UNLABELLED Job dissatisfaction and need for recovery are associated with voluntary turnover, absenteeism and diminished health. In the light of encouraging working longer, this study investigated whether the relationships between various work characteristics and job dissatisfaction and need for recovery are dependent on age. Cross-sectional questionnaire data from 591 university employees were ...

Previous reviews of the literature on the relationship between age and job performance have largely focused on core task performance but have paid much less attention to other job behaviors that also contribute to productivity. The current study provides an expanded meta-analysis on the relationship between age and job performance that includes 10 dimensions of job performance: core task perfor...

The present study examined the moderating effects of organization-based self-esteem on the relationship between two forms of organizational uncertainty perception and three outcome variables. The two forms of organizational uncertainty perception were job insecurity and anticipation of organizational changes, and the three outcomes were intrinsic motivation, organizational commitment, and absen...

Bipolar disorder affects many aspects of an individual's life and greatly interferes with a person's ability to find and maintain employment. The evidence indicates that a majority of patients with bipolar disorder are not employed and many others are employed only part time. Job-related difficulties are common, and patients with bipolar disorder tend to have higher rates of absenteeism from wo...

A number of themes weave through any consideration of the American workforce. Demographic imperatives and our own experience underscore the aging of workers and the heterogeneity of that segment of the working population . As occupational therapists, we treat those older adults whose working roles have been adversely impacted by physical, emotional and/ or social losses, or who have retired. We...

889 December 2013, Vol. 103, No. 12 SAMJ Imagine trying to mollify 400 municipal health workers who have been told they will be changing employers, job descriptions and possibly workplaces – with only half their senior management in place. Imagine that, and you will have a picture of what the Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) and their partner, the newly formed Nelson Mandela Bay (N...

Employers are increasingly adopting workplace wellness programs designed to improve employee health and decrease employer costs associated with health insurance and job absenteeism. This paper examines the outcomes of 2635 workers across 24 worksites who were offered financial incentives for weight loss that took various forms, including fixed payments and forfeitable bonds. We document extreme...

The authors compared linear and nonlinear relations between affective and continuance commitment and 3 commonly studied work outcomes (turnover cognitions, absenteeism, and job performance), observed in 3 separate research settings. Using a linear model, they replicated the common observation in the literature that affective commitment is more strongly related to work outcomes than continuance ...