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The Relationship Between Work Characteristics and Employee Health and Well-Being: How Much Complexity Do We Really Need?

The Relationship Between Work Characteristics and Employee Health and Well-Being: How Much... In comparison with R. A. Karasek and T. Theorell's (1990) well-known demand-control-support (DCS) model, recent models of the effects of work characteristics on employee health and well-being are complex in regard to the number of characteristics included, the specificity of the relationships, and the situational specificity assumed. Data from 37,291 Dutch employees were used to examine to what extent these 3 approaches are valid. Several increasingly complex models of the relations among 7 work characteristics were compared and cross validated in 4 branches of industry. Further, these work characteristics were related to 3 outcome variables. A general model—tentatively labeled the demand-skill-support model—provided the best approximation of the relationships among work characteristics, health, and well-being. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Stress Management American Psychological Association

The Relationship Between Work Characteristics and Employee Health and Well-Being: How Much Complexity Do We Really Need?

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2005 American Psychological Association
ISSN
1072-5245
eISSN
1573-3424
DOI
10.1037/1072-5245.12.1.3
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Abstract

In comparison with R. A. Karasek and T. Theorell's (1990) well-known demand-control-support (DCS) model, recent models of the effects of work characteristics on employee health and well-being are complex in regard to the number of characteristics included, the specificity of the relationships, and the situational specificity assumed. Data from 37,291 Dutch employees were used to examine to what extent these 3 approaches are valid. Several increasingly complex models of the relations among 7 work characteristics were compared and cross validated in 4 branches of industry. Further, these work characteristics were related to 3 outcome variables. A general model—tentatively labeled the demand-skill-support model—provided the best approximation of the relationships among work characteristics, health, and well-being.

Journal

International Journal of Stress ManagementAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Feb 1, 2005

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