The WAS predicted job satisfaction and Provides support for the use of the WAS as a employment intentions independently of the work ability assessment tool. However, more WAI. refinement is needed. Job demands are related to productivity Job demands should be incorporated into a outcomes independently of work ability, work ability model. particularly for workers with a health Increasing mental demands were associated Attention should be paid to the mental stress with poorer work ability. related to increasing mental demands. Work ability and factors related to productivity The study findings showed that both organisational capacity and personal capacity were independently associated with job satisfaction and intention to remain in one’s current position. This was still the case even after accounting for differences in socioeconomic status, job demands and workplace factors including prevalence of work-related health issues, standard hours, and the size of the participants’ organisation. The work ability variables were also equally associated with satisfaction and employment intentions for older and younger workers. However, organisational capacity was a stronger correlate of job satisfaction for compared to other workers. In general, each of the different components of organisational capacity (i.e. autonomy, supervisor, discrimination, and respect) were equally well associated with job satisfaction and job status intentions but were, not surprisingly, uncorrelated with the perceived effects of health issues on capacity to work. In terms of the relationship between personal capacity and the productivity outcomes, the strongest correlates were work benefits (e.g. remuneration, and meaningful work), social support, and psychological wellbeing. Physical health was the sole work ability subscale associated with perceived effects of health on capacity
The WAS predicted job satisfaction and employment intentions independently of the WAI. Provides support for the use of the WAS as a work ability assessment tool. However, more refinement is needed. Job demands are related to productivity outcomes independently of work ability, particularly for workers with a health Job demands should be incorporated into a work ability model. Increasing mental demands were associated with poorer work ability. Attention should be paid to the mental stress related to increasing mental demands. Work ability and factors related to productivity The study findings showed that both organisational capacity and personal capacity were independently associated with job satisfaction and intention to remain in one’s current position. This was still the case even after accounting for differences in socioeconomic status, job demands and workplace factors including prevalence of work-related health issues, hours, and the size of the participants’ organisation. The work ability variables were also equally associated with satisfaction and employment intentions for older and younger workers. However, organisational capacity was a stronger correlate of job satisfaction for compared to other workers. In general, each of the different components of organisational capacity (i.e. autonomy, supervisor, discrimination, and respect) were equally well associated with job satisfaction and job status intentions but were, not surprisingly, uncorrelated with the perceived effects of health issues on capacity to work. In terms of the relationship between personal capacity and the productivity outcomes, the strongest correlates were work benefits (e.g. remuneration, and meaningful work), social support, and psychological wellbeing. Physical health was the sole work ability subscale associated with perceived effects of health on capacity standard
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