Association of Job Satisfaction and Security With Subjective Health and Well-Being in Korean Employees

Abstract

We evaluated an association of workplace exposure to physical factors (physical, chemical, and ergonomic hazards) and psychosocial factors, and of job satisfaction and job security with the subjective health and well-being of Korean workers. This was a secondary analysis of data from the fourth Korean Working Conditions Survey of 2014. Exposure to physical factors (especially ergonomic factors) and psychosocial factors were negatively associated with good subjective health and well-being. After adjustment for confounding by physical factors and psychosocial factors, job satisfaction and job security were positively associated with good subjective health and well-being. Korean workers with high job satisfaction and job security are more likely to have good subjective health and well-being, even when they are exposed to physical and psychosocial workplace factors. However, job satisfaction cannot be treated as a proxy for good working conditions.