Weekend work and depressive symptoms among Korean employees

Park

et al. 2021

Ann Occup Environ Med

Background We examined factors related to depressive symptoms in Korean self-employed workers. Methods This secondary analysis examined data of 14,454 self-employed individuals from the fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey (2017). Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess the relationship of depressive symptoms with different variables. Results Self-employed workers who had a good work-life balance, a good subjective health, and worked 40 to 48 hours or 48 to 60 hours/week were less likely to report depressive symptoms (all p < 0.05). However, those who always interacted with angry clients, had severe exposure to ergonomic risk factors, and were exposed to moderate or severe abusive behaviors were more likely to report depressive symptoms (all p < 0.05). Age, gender, weekly work days, and working at very fast speed were unrelated to depressive symptoms. Conclusions Several factors known to be related to depressive symptoms do not lead to depression in self-employed individuals. Different interventions may therefore be needed to prevent depression in self-employed workers.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 62%

Factors related to depressive symptoms in Korean self-employed workers

Park

et al. 2021

Ann Occup Environ Med

Public Personnel Management

“…This Korean version of the EWCS is authorized by the Korean government, and its quality was verified by Statistics Korea. Because of the KWCS’s high quality, previous literature has relied on this dataset to analyze various research questions (e.g., H. E. Lee et al, 2015; Lu et al, 2014; Park, Nakata, Swanson, & Chun, 2013).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Moderating Effect of Female Managers on Job Stress and Emotional Labor for Public Employees in Gendered Organizations: Evidence From Korea

Yun

Lee

Mastracci

2019

Given its focus on customer satisfaction and quality service, emotional labor (EL) is a prominent topic in public administration. As public employees are engaged more often in EL, it is critical to explore determinants of job stress and management strategies to reduce it. By examining the Korean Working Conditions Survey, this study focused on EL’s effects on employees’ well-being—job stress and job satisfaction—as well as the potential moderating effects of workplace characteristics, such as working with a female manager, work–life balance programs or resources, and participatory management processes. We examined the potential moderating role of female managers engaged in EL in gendered institutions, and found evidence that female managers buffer EL’s negative effects on their employees, even in organizational contexts gendered deeply. This finding implies that EL needs to be considered in the context of organizational culture and environment, particularly when related to gendered, hierarchical, or masculine organizations.

“…However, when participants were directly asked if they perceived an impact of their current work arrangements on their health, those engaged in non-standard work schedules and those working beyond contracted hours were more likely to perceive an impact of their working arrangement on their health. These findings suggest that workers are able to perceive the risk of health consequences associated with their work schedules before longer term chronic consequences [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] emerge, and before they categorise their general health overall as poorer. The free text responses showed that an overwhelming majority of participants felt the impact of work arrangements on their health was negative.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, while some benefits are positive, nonstandard work schedules can have negative impacts on workers' health in the medium-to long-term. For example, night shift work has been associated with increased incidence of obesity [10][11][12] , coronary heart disease 13,14) and diabetes 15,16) ; workers in on-call working arrangements experience increased stress and decreased mental health 17) ; weekend work has been associated with increased depressive symptoms 18) and premature male cardiovascular disease morality 19) : and extended work hours are associated with chronic health conditions including diabetes 20) , obesity 21) , stroke 22) and coronary heart disease 23) . Some research indicates that workers do not feel as impacted by extended hours when the hours are expected 24) , suggesting that working beyond contracted hours may have a different impact on workers to other non-standard schedules.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceptions of the impact of non-standard work schedules on health in Australian graduates: an exploratory study

et al. 2020

Non-standard working hours are associated with negative health outcomes. However, little is known about the early years of exposure to non-standard work hours, or whether workers new to these work schedules perceive their work as impacting their health. This limits our ability to develop meaningful intervention strategies for transitioning into non-standard work hour schedules. This exploratory study investigated whether recent Australian graduates in various nonstandard workhour schedules perceive that their work schedule negatively impacts their health. The responses of 120 graduates within four years of completing their tertiary qualification collected from an online survey were analysed. Graduates were asked whether they perceived their work arrangements as impacting their health. Significantly more of those who were engaged in non-standard work schedules or worked beyond contracted hours perceived their working arrangements as having an impact on their health. This study highlights the importance of studying workers' perceptions of the impact of work hours on health, particularly when workers may be experiencing good global health but be at risk for negative health outcomes in future.