Arbeitsbedingungen und Gesundheit von Beschäftigten
Der Zusammenhang von Arbeitsbedingungen bzw. Arbeitsbelastungen und der Gesundheit von Beschäftigten erhält durch die demografische Entwicklung, Digitalisierung und Klimawandel neues Gewicht. Wie muss Arbeit gestaltet sein, damit die Beschäftigten langfristig und gesund erwerbstätig sein können?
Dieses Themendossier dokumentiert die Ergebnisse empirischer Forschung der letzten Jahre.
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Digitale Arbeit - Digitale Gesundheit: Zahlen, Daten, Fakten. BKK Gesundheitsreport 2017 (2018)
Knieps, Franz; Pfaff, Holger;Zitatform
Knieps, Franz & Holger Pfaff (Hrsg.) (2018): Digitale Arbeit - Digitale Gesundheit. Zahlen, Daten, Fakten. BKK Gesundheitsreport 2017. (BKK-Gesundheitsreport 2017), Berlin: Medizinische Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, 450 S.
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"Der diesjährige BKK Gesundheitsreport widmet sich dem Schwerpunktthema Digitalisierung. Zwei Kernpunkte werden hierbei näher beleuchtet: Zum einen geht es um die Frage, welchen Einfluss die Digitalisierung auf die Arbeitswelt und damit auch auf die Gesundheit der Beschäftigten ausübt. Zum anderen steht im Fokus, inwieweit die Digitalisierung das Gesundheitswesen bzw. die Gesundheitsversorgung insgesamt verändert. Hierzu werden zentrale Ergebnisse einer im Auftrag des BKK Dachverbandes durchgeführten deutschlandweiten und repräsentativen Umfrage von 3000 Beschäftigten dargestellt. Außerdem erweitern und bereichern wieder Beiträge zahlreicher Gastautoren aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Praxis den BKK Gesundheitsreport 2017 mit ihrer Expertise zum Schwerpunktthema. Daneben legt der Report den besonderen Fokus auf den Zusammenhang zwischen der Arbeitswelt und dem Arbeitsunfähigkeitsgeschehen, sowie der ambulanten und stationären Versorgung und den Arzneimittelverordnungen insbesondere von Erwerbstätigen." (Angaben des Hrsg., IAB-Doku)
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Die Rolle von Niedriglohnperipherien in den globalen Wertschöpfungsketten der Automobilindustrie: der Fall Mittelosteuropas (2018)
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Krzywdzinski, Martin (2018): Die Rolle von Niedriglohnperipherien in den globalen Wertschöpfungsketten der Automobilindustrie. Der Fall Mittelosteuropas. In: Prokla, Jg. 48, H. 4, S. 523-544. DOI:10.32387/prokla.v48i193.1144
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"Die Rolle von Niedriglohnperipherien in den globalen Wertschöpfungsketten der Automobilindustrie. Der Fall Mittelosteuropas. Welche Perspektiven bietet die Inklusion in die globalen Wertschöpfungsketten der Automobilindustrie für Niedriglohnperipherien? Am Beispiel Mittelosteuropas zeigt der vorliegende Artikel eine ambivalente Entwicklung. Auf der einen Seite haben die mittelosteuropäischen Standorte der Automobilindustrie eine tiefgreifende Modernisierung von Produkten und Technologien durchlaufen. Auf der anderen Seite bleibt die Region höchst abhängig von Verbrennungsmotortechnologien, während Innovationsaktivitäten im Bereich von Zukunftstechnologien (z.B. Elektromobilität) sehr begrenzt sind. Zudem hat die Dominanz neoliberaler Politikstrategien in Mittelosteuropa eine Entkopplung der wirtschaftlichen von der sozialen Entwicklung in Form stagnierender Löhne sowie fehlender Investitionen in Aus- und Weiterbildung gefördert." (Autorenreferat, © Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot)
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Quantifying the benefits of social insurance: unemployment insurance and health (2018)
Kuka, Elira;Zitatform
Kuka, Elira (2018): Quantifying the benefits of social insurance. Unemployment insurance and health. (IZA discussion paper 11629), Bonn, 55 S.
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"While the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program is one of the largest safety net program in the U.S., research on its benefits is limited. This paper exploits plausibly exogenous changes in state UI laws to empirically estimate whether UI generosity mitigates any of the previously documented negative health effects of job loss. The results show higher UI generosity increases health insurance coverage and utilization, and leads to improved self-reported health. Moreover, these effects are stronger during periods of high unemployment rates. Finally, I find no effects on risky behaviors nor on health conditions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Return-to-work for multiple jobholders with a work-related musculoskeletal disorder: a population-based, matched cohort in British Columbia (2018)
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Maas, Esther T., Mieke Koehoorn & Christopher B. McLeod (2018): Return-to-work for multiple jobholders with a work-related musculoskeletal disorder. A population-based, matched cohort in British Columbia. In: PLoS one, Jg. 13, H. 4, S. 1-21. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0193618
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"Introduction: Multiple jobholders (MJHs) have a higher risk of injury compared to single jobholders (SJHs), but it is unknown if return-to-work (RTW) after a work injury is affected by multiple jobholding. This study examined the association between multiple versus single jobholding and time to RTW for workers with a work-related musculoskeletal disorder (MSD).
Methods: We used administrative workers' compensation data to identify injured workers with an accepted MSD lost-time claim between 2010-2014 in British Columbia, Canada. The outcome was days until RTW during twelve months after the first day of time-loss. The MJH and SJH cohorts were balanced using coarsened exact matching that yielded a final matched cohort of 8,389 MJHs and 8,389 SJHs. The outcome was estimated with Cox regression, using piecewise models, and the hazard ratios were stratified by type of MSD, a serious injury indicator, gender, weekly workdays preceding MSD, and wage categories.
Results: MJHs were less likely to RTW compared to SJHs within the first six months after the first time-loss day, with greater and longer lasting effects for males, workers with a serious injury, and a higher wage. No difference between MJHs and SJHs was found for workers who had a six- or seven-day work week preceding MSD, for workers with dislocations, and for workers who were still off work after six months.
Conclusions: Overall, MJHs with a workweek of maximum five days are disadvantaged compared to SJHs in terms of RTW following a work-related MSD within the first six months after the first time-loss day. This difference might be caused by more precarious job contracts for MJHs that challenges RTW because of lack of support for modified work, higher workload, and reduced likelihood that MJHs file a workers' compensation claim. Despite adjusting for type of MSD, severity of injury and occupation, the differences persisted for the vast majority of the study sample." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) -
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Does telework stress employees out?: a study on working at home and subjective well-being for wage/salary workers (2018)
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Song, Younghwan & Jia Gao (2018): Does telework stress employees out? A study on working at home and subjective well-being for wage/salary workers. (IZA discussion paper 11993), Bonn, 28 S.
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"Using data from the 2010, 2012, and 2013 American Time Use Survey Well-Being Modules, this paper examines how subjective well-being (SWB) varies between working at home and working in the workplace among wage/salary workers. Both OLS and individual fixed-effects models are employed for estimation, and the results are largely consistent. In general, we find that working at home is associated with a lower level of net affect and a higher probability of having unpleasant feelings relative to working in the workplace. We further decompose homeworking into telework and bringing work home and find that the effect of SWB varies by types of homeworking. In comparison with working in the workplace, telework increases stress in both samples of weekdays and weekends/holidays, and it also reduces net affect and increases unpleasantness in the sample of weekends/ holidays. In contrast, bringing work home on weekdays results in a lower level of net affect due to less happiness received. The only positive effect of homeworking we discover is that telework reduces tiredness on weekdays. As to the existence of gender difference in the effect of homeworking, our OLS results show that working at home is associated with positive affections for males but negative affections for females. However, fixedeffects models suggest that both males and females feel more stressed when teleworking, indicating the existence of individual heterogeneity." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Contextual work design and employee innovative work behavior: when does autonomy matter? (2018)
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Theurer, Christian P., Andranik Tumasjan & Isabell M. Welpe (2018): Contextual work design and employee innovative work behavior. When does autonomy matter? In: PLoS one, Jg. 13, H. 10, S. 1-35. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0204089
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"In environments experiencing fast technological change in which innovative performance is expected, work design research has found that the degree of autonomy positively predicts behavioral and attitudinal work outcomes. Because extant work design research has tended to examine the direct and mediating effects of autonomy on work outcomes such as job satisfaction, examinations of more situational elements and the degree to which the organizational context strengthens or weakens this relationship has been neglected. This study, therefore, takes a context-contingent perspective to investigate the degree to which psychological climate dimensions such as supervisor support, organizational structure and organizational innovation moderate the effects of autonomy (work scheduling autonomy, work methods autonomy, decision-making autonomy) on employee perceived innovative work behavior (IWB). Using a conjoint experiment based on 9,440 assessments nested within 1,180 employees, it was found that all autonomy dimensions had a significant direct effect on employee perceived IWB. Contrary to the Hypotheses, the multi-level analysis did not reveal any moderating effect of the climate dimensions on the relationship between autonomy and employee IWB. This study provides a context-contingent view for the features of work design and gives a more detailed analysis of autonomy, which has previously been seen primarily as a unidimensional construct." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Erwerbsverlauf und Gesundheit älterer weiblicher Beschäftigter (2018)
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Tophoven, Silke (2018): Erwerbsverlauf und Gesundheit älterer weiblicher Beschäftigter. (IAB-Bibliothek 371), Bielefeld: Bertelsmann, 214 S. DOI:10.3278/300988w
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"Die Erwerbsbeteiligung von Frauen im höheren Erwerbsalter ist in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren deutlich gestiegen. Um sie auch künftig zu ermöglichen, ist das Wissen um die spezifische Situation dieser Gruppe, grade in Bezug auf gesundheitliche Aspekte, besonders wichtig. Die Dissertation bietet einen Überblick zu den Erwerbsverläufen und aktuellen Erwerbs- und Gesundheitssituationen älterer weiblicher Beschäftigter und untersucht die Zusammenhänge zwischen
- verschiedenen Erwerbsverlaufstypen und bisheriger Alterssicherung
- prekärer Beschäftigung und funktionaler Gesundheit
- der Tätigkeit in geschlechtersegregierten Berufen und depressiven Symptomen sowie
- Veränderungen der Arbeitsbedingungen und psychischer Gesundheit." (Verlagsangaben, IAB-Doku)Weiterführende Informationen
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Flexible Arbeitszeiten (2017)
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Amlinger-Chatterjee, Monischa & Anne M. Wöhrmann (2017): Flexible Arbeitszeiten. In: Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft, Jg. 71, H. 1, S. 39-51. DOI:10.1007/s41449-017-0047-x
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"Die Auswirkungen flexibler Arbeitszeitgestaltung auf die Gesundheit werden in der arbeitswissenschaftlichen Literatur zunehmend untersucht und diskutiert. Dabei wird 'Arbeitszeitflexibilität' als heterogenes Konstrukt unterschiedlich definiert und operationalisiert. Sie kann individuumsbezogen sein und sich damit in der Möglichkeit der Mitgestaltung der eigenen Arbeitszeit ausdrücken. Andererseits kann Arbeitszeitflexibilität auch betriebsbezogen sein, also die variable zeitliche Verfügung über Beschäftigte widerspiegeln. Dazu gehören bspw. Bereitschaftsdienst, Rufbereitschaft oder von Unternehmensseite gesteuerte kapazitätsorientierte variable Arbeitszeit. Für verschiedene Aspekte flexibler Arbeitszeitgestaltung sind unterschiedliche Wirkzusammenhänge mit Indikatoren psychischer Gesundheit zu erwarten. Daher erfolgte in der vorliegenden Übersichtsarbeit eine getrennte Analyse für individuumsbezogene Arbeitszeitflexibilität (d. h. Autonomie bzw. Einflussmöglichkeiten) und betriebsbezogene Arbeitszeitflexibilität (d. h. nicht-autonom gestaltete nicht starre Arbeitszeiten, die durch Variabilität, Unvorhersehbarkeit und Arbeiten im Bereitschaftsdienst oder Rufbereitschaft gekennzeichnet sind).<br> Die Literaturanalyse zeigt, dass individuumsbezogene Arbeitszeitflexibilität mit weniger gesundheitlichen Beschwerden, einem reduzierten Stresserleben und verminderter Burnout-Symptomatik zusammenhängt. Betriebsbezogene Arbeitszeitflexibilität hingegen geht eher mit einer höheren Ausprägung affektiver Symptome, verstärktem Stresserleben und erhöhter Burnout-Symptomatik einher.<br> Die vorliegende Literaturanalyse stellt den aktuellen Wissensstand zu Zusammenhängen wesentlicher Facetten flexibler Arbeitszeiten (individuumsbezogene Arbeitszeitflexibilität und betriebsbezogene Arbeitszeitflexibilität) und Indikatoren psychischer Beanspruchungsfolgen (z. B. affektiver Symptomatik, Burnout und subjektiv erlebtem Stress) dar. Soweit in bisherigen Sekundärstudien Indikatoren (hauptsächlich negativer) psychischer Beanspruchungsfolgen berücksichtigt wurden, konnten bisherige Befunde bestätigt und präzisiert werden. Es zeigt sich ein erheblicher Forschungsbedarf zum Zusammenspiel der Gestaltung flexibler Arbeitszeiten und psychischer Beanspruchungsfolgen." (Autorenreferat)
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Psychische Gesundheit in der Arbeitswelt: Ergebnisse einer wissenschaftlichen Standortbestimmung (2017)
Beermann, Beate; Schütte, Martin;Zitatform
Beermann, Beate & Martin Schütte (2017): Psychische Gesundheit in der Arbeitswelt. Ergebnisse einer wissenschaftlichen Standortbestimmung. In: Soziale Sicherheit, Jg. 66, H. 9, S. 305-310.
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"Veränderungen in der Arbeitswelt kamen selten mit so einer Geschwindigkeit und einer kaum zu antizipierenden Entwicklungsperspektive wie in den letzten Jahren. Parallel zur Veränderung der Arbeitswelt ist seit Beginn der 2000er Jahre ein deutlicher Anstieg der psychischen Erkrankungen zu beobachten. Arbeitsunfähigkeiten und Berentungen aufgrund von psychischen und Verhaltensstörungen haben deutlich zugenommen. Erwerbstätigenbefragungen weisen parallel dazu einen Anstieg der psychischen Belastung aus. Beklagt werden insbesondere Termin- und Leistungsdruck, der Druck zum schnellen Arbeiten sowie die Anforderung, verschiedene Aufgaben gleichzeitig erledigen zu müssen (Multitasking). Das Projekt 'Psychische Gesundheit in der Arbeitswelt - wissenschaftliche Standortbestimmung' der Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA) hat den Stand des Wissens ermittelt und Handlungsempfehlungen entwickelt. Hier werden die wichtigsten Ergebnisse und Erkenntnisse zusammengefasst." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)
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The mediating role of recovery opportunities on future sickness absence from a gender- and age-sensitive perspective (2017)
Boschman, J. S.; Noor, A.; Hagberg, M.; Sluiter, J. K.;Zitatform
Boschman, J. S., A. Noor, J. K. Sluiter & M. Hagberg (2017): The mediating role of recovery opportunities on future sickness absence from a gender- and age-sensitive perspective. In: PLoS one, Jg. 12, H. 7, S. 1-11. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0179657
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"A lack of sufficient recovery during and after work may help to explain impaired health in the long run. We aimed to increase knowledge on the mediating role of recovery opportunities (RO) during and after work on future sickness absence from a gender- and age-sensitive perspective. We used data on RO from a Swedish national survey in 2011 and linked these to sickness absence (>14 days) two years later among the general working population (N = 7,649). Mediation of the relationship between gender and sickness absence by exposure to RO was studied through linear regression. We conducted separate analyses for RO during and after work and for three different age groups (16 - 29; 30 - 49; 50 - 64). The sample consisted of 3,563 men and 4,086 women. Sickness absence was higher among the women than among the men (11 days vs 5 days, p<0.001). Men reported statistically significantly more positive on their RO than women. RO during (ß 0.3 - 1.8) and after work (ß 0.4 - 0.6) mediated the relationship between gender and sickness absence. Mediation effects existed across age groups, with the strongest effects of RO during work found among the age group between 50 and 64 years of age (attenuation 36%). Our results indicate that gender inequality is also reflected in worse RO among women. This partially explains the increased risk of future sickness absence, particularly among those above 50 years of age. These findings show that RO during work deserve more attention in working life research." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Examining the link between health measures, management practices and establishment performance (2017)
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Broszeit, Sandra & Marie-Christine Laible (2017): Examining the link between health measures, management practices and establishment performance. (IAB-Discussion Paper 26/2017), Nürnberg, 39 S.
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"Wir untersuchen den Zusammenhang zwischen betrieblichen Gesundheitsmaßnahmen, Managementpraktiken und Arbeitsproduktivität, sowie Medianlöhnen. Aus der bisherigen Forschung ist bekannt, dass Managementpraktiken in einer positiven Beziehung zu betrieblichen Erfolgsfaktoren stehen. Daher beleuchten wir, ob betriebliche Gesundheitsmaßnahmen, unabhängig von traditionelleren Managementpraktiken, einen Einfluss auf Arbeitsproduktivität und Medianlöhne haben. Repräsentative Befragungsdaten des 'Management and Organizational Practices Survey' zeigen einen Anstieg in der Nutzung von betrieblichen Gesundheitsmaßnahmen zwischen den Jahren 2008 und 2013, insbesondere in großen Betrieben. Während Managementpraktiken in einer positiven Beziehung zur Arbeitsproduktivität stehen, haben sie keinen Einfluss auf Medianlöhne. Bei Gesundheitsmaßnahmen lässt sich ein anderes Muster erkennen, sodass diese in keinem Zusammenhang mit der Arbeitsproduktivität stehen, jedoch einen positiven Zusammenhang mit Medianlöhnen aufweisen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Psychische und psychosomatische Erkrankungen im Erwerbsalter: Einstellungen von Beschäftigten zu Ursachen und Prävention (2017)
Burgess S., ; Rieger, M.A.; Gündel, H.; Rothermund, E.; Michaelis, M.; Junne, F.; Zipfel, S.;Zitatform
Rieger, M.A., F. Junne, E. Rothermund, H. Gündel, S. Zipfel & M. Michaelis (2017): Psychische und psychosomatische Erkrankungen im Erwerbsalter. Einstellungen von Beschäftigten zu Ursachen und Prävention. In: Arbeitsmedizin, Sozialmedizin, Umweltmedizin, Jg. 52, H. 8, S. 605-612. DOI:10.17147/ASU.2017-08-01-02
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"Hintergrund: Psychische und psychosomatische Erkrankungen (PPE) in der Arbeitswelt gewinnen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Umfassende Prävention und effektive frühzeitige Intervention sind dringend notwendig. Das betriebliche Setting spielt hier genauso eine Rolle wie die Schnittstelle zwischen Betrieb und kurativer Versorgung. Zur Ermittlung von Einstellungen zu Ursachen von PPE und zu Möglichkeiten ihrer Prävention und Versorgung wurde 2014 eine multiprofessionelle standardisierte Befragung bei Betriebs- und Hausärzten, Psychotherapeuten sowie Personalverantwortlichen in Betrieben durchgeführt. Bislang unbekannt sind entsprechende Einstellungen der Arbeitnehmer selbst.
In diesem Beitrag werden neben einem kurzen Überblick zur Relevanz der Thematik die Studienkonzeption und der Stichprobenzugang einer 2016 durchgeführten Beschäftigtenbefragung beschrieben. Inhaltliche Ergebnisse und Vergleiche mit den 2014 erhobenen Daten werden an anderer Stelle berichtet.
Methoden: Mittels mehrheitlich selbst konstruierter Fragen wurde ein standardisiertes Instrument zum Einsatz in einer Online-Befragung bei einer Freiwilligenstichprobe ('Access Panel' eines Markt- und Meinungsforschungsinstituts) entwickelt. Erfasst werden u.a. Einstellungen zur Bedeutung verschiedener arbeitsbezogener Anforderungen und individueller Risiken für die Entstehung von PPE, zur Relevanz verschiedener Präventionsansätze und zu eigenen Gestaltungs- und Bewältigungsmöglichkeiten. Zur angemessenen Abbildung von Unterschieden zwischen verschiedenen Jobtypen (verarbeitendes/ produzierendes/ handwerkliches Gewerbe, Dienstleistungs- und Büroberufe) wurden die Antworten von jeweils 300 'White' bzw. 'Blue Collar Worker' angestrebt.
Ergebnisse: Der Zugang über ein Online- Access Panel hat methodische Limitationen (z. B. fehlende Repräsentativität, 'Volunteer Bias'), aber gegenüber einer offenen Internetbefragung auch Vorteile (geschlossene Grundgesamtheit, gezielte branchenbezogene Rekrutierung).
Ausblick: Ausgehend von deskriptiven und vergleichenden Analysen sollen Vorschläge für zielgerechte Prävention und Versorgung abgeleitet werden." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) -
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Assessing the impact of different workplace flexibilities on workplace stress in the presence of varying degrees of job control (2017)
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Cotti, Chad D., M. Ryan Haley & Laurie A. Miller (2017): Assessing the impact of different workplace flexibilities on workplace stress in the presence of varying degrees of job control. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 24, H. 3, S. 198-201. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2016.1176108
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"We apply probit and propensity score matching to 1667 respondents from the 2008 National Survey of the Changing Workforce to quantify how workers' self-reported stress levels vary under two different workplace flexibilities and varying degrees of job control. The first workplace flexibility considered is the ability to easily take time off for personal and family matters; the second is the option of a compressed work week. Our findings suggest that the first flexibility correlates with lower stress reports regardless of job control level. The second flexibility, however, correlates with lower stress levels only for workers with low levels of job control. This suggests that a compressed work week does not reduce stress for workers that already have high levels of job control. The more general conclusion is that some flexibilities are substitutes for job control whereas other are not, assuming the larger goal is the reduction of workplace stress and the various maladies exacerbated by stress." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Arbeitshetze und Arbeitsintensivierung bei digitaler Arbeit: So beurteilen die Beschäftigten ihre Arbeitsbedingungen: Ergebnisse einer Sonderauswertung der Repräsentativumfrage zum DGB-Index Gute Arbeit 2016 (2017)
Holler, Markus; Kulemann, Peter;Zitatform
Holler, Markus (2017): Arbeitshetze und Arbeitsintensivierung bei digitaler Arbeit: So beurteilen die Beschäftigten ihre Arbeitsbedingungen. Ergebnisse einer Sonderauswertung der Repräsentativumfrage zum DGB-Index Gute Arbeit 2016. Berlin, 11 S.
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"Wie häufig fühlen sich digital Arbeitende bei der Arbeit gehetzt oder stehen unter Zeitdruck? In welchem Zusammenhang stehen Digitalisierungsgrad und Störungen des Arbeitsflusses? Die Ergebnisse der Sonderauswertung zeigen, dass bislang nur wenige Beschäftigte von den möglichen Potentialen der Digitalisierung für eine bessere Arbeitsgestaltung profitieren. Die Mehrheit berichtet über eine zunehmende Arbeitsintensität." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Preoperative characteristics of working-age patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (2017)
Hylkema, Tjerk H. ; Brouwer, Sandra ; Rijk, Paul C.; Beveren, Jan Van; Bulstra, Sjoerd K. ; Brouwer, Reinoud W.; Jonbergen, Hans Peter van; Stevens, Martin ;Zitatform
Hylkema, Tjerk H., Martin Stevens, Jan Van Beveren, Paul C. Rijk, Hans Peter van Jonbergen, Reinoud W. Brouwer, Sjoerd K. Bulstra & Sandra Brouwer (2017): Preoperative characteristics of working-age patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. In: PLoS one, Jg. 12, H. 8, S. 1-14. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0183550
Abstract
"Objective: Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is performed more in working-age (<65 years) patients. Until now, research in this patient population has been conducted mainly among retired (=65 years) patients. Aim of this study was therefore to describe demographic, physical, psychological and social characteristics of working TKA patients and to subsequently compare these characteristics with retired TKA patients and the general population.
Methods: A cross-sectional analysis. Preoperative data of 152 working TKA patients was used. These data were compared with existing data of retired TKA patients in hospital registers and with normative values from literature on the general population. Demographic, physical, psychological and social (including work) characteristics were analyzed.
Results: The majority (83.8%) of working TKA patients was overweight (42.6%) or obese (41.2%), a majority (72.4%) was dealing with two or more comorbidities, and most (90%) had few depressive symptoms. Mean physical activity level was 2950 minutes per week. Compared to the retired TKA population, working TKA patients perceived significantly more stiffness and better physical functioning and vitality, were more physically active, and perceived better mental health. Compared to the general population working TKA patients perceived worse physical functioning, worse physical health and better mental health, and worked fewer hours.
Conclusion: This study shows that a majority of working TKA patients are overweight/obese, have multiple comorbidities, but are highly active in light-intensity activities and have few depressive symptoms. Working patients scored overall better on preoperative characteristics than retired patients, and except for physical activity scored overall worse than the general population." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) -
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The relationship between shift work and mental health among electronics workers in South Korea: a cross-sectional study (2017)
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Kang, Mo-Yeol, Ho-Jang Kwon, Kyung-Hwa Choi, Chung-Won Kang & Hyunjoo Kim (2017): The relationship between shift work and mental health among electronics workers in South Korea. A cross-sectional study. In: PLoS one, Jg. 12, H. 11, S. 1-10. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0188019
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"Objective: To determine the relationship between shift work and mental health, particularly insomnia, depression, and suicidal ideation, among electronics production workers.
Methods: A survey was conducted with 14,226 workers from an electronics manufacturer in South Korea. After excluding 112 individuals with incomplete responses, 14,114 respondents were analyzed. As part of a larger project, we collected data on respondents' general characteristics, work-related characteristics, and health status; however, in this study, we focused on the data related to shift work and mental health. Insomnia, depression, and suicidal ideation were set as dependent variables and working schedule as set as the independent variable. We performed multiple logistic regression analysis with daytime workers as the reference group. The model was adjusted for age, gender, body mass index, workplace, educational level, and marital status with or without children under 6 years of age.
Results: Relative to daytime workers, shift workers had 2.35, 1.23, and 1.17 greater odds of insomnia, depression, and suicidal ideation, respectively. Within the shift worker group, we found that the odds of depression and suicidal ideation increased dramatically when respondents had insomnia. The ORs for depression and suicidal ideation were 4.899 and 7.934, respectively.
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that shift work is related to an increased risk of mental health problems in production workers, and the sleep disturbance related with shift work is a central mechanism for this relationship. Since these results suggest that proactive management of sleep problems might attenuate their detrimental effects on shift worker's mental health." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) -
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Job demands in a changing world of work: Impact on workers' health and performance and implications for research and practice (2017)
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Korunka, Christian & Bettina Kubicek (Hrsg.) (2017): Job demands in a changing world of work. Impact on workers' health and performance and implications for research and practice. Cham: Springer London, 169 S. DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-54678-0
Abstract
"This book examines the new ways of working and their impact on employees' well-being and performance that have resulted from a changed world of work. It concentrates on job demands and flexible work emanating from current economic and organizational change, and assesses impact on workers' health and performance. The development of issues such as globalization, rapid technological advances, new management practices, organizational changes and new job skills are addressed. This book gives an overview and discusses the potential negative and positive effects of such new job demands and new forms of work." (Publisher information, © Springer) ((en))
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Study on association of working hours and occupational physical activity with the occurrence of coronary heart disease in a Chinese population (2017)
Ma, Yao ; Shi, Hao-Jie; Wang, Lian-Sheng ; Wang, Ying-Jun; Wang, Hao ; Li, Ya-Fei; Khurwolah, Mohammad Reeaze ; Xie, Zhi-Yong; Chen, Bing-Rui; Yang, Yang ;Zitatform
Ma, Yao, Ying-Jun Wang, Bing-Rui Chen, Hao-Jie Shi, Hao Wang, Mohammad Reeaze Khurwolah, Ya-Fei Li, Zhi-Yong Xie, Yang Yang & Lian-Sheng Wang (2017): Study on association of working hours and occupational physical activity with the occurrence of coronary heart disease in a Chinese population. In: PLoS one, Jg. 12, H. 10, S. 1-14. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0185598
Abstract
"Objective: To explore the association of working hours and occupational physical activity (OPA) with the occurrence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in a Chinese population.
Methods: A total of 595 participants (354 and 241 patients with and without CHD, respectively) aged between 24 and 65 were enrolled in our study, which was conducted at the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University between December 2015 and October 2016. Participant characteristics were collected from face-to-face questionnaires, and logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the association of working hours and OPA with the occurrence of CHD.
Results: Compared with non-employed people, long working hours (especially =55 hours/week) contributed to the occurrence of CHD (adjusted odds ratio[OR] = 2.213, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.125, 4.355, P = 0.021) after multivariate adjustment in the Chinese population. With the extension of worktime, the CHD risk increased (P for the dose-response trend = 0.022). Meanwhile, even after adjusting for engagement in physical activity during leisure time, sedentary behavior at work had an adverse effect on CHD risk (adjusted OR = 2.794, 95%CI: 1.526, 5.115, P = 0.001), and a linear relationship was also found between OPA and CHD (P for the trend = 0.005).
Conclusions: Long working hours and sedentary behavior at work are associated with a high risk of CHD. In addition, prolonged working hours in sedentary occupations increases the risk of CHD, independent of engagement in leisure time physical activity." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) -
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The study of mental health at work: design and sampling (2017)
Rose, Uwe ; Schiel, Stefan; Freude, Gabriele; Rauch, Angela ; Müller, Grit; Tophoven, Silke ; Schröder, Helmut ; Kleudgen, Martin;Zitatform
Rose, Uwe, Stefan Schiel, Helmut Schröder, Martin Kleudgen, Silke Tophoven, Angela Rauch, Gabriele Freude & Grit Müller (2017): The study of mental health at work. Design and sampling. In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Jg. 45, H. 6, S. 584-594., 2017-04-03. DOI:10.1177/1403494817707123
Abstract
"The Study on Mental Health at Work (S-MGA) generates the first nationwide representative survey enabling the exploration of the relationship between working conditions, mental health and functioning. This paper describes the study design, sampling procedures and data collection, and presents a summary of the sample characteristics. S-MGA is a representative study of German employees aged 31 - 60 years subject to social security contributions. The sample was drawn from the employment register based on a two-stage cluster sampling procedure. Firstly, 206 municipalities were randomly selected from a pool of 12,227 municipalities in Germany. Secondly, 13,590 addresses were drawn from the selected municipalities for the purpose of conducting 4500 face-to-face interviews. The questionnaire covers psychosocial working and employment conditions, measures of mental health, work ability and functioning. Data from personal interviews were combined with employment histories from register data. Descriptive statistics of socio-demographic characteristics and logistic regressions analyses were used for comparing population, gross sample and respondents. In total, 4511 face-to-face interviews were conducted. A test for sampling bias revealed that individuals in older cohorts participated more often, while individuals with an unknown educational level, residing in major cities or with a non-German ethnic background were slightly underrepresented. There is no indication of major deviations in characteristics between the basic population and the sample of respondents. Hence, S-MGA provides representative data for research on work and health, designed as a cohort study with plans to rerun the survey 5 years after the first assessment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Physical, psychological and occupational consequences of job burnout: a systematic review of prospective studies (2017)
Salvagioni, Denise Albieri Jodas ; Melanda, Francine Nesello ; Maffei de Andrade, Selma ; Gabani, Flávia Lopes ; González, Alberto Durán ; Eumann Mesas, Arthur ;Zitatform
Salvagioni, Denise Albieri Jodas, Francine Nesello Melanda, Arthur Eumann Mesas, Alberto Durán González, Flávia Lopes Gabani & Selma Maffei de Andrade (2017): Physical, psychological and occupational consequences of job burnout. A systematic review of prospective studies. In: PLoS one, Jg. 12, H. 10, S. 1-29. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0185781
Abstract
"Burnout is a syndrome that results from chronic stress at work, with several consequences to workers' well-being and health. This systematic review aimed to summarize the evidence of the physical, psychological and occupational consequences of job burnout in prospective studies. The PubMed, Science Direct, PsycInfo, SciELO, LILACS and Web of Science databases were searched without language or date restrictions. The Transparent Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were followed. Prospective studies that analyzed burnout as the exposure condition were included. Among the 993 articles initially identified, 61 fulfilled the inclusion criteria, and 36 were analyzed because they met three criteria that must be followed in prospective studies. Burnout was a significant predictor of the following physical consequences: hypercholesterolemia, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, hospitalization due to cardiovascular disorder, musculoskeletal pain, changes in pain experiences, prolonged fatigue, headaches, gastrointestinal issues, respiratory problems, severe injuries and mortality below the age of 45 years. The psychological effects were insomnia, depressive symptoms, use of psychotropic and antidepressant medications, hospitalization for mental disorders and psychological ill-health symptoms. Job dissatisfaction, absenteeism, new disability pension, job demands, job resources and presenteeism were identified as professional outcomes. Conflicting findings were observed. In conclusion, several prospective and high-quality studies showed physical, psychological and occupational consequences of job burnout. The individual and social impacts of burnout highlight the need for preventive interventions and early identification of this health condition in the work environment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))