Healthy working days: The (positive) effect of work effort on occupational health from a human capital approach

Urtasun, Ainhoa; Núñez, Imanol

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.02.028

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“…Some level of productivity is maintained whilst at the same time health and recovery are supported. When the working conditions are good and the level of effort is not extreme, work can be beneficial for health and wellbeing (Urtasun & Nuñez, 2018).…”

Section: Functional Presenteeism: Optimal Adjustment To Health Constrmentioning

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The health-performance framework of presenteeism: Towards understanding an adaptive behaviour

2019

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The substantial health and financial costs of presenteeism are well-documented. Paradoxically, presenteeism also has a positive side, which has been largely overlooked. Emerging evidence shows that presenteeism can be a choice that offers a range of positive benefits to the ‘presentee’ (an employee who works through illness). In this conceptual article, we view presenteeism as purposeful and adaptive behaviour: a dynamic process that serves the purpose of balancing health constraints and performance demands in tandem. We propose a 2×2 framework of presenteeism (therapeutic, functional, overachieving, and dysfunctional) and suggest that the success of the presenteeism adaptation process depends on the availability of internal capacities and flexible work resources. When the workplace is supportive and provides adequate resources to aid adaptation, presenteeism can be a sustainable choice for maintaining performance under impaired health. We examine the role of resources for functional presenteeism by drawing on conservation of resources theory and self-determination theory. This framework can contribute to a better understanding of presenteeism by viewing it as an adaptive process, considering presentees as heterogeneous groups, and exploring the importance of internal and work resources for balancing health and performance demands. It sketches new avenues for research and practice and the effective management of presenteeism, health, and performance.

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Section: Functional Presenteeism: Optimal Adjustment To Health Constrmentioning

confidence: 99%

The health-performance framework of presenteeism: Towards understanding an adaptive behaviour

2019

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“…In other species, however, high numbers of work hours have been associated with increased adrenal corticoid output [16, 17], and a number of negative health effects, such as poor body condition [18]. However, others report positive health effects of work [19], so relationships between work, health and well-being are not always clear [20], and likely depend on the type of work being done and how the work is perceived by the individual animal.…”

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Associations among tourist camp management, high and low tourist seasons, and welfare factors in female Asian elephants in Thailand

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This study investigated how camp management and tourist activities affect body condition, adrenocortical function, lipid profiles and metabolic status in female tourist elephants. We compared twice monthly serum insulin, glucose, fructosamine, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL), and fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) concentrations to body condition scores (BCS) at five camps with different management styles (e.g., tourist activities, work type, diet) between the High (November–February) and Low (March–October) tourist seasons. There were significant camp effects on health parameters, with BCS, TC, HDL, insulin and glucose being among the highest, and G:I being the lowest (less heathy) in elephants at an observation camp compared to those at camps where elephants received exercise by providing rides to tourists. Differences between High and Low tourist season months also were found for all measures, except TG and FGM concentrations. Both work time and walking distance were negatively correlated to glucose, fructosamine and insulin, while walking distance was negatively related to FGM concentrations. By contrast, positive associations were found between tourist number and BCS, TG, and insulin, perhaps related to tourists feeding elephants. Quantity of supplementary diet items (e.g., bananas, sugar cane, pumpkin) were positively correlated with FGM concentrations, glucose, fructosamine, and insulin. This study provides evidence that body condition, adrenal activity, metabolic markers, and lipid profiles in captive elephants may be affected by visitor numbers, work activities, and the amount of supplementary foods offered by tourists. Some activities appear to have negative (e.g., feeding), while others (e.g., exercise) may have positive effects on health and welfare. We conclude that camps adopting a more hands-off approach to tourism need to ensure elephants remain healthy by providing environments that encourage activity and rely on more natural diets or foraging.

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“…This means that the other half does not have a job and therefore cannot be reached through the work setting. Moreover, these low SEP individuals do not profit from the positive effects of work on health and general well-being [41]. Therefore, these non-employed low SEP individuals presumably deal with poorer health conditions than employed lower SEP employees.…”

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Responsive evaluation of stakeholder dialogue as a worksite health promotion intervention to contribute to the reduction of SEP related health inequalities: a study protocol

Heijster

Berkel

Abma

et al. 2020

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: Large health inequalities exist in the Netherlands among individuals with a high compared to a low socioeconomic position. Worksite health promotion interventions are considered promising to reduce these inequalities, however, current interventions seem not to have the desired effects. This study proposes 'moral case deliberation', a form of stakeholder dialogue on moral dilemmas, as an integrated and inclusive intervention for worksite health promotion. This intervention takes into account three factors that are considered possible underlying causes of low effectiveness of current interventions, namely the lack of deliberate attention to: 1) the diverging values and interests of stakeholders in worksite health promotion, 2) the ethical issues of worksite health promotion, and 3) the connection with the lived experience (lifeworld) of lower SEP employees. Moral case deliberation will help to gain insight in the conflicting values in worksite health promotion, which contributes to the development of a vision for worksite health promotion that is supported by all parties. Methods: The intervention will be evaluated through Responsive Evaluation, a form of participatory research. Key to Responsive Evaluation is that stakeholders are consulted to determine relevant changes as a result of the intervention. The intervention will be evaluated yearly at both fixed moments (baseline and annual evaluation(s)) and continuously. Mixed methods will be used, including interviews, participatory observations, analyses of HRMdata and short questionnaires. In addition, the intervention will be evaluated economically, on both monetary and non-monetary outcomes.

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Healthy working days: The (positive) effect of work effort on occupational health from a human capital approach

Cited by 22 publications

References 27 publications

The health-performance framework of presenteeism: Towards understanding an adaptive behaviour

The health-performance framework of presenteeism: Towards understanding an adaptive behaviour

Associations among tourist camp management, high and low tourist seasons, and welfare factors in female Asian elephants in Thailand

Responsive evaluation of stakeholder dialogue as a worksite health promotion intervention to contribute to the reduction of SEP related health inequalities: a study protocol

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