Challenging (-Hindering) Employment and Employee Health

Resource type
Authors/contributors
Title
Challenging (-Hindering) Employment and Employee Health
Abstract
Research has struggled with the task of distinguishing high from low-quality employment. Making the distinction between challenging and hindering job demands in a context of social exchange, our study develops a generalizable heuristic for employment quality research. Latent class analysis with mixture modelling was applied to a sample of 2,143 adults from a diversity of occupations. A two-factor model provided substantial support for the distinction between challenging and hindering employment. Challenging employment was characterized by hard and emotionally demanding work and by provision of greater resources. Hindering employment involved several hindering demands and fewer resources. As predicted, challenging employment was associated with better self-reported general health and less psychological distress. The positive associations between higher education levels and longer work experience and challenging employment also supported the challenging/hindering heuristic.
Publication
Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations
Volume
77
Issue
4
Pages
23 pages
Date
2022
Journal Abbr
ri
Language
en
ISSN
0034-379X, 1703-8138
Accessed
5/19/23, 3:37 PM
Extra
Publisher: Département des relations industrielles de l’Université Laval
Citation
Haines III, V., Ricardeau Registre, J., & Guerrero, S. (2022). Challenging (-Hindering) Employment and Employee Health. Relations Industrielles / Industrial Relations, 77(4), 23 pages. https://doi.org/10.7202/1097689ar