Job Resources and Work Engagement among Finnish Dairy Farmers

Kallioniemi, Marja; Kaseva, Janne; Kolstrup, Christina Lunner; Simola, Ahti; Kymäläinen, Hanna‐Riitta

doi:10.1080/1059924x.2018.1470047

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“…The mean value of WE in the total sample of this study was 3.32 (SD 1.13), which was the same as Sakurai et al [ 29 ] surveyed Kindergarten teachers. When compared with previous Japanese research [ 30 , 31 , 32 ], in which the mean value of the nurse survey was 2.68 points, dairy employees were 2.9 points, and SME employees were 2.92 points, participants of this study showed higher WE. This could be affected by the company’s higher motivation to participate in this study.…”

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Factors Affecting Employees Work Engagement in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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Kawai

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Background: Improving the labor productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is essential because of the aging population and predicted reduction in the labor force. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that employees are in good health to work for long times. In this regard, the purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between work engagement (WE) and related variables among SME employees. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using the baseline data of the prospective cohort study, which included 377 employees from three SMEs headquartered in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Results: A multiple regression analysis was performed to see the associations between Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) scores and other variables. Significant associations were found with job satisfaction, age, health literacy (HL), and quality of sleep (all, p < 0.05). Additionally, there was a statistically significant difference observed in WE, quality of sleep, concern for own body, job satisfaction, and family life satisfaction (all, p < 0.001) with respect to high and low HL levels. Conclusions: The results of this study reveal that while implementing health and productivity management in SMEs to increase WE, it is best to concentrate on raising HL, job satisfaction, and sleep quality. To increase generalizability, further research could be conducted with more SMEs companies.

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“…The respondents were asked to assess 8 job characteristics concerning workload, loneliness, and societal job demands, with a scale 1 (not strenuous at all) to 7 (very strenuous). See more detailed descriptions (Kallioniemi et al, 2016(Kallioniemi et al, , 2018. We included two job demand factors in the model, namely "workload," "societal job demands" and lack of resource "loneliness."…”

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Well-being at work and Finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnout

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ObjectivesNovel information about the relationships between farmers’ job demands, lack of resource, burnout, and ill health is reported based on testing the so-called “health impairment process” of the Job Demands─Resources Model (JD-R) on a representative sample of Finnish dairy farmers. The aim was to find out whether two different job demand factors; workload, societal demands and lack of resource; loneliness, were related to the indicators of ill health via burnout.MethodsThe data is based on a postal survey of 400 Finnish dairy farms. Altogether 265 questionnaires were received from 188 farms and included in the analysis. The response rate was 47 per cent among sample farms. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyze the relationships between the variables. Explanatory factor analysis was used to group the job demand and lack of resource variables.ResultsWe identified two job demand factors, which we labelled workload and societal demands and one lacking job resource, loneliness. Our theoretical model was supported in that two of the factors, namely workload and loneliness, were related to ill health indirectly via burnout. In addition, workload was directly connected with ill health. Societal job demands were not significantly related to burnout, or to ill health.ConclusionOur results suggest that farmers could benefit from means to reduce workload, especially the physical load. This topic needs further research as the restructuring process has increased farm enterprise sizes. There is a need to develop tools and projects to alleviate loneliness among farmers. Lack of social support, high workload, ill health, and burnout among farmers may have serious direct and indirect negative consequences for the sustainability of farming.

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“…Previous studies on pay satisfaction and work engagement was carried out in countries including Malaysia (Memon, Salleh & Baharom, 2017); South Korea (Jung & Yoon, 2015); Vandenberghe & Tremblay, 2008); Finland (Kallioniemi, et al 2018) and career satisfaction in Nigeria (Adekola, 2011). Researches on job resources and work engagement were done on the level of interpersonal and social relations (Akinbobola & Nwankwo, 2017;Kallioniemi, et al 2018); the level of the work organized in an organization using paramiliatary organization (Akinbobola & Akinwole, 2017); and the level of the task (Akinbobola & Teluwo, 2018;Hakanen, Perhoniemia, & Toppinen-Tannera, 2008). The present study is on the organizational level of job resources using pay satisfaction.…”

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Dimensions of Pay Satisfaction as Predictors of Work Engagement among Military and Civilian Personnel

Olusola¹,

Nathaniel²

2019

J. Rev. Global Econ.

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At the turn of the 21 st Century, the world of work is experiencing phenomenal changes both at the workplace and in its work force. The reward output provided by organization may not commensurate with the input of personnel. This study therefore examined the predictability of dimensions of pay satisfaction on work engagement among military and civilian personnel in a Military Hospital in Nigeria. This study adopted cross-sectional survey utilizing an ex-post facto research design. A purposive sampling method was used to draw 256 participants comprising of 101 (39.5%) military and 155 (60.5) civilian personnel who completed structured psychological tests. Multiple regression and independent t test were used to analyse the data collected. The result showed that all the four dimensions of pay satisfaction which are (pay level, benefit, raise, and pay structure) jointly accounted for 16.7% of the total variation in work engagement. It is only one of the four dimensions of pay satisfaction (pay structure) that showed independent significant prediction of work engagement. Military personnel did not significantly manifest higher level of work engagement than civilian personnel. The implications of the result were discussed in line with management and sustainability of employment relationships in the world of work.

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Job Resources and Work Engagement among Finnish Dairy Farmers

Abstract: The results indicate that the family, working with cattle, healthy farm animals, a reasonable workload, and a sustainable farm economy have the capacity to create positive impacts on well-being among dairy farmers. Well-being on farms is a part of sustainable food production.

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Factors Affecting Employees Work Engagement in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Factors Affecting Employees Work Engagement in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Well-being at work and Finnish dairy farmers─from job demands and loneliness towards burnout

Dimensions of Pay Satisfaction as Predictors of Work Engagement among Military and Civilian Personnel

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