations between job insecurity and physical and mental health based on monthly data collected between April 2020 and December 2022 among n = 1,666 employees in Germany. We integrate dynamic theorizing from the transactional stress model and domain-specific theorizing based on stressor creation and perception to frame hypotheses regarding dynamic and reciprocal relations between job insecurity and health over time. We find that lower physical health predicted subsequent increases in job insecurity and higher physical health predicted subsequent decreases in job insecurity. However, job insecurity did not have a significant influence on physical health. Furthermore, higher job insecurity predicted subsequent decreases in mental health, and higher mental health predicted subsequent decreases in job insecurity. This pattern of findings suggests a dynamic and reciprocal within-person process wherein positive deviations from one’s average trajectory of job insecurity are associated with subsequently lower levels of mental health and vice versa. We additionally find evidence for linear trends in these within-person processes themselves, suggesting that the strength of the within-person influence of job insecurity on mental health becomes more strongly negative over time (i.e., a negative amplifying cycle). This research provides practical insights into job insecurity as a health threat and shows how concerns about job loss following deteriorations in physical and mental health serve to further threaten well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Rumler, Andrea & Julia Memmert (2024): Menopause: Das letzte Tabu. In: Personalwirtschaft, Jg. 50, H. 2, S. 50-54.

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"Welche Auswirkungen haben die Wechseljahre auf die Arbeitsfähigkeit, die Karrierewege und das Wohlbefinden von Frauen am Arbeitsplatz? Wie kann das Thema im betrieblichen Gesundheitsmanagement integriert werden, und welche Unterstützungsmaßnahmen bieten sich an? Basierend auf einer Bedürfnisanalyse von Frauen in den Wechseljahren sollen im Forschungsprojekt MenoSupport innovative Maßnahmen für das betriebliche Gesundheitsmanagement entwickelt werden, mit denen Frauen in den Wechseljahren effektiv unterstützt werden können. Als Basis für die Erarbeitung der Maßnahmen dient eine online durchgeführte Befragung der Zielgruppe. Die HWR Berlin mit Andrea Rumler und Julia Memmert war dabei federführend. Sabine Nitsche und Jennifer Chan de Avila von der HTW Berlin werden im zweiten Schritt des Forschungsprojekts BGM-Maßnahmen für Frauen in den Wechseljahren entwickeln. Das Projekt läuft bis Ende September 2024. Die wichtigsten Beeinträchtigungen durch die Wechseljahre im Arbeitskontext sind erhöhter Stress, geringere Konzentrationsfähigkeit, erhöhte Ungeduld/Gereiztheit gegenüber anderen und ein geringeres Selbstbewusstsein bezüglich der eigenen Fähigkeiten. Auch physische und psychische Beeinträchtigungen spielen eine große Rolle. Fast ein Drittel der Befragten war aufgrund von Wechseljahressymptomen schon einmal krankgeschrieben oder hat unbezahlten Urlaub genommen. Knapp ein Viertel der Befragten hat wegen der Wechseljahre bereits Arbeitsstunden reduziert, und fast 20 Prozent der Befragten im Alter von über 55 Jahren gaben an, infolge der Wechseljahre früher in den Ruhestand gehen zu wollen beziehungsweise schon gegangen zu sein." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)

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Rumler, Andrea & Julia Memmert (2024): MenoSupport: Ergebnisüberblick zur deutschlandweiten Onlinebefragung zum Thema Wechseljahre am Arbeitsplatz. Berlin, 6 S.

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"Wissenschaftlerinnen an der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR Berlin) erhoben im Rahmen des Projekts MenoSupport im 1. Halbjahr 2023 erstmals Daten in Deutschland zum Thema Wechseljahre am Arbeitsplatz und zeigten Unternehmen Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten für Frauen in den Wechseljahren im betrieblichen Kontext auf." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)

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Scherrer, Christoph & Ismail Doga Karatepe (Hrsg.) (2024): Arbeit in der Lieferkette. Miserable Arbeitsbedingungen auf See und in den Häfen. Hamburg: VSA-Verlag, 190 Seiten.

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"Diese Studie konzentriert sich auf die maritimen Aspekte des Bananentransports und die Vorgänge in und um die genannten Häfen. Die Analyse des Seehafenhinterlandverkehrs, der die Beförderung von Gütern im Hinterland, in erster Linie per Lkw und gelegentlich per Bahn, sowie die Zubringerdienste auf den Flüssen umfasst, wird absichtlich nicht berücksichtigt. Wir sind uns darüber im Klaren, dass eine eingehende Untersuchung des Hinterlandtransports ein anderes Forschungsumfeld erfordern würde, was den Rahmen der vorliegenden Studie sprengen würde. Das Team bestand neben uns aus acht Forscher*innen, die in Kolumbien, Costa Rica und Deutschland tätig sind. Die Forscher*innen in Kolumbien und Costa Rica konzentrierten sich auf die Arbeitsbedingungen in den jeweiligen Häfen, während ihre Kolleg*innen in Deutschland sich speden drei wichtigsten Terminals in Europa befassten. Darüber hinaus waren die deutschen Forscher für die Untersuchung der Arbeitsbedingungen auf See im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes verantwortlich. Wir verfolgten eine pragmatische Strategie des Einsatzes verschiedener empirischer Instrumente für die Forschung. Zunächst war unser Ziel, durch Experteninterviews mehrere Perspektiven auf die untersuchten Arbeitsbedingungen zu gewinnen. Wir führten nicht nur Interviews mit Gewerkschaftern und Organisationen zur Unterstützung von Seeleuten, wie z.B. Seemannsmissionen, sondern auch mit Vertreter*innen von Unternehmen, um ein umfassendes Verständnis der verschiedenen Perspektiven auf die Arbeitsbedingungen in Häfen und auf See zu erlangen. Um die am Bananenhandel beteiligten Akteure zu identifizieren, nutzten wir den Panjiva-Datensatz, der handelsspezifische Informationen für jedes Unternehmen enthält, die wir von den Zollbehörden erhalten haben. Als zweiten Schritt versuchten wir, die Stimmen von Hafenarbeiter*innen und Seeleuten durch ausführliche Interviews, Papier- und Online-Umfragen, Fokusgruppendiskussionen und Recherchen in sozialen Medien zu erfassen." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku, © VSA Verlag)

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Scholze, Alexander & Achim Hecker (2024): The job demands-resources model as a theoretical lens for the bright and dark side of digitization. In: Computers in Human Behavior, Jg. 155. DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2024.108177

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"With digitization continuing to reshape work environments, organizations must confront the challenges of comprehending its “bright side” and “dark side” effects. A growing imperative exists to comprehend how digitization affects employee well-being and to create sustainable health-centric workplaces. The established Job Demands-Resources model offers a pertinent theoretical framework for gaining fresh insights into alterations in job demands and resources caused by digitization. This study extends the Job Demands-Resources model to include digital job demands and resources by utilizing a sample of 898 white-collar employees. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling was employed to investigate digitization's interrelationships and dependencies within an organizational context. The results confirm that the Job Demands-Resources model offers a holistic approach to investigating the concrete effects of the “dark side" and “bright side" of digitization in a concrete work scenario and to classify them in a theoretically structured way. This study offers starting points for the future design of workplaces and strategies for organizations to harness the positive aspects of digitization while concurrently mitigating the psychological stress on employees." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Seibt, R. & S. Kreuzfeld (2024): Teilzeitbeschäftigung und psychische Gesundheit bei Gymnasiallehrkräften. In: Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Umweltmedizin, Jg. 59, H. 9, S. 584-594. DOI:10.17147/asu-1-384622

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"Aufgrund des akuten Lehrkräftemangels wird in Deutschland die Erhöhung der Unterrichtsverpflichtung (Unterrichtsdeputat) für Teilzeit-Lehrkräfte (TZL) diskutiert. Viele Gymnasiallehrkräfte arbeiten in Teilzeit, um die hohen Arbeitsbelastungen besser zu bewältigen. Ob sich eine Verringerung der Unterrichtsstunden günstig auf die psychische Gesundheit auswirkt, ist bisher nicht bekannt. Daher untersucht diese Studie bei TZL den Zusammenhang zwischen der realen Wochenarbeitszeit und ihrer psychischen Gesundheit (Erholungsunfähigkeit, Burnout-Risiko)." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Silvestre, Maria João, Sónia P. Gonçalves & Maria João Velez (2024): Slow Work: The Mainstream Concept. In: Social Sciences, Jg. 13, H. 3. DOI:10.3390/socsci13030178

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"The global acceleration of the pace of life has led to an increase in working hours, time pressure, and intensification of work tasks in organizations, with consequences for the physical and psychological health of workers. This acceleration and its consequences make it especially relevant to consider the principles of the slow movement and how they can be applied to the work context, focusing on the importance of slowing down the current pace of work and its implications for the sustainability of people and organizations. The key purpose of this study is to define the concept of slow work and understand its relationship with individual and organisational factors in order to extract the structuring dimensions, enabling its empirical study and practical application. Using grounded theory methodology, we conducted 12 semi-structured interviews with leaders of organizations from different sectors. Data analysis was performed using the MAXQDA programme. It was concluded that slow work is a way of working that respects the balance between individual rhythms and the objectives of the organization, in favor of the sustainability of both parties, and that advocates qualitative goals, thinking time, individual recovery, purpose, and the humanisation of work. The main contribution is the conceptualisation of a construct that may be used in future studies, as well as in the development of organisational policies promoting the slow work culture." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Staff, Jeremy & Jeylan T. Mortimer (2024): Work Experience and Mental Health from Adolescence to Mid-Life. In: Social forces, Jg. 103, H. 1, S. 305-326. DOI:10.1093/sf/soae067

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"The etiology of psychological differences among those who pursue distinct lines of work have long been of scholarly interest. A prevalent early and continuing assumption is that experiences on the job influence psychological development; contemporary analysts focus on dimensions indicative of mental health. Still, such work-related psychological differences may instead be attributable to selection processes to the extent that individuals can choose, or be selected to, different lines of work, based on their prior characteristics. Whereas much attention has been directed to employment per se as a key determinant of mental health, we consider work status (employed or not) and hours of work, as well as work quality, including both intrinsic and extrinsic dimensions among those who are employed. We also investigate differences in the effects of work experiences on mental health in distinct phases of the work career. Drawing on eleven waves of longitudinal data obtained from a cohort of ninth grade students followed prospectively to age 45–46 (54% female; 73% white), we examine whether key psychological dimensions indicative of mental health (mastery, depressive affect, and self-esteem) change in response to employment and to particular experiences on the job. The findings, based on a fixed-effects modeling strategy, indicate that observed psychological differences related to employment and work quality are not attributable to stable individual proclivities. Evidence suggests that mental health is responsive to changing experiences at work from mid-adolescence to mid-life." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Tetzlaff, Juliane & Jelena Epping (2024): Länger gesund im Beruf? Trends in den Lebensjahren frei von Herz-Kreislauf- und Muskel-Skelett-Erkrankungen in GKV-Daten für die Erwerbstätigen- und Allgemeinbevölkerung. In: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, Jg. 67, H. 5, S. 555-563. DOI:10.1007/s00103-024-03868-8

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"Hintergrund: Unsere Studie fokussiert auf die Entwicklung der erkrankungsfreien Lebensjahre in Bezug auf 2 Erkrankungsgruppen mit hoher Public-Health-Relevanz: Muskel-Skelett- (MSE) und Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen (HKE). Vor dem Hintergrund der steigenden Lebensarbeitszeit wird die Entwicklung der erkrankungsfreien Jahre der Bevölkerung im erwerbsfähigen Alter und der Erwerbstätigen verglichen und Unterschiede zwischen den Berufsgruppen beleuchtet. Methoden: Die Studie basiert auf den Daten der AOK Niedersachsen (N  = 2.001.225). Die Erkrankungsfälle werden anhand der Diagnosedaten ermittelt. Die erwarteten Jahre frei von MSE und HKE werden mit Multistate-Life-Table-Analysen für 3 Perioden zwischen 2006 und 2018 berechnet. Die Berufsgruppe wird über den Berufsschlüssel definiert und in 3 Gruppen unterteilt: 1) Un- und Angelernte, 2) Fachkräfte und Spezialisten, 3) Hochqualifizierte. Ergebnisse: Die Lebensjahre frei von MSE nahmen in der Allgemeinbevölkerung und unter den Erwerbstätigen deutlich ab. Die stärkste Verringerung zeigte sich in der höherqualifizierten Berufsgruppe. Die Lebensjahre frei von HKE stiegen in der Allgemeinbevölkerung im Zeitverlauf. Die Zunahmen waren unter den Erwerbstätigen geringer, sie wurden nur bei Männern in un- und angelernter Tätigkeit verzeichnet. Diskussion: Die Studie zeigt, dass sich die erkrankungsfreien Jahre unter den Erwerbstätigen teilweise schlechter als in der Allgemeinbevölkerung entwickelten. Für die untersuchten Erkrankungsgruppen MSE und HKE bestehen deutliche Ungleichheiten zwischen den Berufsgruppen, die sich im Zeitverlauf etwas verringerten. Die Ungleichheiten und die Abnahme der Jahre frei von MSE belegen die hohe Public-Health-Relevanz und den Bedarf an Präventionsmaßnahmen zur Vermeidung von HKE und MSE im erwerbsfähigen Alter." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku, © Springer-Verlag)

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Tirabeni, Lia (2024): Bounded Well-Being: Designing Technologies for Workers' Well-Being in Corporate Programmes. In: Work, Employment and Society, Jg. 38, H. 6, S. 1506-1527. DOI:10.1177/09500170231203113

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"This article examines the relationship between workers’ well-being and digitalisation at work. It is based on the findings of a qualitative study carried out in a manufacturing company, and it focuses on the development of a wearable device for well-being. Using the analytical concepts of ‘translation’ and ‘inscription’ taken from Actor-Network Theory, it explores how digital technologies for well-being are designed in corporate programmes and shows how the final technology results from processes of inscription and translation performed by the actors involved in the design phase. The end device embodies a concept of well-being that has been called ‘bounded’ to emphasise how well-being at work is limited by organisational constraints. The article invites a rethinking of hedonic well-being at work as a precondition for eudaimonic well-being so that the human being is understood as a psychophysical unit that is part of a rich social context." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Wiegel, Constantin (2024): Berufsbelastung und Stressbewältigung von weiblichen und männlichen Auszubildenden. In: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz, Jg. 67, H. 4, S. 419-428. DOI:10.1007/s00103-024-03857-x

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"Der Übergang von der Schule in das Berufsleben ist für Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene ein bedeutsames Ereignis. Nicht selten treten in diesem Übergangsgeschehen Ängste oder Überforderungen auf. Vor diesem Hintergrund betrachtet der vorliegende Beitrag das subjektive Stressempfinden von Auszubildenden unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Geschlechts und unterschiedlicher Berufssettings." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku, 䗏 Springer-Verlag)

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Windscheid-Profeta, Eike (2024): Krankheitsbedingte Fehlzeiten: Zwischen Bettkanten und dünnen Personaldecken - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut. In: WSI-Blog Work on Progress, Jg. 12.

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"Krankheitsbedingte Fehlzeiten auf Höchststand: Machen es Entgeltfortzahlung und Lohnersatzleistungen zu leicht, sich krank zu melden? Eine differenzierte Analyse lenkt den Blick auf Arbeitsbelastungen und Präventionsmängel." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Xin, Xun, Lili Gao & Yuting He (2024): Empowering older workers through self-regulation: how job crafting and leisure crafting enhance mindfulness and well-being at work. In: Work, Aging and Retirement. DOI:10.1093/workar/waae017

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"The capacity for self-regulation is crucial for older workers to maintain adaptability and well-being under aging-related challenges. Building on recent research suggesting that practices of self-regulation can enhance self-regulatory capacity, our study employs self-regulation theory to investigate how two distinct self-regulatory practices—job crafting (JC) and leisure crafting (LC)—support older workers in enhancing their work well-being through the lens of self-regulatory capacity, specifically mindfulness. Within this theoretical framework, we further explore the combined effects of JC and LC on adaptation to the aging process. A three-wave time-lagged survey was conducted among 227 older Chinese workers from science and technology enterprises. The results from latent structural equation modeling indicate that mindfulness at work mediates the relationship between crafting practices (both JC and LC) and work well-being. Moreover, JC and LC exhibit a compensatory relationship in facilitating mindfulness at work, which in turn promotes the work well-being of older workers. These findings offer a novel perspective grounded in self-regulation theory, highlighting how JC and LC contribute to successful aging by strengthening mindfulness capacity." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Ziebarth, Nicolas R. & Stefan Pichler (2024): Einordnung des deutlichen Anstiegs der krankheitsbedingten Fehlzeiten seit 2022. (ZEW policy Brief / ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung 2024-18), Mannheim, 9 S.

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"Seit 2022 sind die krankheitsbedingten Fehlzeiten laut übereinstimmender Berichte und auf Basis unterschiedlicher Datenquellen stark angestiegen. Es gilt festzuhalten, dass es in Deutschland keine einheitliche und repräsentative Datenbasis gibt, die Fehlzeiten nach Krankheitsdauer akkurat und vollständig erfasst. Viele Berichte beruhen auf Daten einzelner Krankenkassen, die sowohl selektiv als auch unvollständig sind, weil sie beispielsweise Fehlzeiten von unter vier Tagen nur sehr beschränkt erfassen. Zudem existiert keine international vergleichbare Datenbasis. Zusätzlich gilt, dass Deutschland eine der weltweit großzügigsten Lohnfortzahlungen im Krankheitsfall hat: Jede privatwirtschaftlich angestellte Person hat das Recht, im Krankheitsfall vom ersten Tag an 100 Prozent des Lohnes zu erhalten - für eine Krankheitsdauer von bis zu sechs Wochen. Das impliziert, dass Deutschland pro Arbeitnehmer und Jahr vermutlich eine der höchsten Fehlzeiten weltweit aufzuweisen hat - und zwar schon vor dem mutmaßlichen Anstieg seit 2022. Die von der Techniker Krankenkasse erfassten Fehlzeiten liegen bei 19,4 Tagen pro Person für das Jahr 2023. Es gibt vier mögliche Haupterklärungsgründe für den Anstieg seit 2022: (1) die telefonische Krankschreibung, (2) Covid-19, "Long Covid" sowie mehr Infektionen, (3) ein durch die Pandemie verändertes Fehlzeitenverhalten und (4) eine verbesserte elektronische Datenübermittlung. Es gibt starke Anhaltspunkte, dass der Großteil des Anstiegs der Fehlzeiten auf (4) - eine bessere statistische Erfassung der Fehlzeiten - zurückzuführen ist." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)