Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 2 2022
Associations Between Work Characteristics, Engaged Well-Being at Work, and Job Attitudes d Findings from a Longitudinal German Study (Original article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 2 2022
Associations Between Work Characteristics, Engaged Well-Being at Work, and Job Attitudes d Findings from a Longitudinal German Study (Original article)
Associations Between Work Characteristics, Engaged Well-Being at Work, and Job Attitudes d Findings from a Longitudinal German Study (Original article)
Subject
Job attitudes, Job characteristics, Mental well-being, Work engagement, Workplace health
Description
Objective: The Job Demand & Resources model suggests work characteristics are related to mental well-being and work engagement. Previous work describes the development of a combined construct
‘engaged well-being at work’ (EWB). To what extent changes in measures of this construct are responsive to changes in job demands and resources or associated with changes in job-related attitudes has not
been established.
Methods: Longitudinal employee-level data from three waves (German Linked Personnel Panel) were used. Logistic and linear fixed effects regression analyses explored longitudinal associations between
changes in EWB for participants over a three-year period with changes in job demands and resources and job-related attitudes (job commitment, satisfaction, and turnover intentions).
Results: While job resources were associated with increased odds for a change into a healthier and/or more engaged category of EWB, job demands reduced them. Job resources were more strongly related to
higher EWB (ORrange 1⁄4 1.22 - 1.61) than job demands (ORrange 1⁄4 0.79 - 0.96). Especially psychological job demands showed negative associations with improved EWB (OR 1⁄4 0.79). A change from the least
desirable category ‘disengaged strain’ to any other category of EWB was associated with greater odds by up to 20.6 % for increased commitment and job satisfaction and lower odds for turnover intentions.
Discussion: Improving work characteristics, especially job resources, could increase employees’ EWB, emphasizing the importance of job characteristics for a healthy workplace. Because EWB seems to be
associated with job attitudes, an improvement of this indicator would be relevant for employees and employers.
‘engaged well-being at work’ (EWB). To what extent changes in measures of this construct are responsive to changes in job demands and resources or associated with changes in job-related attitudes has not
been established.
Methods: Longitudinal employee-level data from three waves (German Linked Personnel Panel) were used. Logistic and linear fixed effects regression analyses explored longitudinal associations between
changes in EWB for participants over a three-year period with changes in job demands and resources and job-related attitudes (job commitment, satisfaction, and turnover intentions).
Results: While job resources were associated with increased odds for a change into a healthier and/or more engaged category of EWB, job demands reduced them. Job resources were more strongly related to
higher EWB (ORrange 1⁄4 1.22 - 1.61) than job demands (ORrange 1⁄4 0.79 - 0.96). Especially psychological job demands showed negative associations with improved EWB (OR 1⁄4 0.79). A change from the least
desirable category ‘disengaged strain’ to any other category of EWB was associated with greater odds by up to 20.6 % for increased commitment and job satisfaction and lower odds for turnover intentions.
Discussion: Improving work characteristics, especially job resources, could increase employees’ EWB, emphasizing the importance of job characteristics for a healthy workplace. Because EWB seems to be
associated with job attitudes, an improvement of this indicator would be relevant for employees and employers.
Creator
Luisa L. Brokmeier, Catherin Bosle, Joachim E. Fischer, Raphael M. Herr
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
June 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 2 2022
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Citation
Luisa L. Brokmeier, Catherin Bosle, Joachim E. Fischer, Raphael M. Herr, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 2 2022
Associations Between Work Characteristics, Engaged Well-Being at Work, and Job Attitudes d Findings from a Longitudinal German Study (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed December 22, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2259.
Associations Between Work Characteristics, Engaged Well-Being at Work, and Job Attitudes d Findings from a Longitudinal German Study (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed December 22, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2259.