Job Satisfaction and the Psychosocial Work Environment: Does the Relationship Vary by Hospital Patient Care Workers’ Age?

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• Personal Author:
  Boden LI ; Hashimoto D ; Hopcia K ; Miller J ; Sabbath EL ; Sorensen, Glorian ; Wagner, Gregory R.
• Description:
  Increasing job satisfaction of healthcare workers is important for workers themselves, their employers, and their patients. This study draws on a sample of 1,409 patient care workers across two hospitals in the United States to explore the moderating effect of age in associations between job satisfaction and individual-workplace psychosocial exposures. Psychosocial work factors analyzed include job flexibility, job demands, decision latitude, break practices, and meal breaks. Contrary to mainstream management discourse, our findings suggest that most situational determinants of job satisfaction may not vary significantly by age. Findings can be used to inform occupational social work practice and future directions for managing employee behavioral health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Age Factors Author Keywords: Age Employee Assistance Employee Satisfaction Healthcare Health Care Workers Job Characteristics Job Satisfaction Patient Handling Psychosocial Factors Total Worker Health TWH Work Organization

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• ISSN:
  1555-5240
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  221-240
• Volume:
  33
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061471
• Citation:
  J Workplace Behav Health 2018 Oct; 33(3-4):221-240
• Contact Point Address:
  Julie Miller, MIT AgeLab, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
• Email:
  Millabj@bc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3dcfdd4859bfbd051c77ae3d66442649866fbed6e12f758c19e4690e7cf467be8dc9d1c3cbb15a96d7b37aa4dd9aaf17a8144bb52a1c721326e244d27ce106d1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225000/cdc_225000_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.51 MB ]