EUROFOND
Kubicek Bettina, Paškvan Matea, Prem Roman, Schöllbauer Julia, Till Matthias, Cabrita Jorge, Parent-Thirion Agnès, Wilkens Mathijn

Working conditions and workers’ health

13 May 2019

Contents

Executive summary
Introduction

1. Health of workers in the EU
Self-rated general health
Health problems
Sickness absence and sickness presenteeism
Sleep quality
Subjective well-being
Work engagement and exhaustion
Specific health outcomes among the self-employed
Summary
2. Working conditions, health and well-being
Positive effects of job control
Balancing effort and reward in the workplace
Role of job resources
Findings from the EWCS
Conceptual framework for analysing health outcomes
Estimating the association between demands and resources and health
Changes in job demands and resources
Summary
3. Risk factors for poor health and well-being
Personal characteristics
Job characteristics
Organisational characteristics
Summary
4. Country characteristics, working conditions and health
Relevant country-level indicators
Predicting job demands and resources from country-level variables
Summary
5. Conclusions
Bibliography
Annex
 


Fonte: eurofound.europa.eu

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