Abstract
Psychology of working theory (PWT) and psychology of working framework (PWF) offered a psychological view of decent work. The present study examined the associations among personality traits, decent work and Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery Scale (OFER). Two hundred and thirty four participants filled out the Big Five Questionnaire, the Italian version of the Decent Work Scale, and the Italian version of the OFER Scale. Hierarchical regressions showed that decent work explained incremental variance beyond personality traits with respect to OFER both considering total score and its three dimensions (chronic fatigue, acute fatigue, persistent fatigue). The present study underlined the value of decent work in relation to occupational fatigue beyond the contributions of personality, in particular in relation to the dimensions of Adequate compensation and Free time and rest for less occupational fatigue (both as total and as dimensions).
Highlights
The Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ) personality traits in Step 1 accounted for 13% of the variance in relation to Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery (OFER)-AF, 16% in relation to OFER-CF, 14% in relation to OFER-IR, and 18% in relation to the OFER total score
The BFQ variables of agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness were not associated with the OFER dimensions in Steps 1 or 2
Negative associations were found between the DWS dimension of adequate compensation and OFER-AF, OFER-CF, OFER-IR, and OFER total score, as well as between the DWS dimension of access to healthcare and OFER-IR
Summary
On the basis of the literature, fatigue and stress seem reciprocally associated; the development of one can predict the insurgence of the other, with recovery acting positively in reducing both (e.g., Winwood et al, 2005, 2006; Doerr et al, 2015; Blustein et al, 2016) According to this principle, Winwood et al (2005, 2006) provided an extensively used (e.g., Somantri et al, 2020; Rutledge et al, 2021) and comprehensive classification of occupational fatigue, distinguishing between acute fatigue, chronic fatigue, and persistent fatigue (Winwood et al, 2005, 2006)
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