Demands, resources, and work ability: A cross-national examination of health care workers

McGonagle, Alyssa K.; Barnes-Farrell, Janet L.; Milia, Lee Di; Fischer, Frida Marina; Hobbs, Barbara; Iskra-Golec, Irena; Kaliterna, Ljiljana; Smith, Lawrence R.

doi:10.1080/1359432x.2013.819158

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“…Inconsistent relations between age and work ability have also been observed in the larger work ability literature. Whereas some researchers have found a negative relation between age and work ability (e.g., Goedhard & Goedhard 2005; Gould, Ilmarinen, Järvisalo, & Koskinen, 2008; Ilmarinen & Tuomi 2004; Weigl et al, 2013), others have not (e.g., Barnes-Farrell et al, 2004; McGonagle et al, 2013). One explanation for our results is age homogeneity within the samples, which may create range restriction.…”

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Individual and work factors related to perceived work ability and labor force outcomes.

McGonagle¹,

Fisher²,

Barnes-Farrell³

et al. 2015

Journal of Applied Psychology

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Perceived work ability refers to a worker's assessment of his or her ability to continue working in his or her job, given characteristics of the job along with his or her personal resources. Perceived work ability is a critical variable to study in the U.S., given an aging workforce, trends to delay retirement, and U.S. policy considerations to delay the age at which full Social Security retirement benefits may be obtained. Based on the Job Demands-Resources Model, cognitive appraisal theory of stress and push/pull factors related to retirement, we proposed and tested a conceptual model of antecedents and outcomes of perceived work ability using three independent samples of U.S. working adults. Data regarding workers’ job characteristics were from self-report and O*NET measures. Results from relative importance analysis indicated that health and sense of control were consistently and most strongly related to work ability perceptions relative to other job demands and job resources when perceived work ability was measured concurrently or two weeks later in samples with varying occupations. Job demands (along with health and sense of control) were most strongly related to work ability perceptions when perceived work ability was measured in a manufacturing worker sample 1.6 years later. Perceived work ability also predicted lagged labor force outcomes (absence, retirement, and disability leave) while controlling for other known predictors of each. Consistent indirect effects were observed from health status and sense of control to all three of these outcomes via perceived work ability.

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Individual and work factors related to perceived work ability and labor force outcomes.

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Fisher²,

Barnes-Farrell³

et al. 2015

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“…Burke, Matthiesen, & Pallesen, 2006;Ng et al, 2007;Schaufeli, Taris, & Van Rhenen, 2008). A number of studies have addressed the issue of workaholism from different perspectives and focused on various factors implicated in its origins (Douglas & Morris, 2006;McGonagle et al, 2013;Wojdylo, 2013;Wojdylo, Baumann, Buczny, Owens, & Kuhl, 2013;Wojdylo, Baumann, Fischbach, & Engeser, 2014). Some authors have shed light on the issue by using cultural perspective, deriving workaholism from gender stereotypes.…”

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The role of purpose in life and social support in reducing the risk of workaholism among women in Poland

Peplińska¹,

Wojdyło²,

Kosakowska‐Berezecka³

et al. 2015

Health Psychology Report

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Workaholism is related to experiencing high negative emotions, the inability to control them, and poor psychological well-being. One of the possible countermeasures against the risk of workaholism can be purpose in life. According to Frankl and Yalom, the feeling that life has a meaning or purpose prevents an individual from experiencing meaninglessness. Purpose in life is considered to be closely associated with mood and well-being and has been proven to act as a countermeasure against depression. participants and procedureThe goal of our study was to analyze the relation between workaholism, perception of purpose in life, and social support among women. Two hundred and sixty female professionals took part in the study. They occupied either specialist or managerial positions in their companies, which implies being highly committed to professional roles. Two sociodemographic variables were included in the analysis as significant moderators of the relation studied, namely family status: whether or not women had children, and marital status. We used the following analytical methods: Robinson's Work Addiction Risk Test (WART, adapted from English by K. Wojdylo), the Purpose-in-Life Test developed by Crumbaugh and Maholick, and Schwarzer's and Schulz's Berlin Social Support Scales. resultsStatistical analysis allowed us to test a model, which proved the existence of a significant relation between "social support" and "purpose in life" variables. The results also indicate a dependency between "purpose in life" and "workaholism" -higher scores in "purpose in life" correspond to lower results in "workaholism". Additionally, "purpose in life" can be considered a partial mediator between "social support" and "workaholism". conclusionsThe direct results prove that social programs aimed at reducing the risk of workaholism by strengthening social support networks can be both effective, e.g. for mothers who work professionally, and ineffective, e.g. for women who do not have children.key words social support; women; workaholism; purpose in life; compulsion to work

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“…According to this evidence, studies showed that job control can attenuate the negative impact of age on work ability [10]. Similarly, Van den Berg et al [8,9] observed that the negative effects on work performance of decreased work ability could be partly counterbalanced by increased job control, while McGonagle et al [20] observed that skill discretion moderated the negative relationship between job demands and work ability. More generally, the literature highlighted that decision authority [21][22][23][24][25] and skill discretion [23,[25][26][27][28] were very important dimensions in promoting work ability and well-being at work.…”

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The Interplay between Job Control, SOC Strategies, and Age in Sustaining Work Ability in a Sample of Administrative Employees

Sottimano¹,

Guidetti²,

Viotti³

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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In recent years, the average age of workers has risen. Because of that, work ability is reducing in many sectors, especially in a public context. Given the above, it is necessary to investigate the individual and organisational resources that can play a role in the protection of work ability. This study investigates the work ability of administrative workers, examines selection, optimisation, and compensation (SOC) as a form of mediation between job control and work ability, and explores the relationship of job control, age, work ability, and SOC strategies via moderated mediation models. The findings indicate that job control, SOC strategies, and age correlate to work ability, but the effect of these factors is different. Job control and SOC strategies are positively related to work ability, and job control positively relates to the use of optimisation and compensation. However, only optimisation and compensation strategies mediate the association between job control and work ability. Finally, age moderates the effect of job control on work ability. The findings suggest that interventions, such as SOC training, promotion, and job control, may help to sustain work ability among elderly administrative workers.

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Demands, resources, and work ability: A cross-national examination of health care workers

Cited by 47 publications

References 38 publications

Individual and work factors related to perceived work ability and labor force outcomes.

Individual and work factors related to perceived work ability and labor force outcomes.

The role of purpose in life and social support in reducing the risk of workaholism among women in Poland

The Interplay between Job Control, SOC Strategies, and Age in Sustaining Work Ability in a Sample of Administrative Employees

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