Working conditions and workers’ health

Autor(en)

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

Abstrakt

This report uses European Working Conditions Survey data to examine working conditions and their implications for worker’s health. Ensuring the sustainability of work in the context of ageing populations implies a greater number of people in employment who can remain in the workforce for longer. The report examines the interplay between work demands – which carry an increased risk of exhaustion – and work resources – which support workers in greater engagement and well-being. The findings indicate that physical risks have not increased but remain important, while emotional demands have increased, underlining the growing importance of psychosocial risks at work. Changes over time suggest that although the risk of poor health is concentrated in certain occupations, those occupations traditionally considered to be protected are increasingly exposed to risks that are likely to affect workers’ health and well-being.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Arbeits-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie

Externe Organisation(en)

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Statistik Austria

Anzahl der Seiten

80

Publikationsdatum

05-2019

ÖFOS 2012

501003 Arbeitspsychologie

Schlagwörter

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/working-conditions-and-workers-health(f06e6be4-d330-41cc-90c9-aa7a566f2bfb).html