Overtime Work and the Incidence of Long-term Sickness Absence Due to Mental Disorders: A Prospective Cohort Study

Inoue, Yosuke; Yamamoto, S.; Stickley, Andrew; Kuwahara, Keisuke; Miyamoto, Toshiaki; Nakagawa, Tohru; Honda, Takeshi; Imai, Toshio; Nishihara, Akiko; Kabe, Isamu; Mizoue, Tetsuya; Dohi, Seitaro

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“…4 Identification of modifiable risk factors for LTSA may be of significance to public health. Some examples of such factors are alcohol drinking, smoking, 5 overtime working hours 6,7 and physical inactivity. 8 Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors, 9 may be another modifiable risk factor for LTSA.…”

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Metabolic Syndrome and the Increased Risk of Medically Certified Long-term Sickness Absence: A Prospective Analysis Among Japanese Workers

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Journal of Epidemiology

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Metabolic Syndrome and the Increased Risk of Medically Certified Long-term Sickness Absence: A Prospective Analysis Among Japanese Workers

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Journal of Epidemiology

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“…The negative association between long work hours and psychological consequences is well documented. Excessive overtime work was related to a higher risk of mental health problems ( 32 ). Virtanen et al conducted a meta-analysis and concluded that long working hours were positively associated with depressive symptoms, and this association was stronger in Asian countries than in others ( 33 ).…”

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Overtime work, job autonomy, and employees’ subjective well-being: Evidence from China

Yang

Chen

2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionChinese workers suffer more from overtime than in many countries. Excessive working hours can crowd out personal time and cause work-family imbalance, affecting workers’ subjective well-being. Meanwhile, self-determination theory suggests that higher job autonomy may improve the subjective well-being of employees.MethodsData came from the 2018 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey (CLDS 2018). The analysis sample consisted of 4,007 respondents. Their mean age was 40.71 (SD = 11.68), and 52.8% were males. This study adopted four measures of subjective well-being: happiness, life satisfaction, health status, and depression. Confirmation factor analysis was employed to extract the job autonomy factor. Multiple linear regression methods were applied to examine the relationship between overtime, job autonomy, and subjective well-being.ResultsOvertime hours showed weak association with lower happiness (β = −0.002, p < 0.01), life satisfaction (β = −0.002, p < 0.01), and health status (β = −0.002, p < 0.001). Job autonomy was positively related to happiness (β = 0.093, p < 0.01), life satisfaction (β = 0.083, p < 0.01). There was a significant negative correlation between involuntary overtime and subjective well-being. Involuntary overtime might decrease the level of happiness (β = −0.187, p < 0.001), life satisfaction (β = −0.221, p < 0.001), and health status (β = −0.129, p < 0.05) and increase the depressive symptoms (β = 1.157, p < 0.05).ConclusionWhile overtime had a minimal negative effect on individual subjective well-being, involuntary overtime significantly enlarged it. Improving individual’s job autonomy is beneficial for individual subjective well-being.

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“…In addition, the impacts of overtime on employees are complex. Previous research has widely investigated the influences of overtime on employees in various aspects, such as mental and physical health ( Furihata et al, 2021 ; Inoue et al, 2021 ), work-life balance ( Fontinha et al, 2019 ), and job-related outcomes ( Okazaki et al, 2019 ). However, the results of previous studies are not always consistent.…”

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Where is the limit for overtime? Impacts of overtime on employees’ mental health and potential solutions: A qualitative study in China

Leka

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Although Labor Law of the People’s Republic of China stipulates the overtime system, overtime is still widespread in the IT industry. Through qualitative interviews, we explored the impact of overtime on employees’ mental health and life. The current study identified four main themes, namely overtime reasons, outcomes of overtime, influential factors and solutions to overtime challenges. Besides work-related reasons and cultural influence, it was found that employees may work overtime due to personal reasons, such as capability and personal qualities; the most frequent impacts reported were fatigue, depression, stress and interference with life; three predominant influential factors were timing of overtime, control and rewards; and overtime conditions could be improved in practical and emotional ways. The study’s findings highlight the importance of the design of flexible working time arrangements for avoiding fatigue and improving employees’ work-life balance, enhancement of schedule arrangement for avoiding daily work interruption and last-minute tasks, and optimization of rewarding systems for avoiding complaints and facilitating voluntary overtime. Results suggest that mental health and work-life balance can be promoted by organizational initiatives focusing on minimizing excessive job demands, increasing psychosocial resources, supporting boundary management, and enhancing perceived flexibility.

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Overtime Work and the Incidence of Long-term Sickness Absence Due to Mental Disorders: A Prospective Cohort Study

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Metabolic Syndrome and the Increased Risk of Medically Certified Long-term Sickness Absence: A Prospective Analysis Among Japanese Workers

Metabolic Syndrome and the Increased Risk of Medically Certified Long-term Sickness Absence: A Prospective Analysis Among Japanese Workers

Overtime work, job autonomy, and employees’ subjective well-being: Evidence from China

Where is the limit for overtime? Impacts of overtime on employees’ mental health and potential solutions: A qualitative study in China

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