Relating Age, Decision Authority, Job Satisfaction, and Mental Health: A Study of Construction Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Bodner TE ; Hammer LB ; Kraner M ; Rineer JR ; Truxillo DM ; Zaniboni S
• Description:
  Job autonomy is a critical job characteristic in the construction industry, with lower levels of autonomy compared to the general working population. Moreover, there is a paucity of work on individual difference moderators, such as age, considering the effect of job autonomy in important outcomes, such as job satisfaction and mental health. The purpose of the present study was to test a model of moderated-mediation, in which the interaction between decision authority (i.e., a type of autonomy) and age affects job satisfaction, which in turn affects mental health. The model tested is significant, and as expected, decision authority increased the satisfaction of older construction workers more than their younger colleagues, which in turn increased their mental health. We discuss our results in terms of selective optimization and compensation theory and implications for organizational practices. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Construction Industry Decision Making Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age Factors Construction Workers Decision Making Mental Health Risk Factors Total Worker Health TWH Work Experience Work Organization
• ISSN:
  2054-4650
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  428-435
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053915
• Citation:
  Work Aging Retire 2016 Oct; 2(4):428-435
• Email:
  sara.zaniboni4@unibo.it
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities
• Performing Organization:
  Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110901
• Source Full Name:
  Work, Aging and Retirement
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f275b6bd3b7655c1dbb9f5d31546b13f33fdbc0893df56ff17f832b1e0112e4a45cff2e6c9d5ff61f748c122552a5cc7d9ba502f5068426c624aa6c533c7692
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216585/cdc_216585_DS1.pdf
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