Towards sustainable work and longer working lives

Virtanen, Marianna

doi:10.1177/1403494818765394

Cited by 5 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 28 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Our observation that workers who reported adverse psychosocial work conditions, namely low job control, high psychosocial job demands, shift work, long working hours, job insecurity, high physical demands, more frequently reported low work sustainability compared to those with better work conditions was consistent with previous findings [ 6 , 39 , 40 ]. More specifically, shift work is associated with disability pension and early retirement [ 32 ].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Gender- and age-specific associations between psychosocial work conditions and perceived work sustainability in the general working population in Taiwan

Cheng,

Li,

Cheng

2023

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objectives One aspect of work sustainability pertains to workers’ intention to remain in their current job until reaching retirement age. Various adverse working conditions are expected to diminish work sustainability among different social groups. This study aims to examine these associations across gender and age groups. Methods The study participants were 19,152 economically-active adults in a national survey conducted in Taiwan. Information concerning psychosocial working conditions were obtained through interviews, using the Job Content Questionnaire. Work sustainability was evaluated by one question that asked whether the participants felt they would be able to do their current job until the age of 60. The association between psychosocial work conditions and work sustainability was examined by logistic regression analysis. We further performed stratified analysis to explore age and gender-specific associations. Results We observed that 14.2% and 17.1% of male and female workers reported low work sustainability. Workers in the electronics industries and female workers in the healthcare and education sectors reported low work sustainability. Gender-specific analyses showed that low job control among men and shift work among women were significantly associated with low work sustainability. Age-specific analyses indicated that having poor health, shift work, and long working hours in younger workers, and having low job control in older workers were associated with low work sustainability. Conclusion To retain older workers in the labor market, policies should aim at the improvement of psychosocial work conditions, and gender- and age-specific issues should be taken into consideration.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%