Abstract
Studies using the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model commonly have a heterogeneous focus concerning the variables they investigate—selective job demands and resources as well as burnout and work engagement. The present study applies the rationale of the JD-R model to expand the relevant outcomes of job demands and job resources by linking the JD-R model to the logic of a generic health development framework predicting more broadly positive and negative health. The resulting JD-R health model was operationalized and tested with a generalizable set of job characteristics and positive and negative health outcomes among a heterogeneous sample of 2,159 employees. Applying a theory-driven and a data-driven approach, measures which were generally relevant for all employees were selected. Results from structural equation modeling indicated that the model fitted the data. Multiple group analyses indicated invariance across six organizations, gender, job positions, and three times of measurement. Initial evidence was found for the validity of an expanded JD-R health model. Thereby this study contributes to the current research on job characteristics and health by combining the core idea of the JD-R model with the broader concepts of salutogenic and pathogenic health development processes as well as both positive and negative health outcomes.
Highlights
Introduction and Study AimIn the field of occupational health and safety it is well known that job characteristics affect workers’ health and wellbeing [1, 2]
In this study, we only focused on job demands and job resources as predictors of health even though it would be interesting to investigate the role of individual characteristics such as personal resources in our model [47]
The present study made a step towards an expanded Job Demands-Resources (JDR) health model tested with a common set of indicators of job demands and job resources predicting a broad concept of health, including physical, mental, and social health
Summary
Introduction and Study AimIn the field of occupational health and safety it is well known that job characteristics affect workers’ health and wellbeing [1, 2]. A lot of research was conducted to assess indicators for work-related stress and well-being and to identify the underlying mechanisms that lead from job characteristics to health and well-being. Most studies on the DCM and ERI model have been restricted to a very limited set of independent variables that may not be relevant for all kinds of jobs and persons [6]. To meet this limitation the Job Demands-Resources (JDR) model [6,7,8] was developed at the beginning of the century.
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