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Health and well-being of older workers: comparing their associations with effort–reward imbalance and Pressure, Disorganisation and Regulatory Failure
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Bohle, P and Quinlan, M and McNamara, M and Pitts, C and Willaby, H, Health and well-being of older workers: comparing their associations with effort-reward imbalance and Pressure, Disorganisation and Regulatory Failure, Work and Stress, 29 pp. 114-127. ISSN 0267-8373 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2015 Taylor & Francis
DOI: doi:10.1080/02678373.2014.1003995
Abstract
Work organisation has well-established associations with health. This study compares the
associations of Pressure, Disorganisation and Regulatory Failure (PDR) and effort–reward
imbalance (ERI) with health and well-being among older workers. Participants were 714 Australian
workers aged 45–65 (56.3% female), with a mean age of 54.6 years (SD = 5.0) and a mean of 34.7
working hours per week (SD = 13.9). Hierarchical regression analyses tested the strengths of the
associations of both ERI and PDR with work–life conflict and mental health. Independent variables
were entered in blocks: demographic characteristics (age and gender), working hours and then ERI
or PDR (measured using the four subscales: financial pressure, reward pressure, disorganisation and
regulatory failure). Compared to ERI, the PDR subscales collectively accounted for slightly less
variance in work–life conflict and slightly more variance in mental health. The PDR subscales also
accounted for extra variance in both dependent variables when ERI was included in the model.
These findings indicate that PDR is a promising construct that includes elements of work
organisation not addressed by ERI.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | effort–reward imbalance, pressure/disorganisation/regulatory failure, older workers, health, work–life conflict |
Research Division: | Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
Research Group: | Human resources and industrial relations |
Research Field: | Occupational and workplace health and safety |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Ethics |
Objective Field: | Workplace and organisational ethics (excl. business ethics) |
UTAS Author: | Bohle, P (Professor Philip Bohle) |
ID Code: | 137195 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 16 |
Deposited By: | TSBE |
Deposited On: | 2020-02-05 |
Last Modified: | 2020-03-30 |
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