DESIGNING WORK FOR MENTAL HEALTH: THE MODERATING ROLE OF JOB RESOURCES
DESIGNING WORK FOR MENTAL HEALTH: THE MODERATING ROLE OF JOB RESOURCES
Author(s): Karmen DEŽMAR KRAINZ, Josip Mikulić, Helena KOREN, Ana ZavalićSubject(s): Labor relations, Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: work design; job demands-resources model; mental health; Croatia;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between work design characteristics and employee health outcome. Specifically, job resources (i.e. managerial support, co-worker support and information about organizational changes) were examined as moderators of the relationship between job demands (i.e. workload and lack of control) and mental health. Following the job demands-resources model, and by using partial-least squares structural equations modelling, this study provides empirical evidence that job demands are negatively related to employees' mental health on a sample of 383 public transportation drivers. Furthermore, as the results reveal, job resources relieve the negative impact of job demands thus providing an alternative for avoiding the health impairment process.
Journal: Društvena istraživanja - Časopis za opća društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: 28/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 47-67
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English
