A Comparison of Job Stress Models: Associations with Employee Well-Being, Absenteeism, Presenteeism, and Resulting Costs

Schmidt B, Schneider M, Seeger P, Van Vianen A, Loerbroks A, Herr RM (2019)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Book Volume: 61

Pages Range: 535-544

Journal Issue: 7

DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001582

Abstract

Objective:This study investigates the associations between Effort-Reward-Imbalance (ERI), Overcommitment (OC), Job-Demand-Control (JDC), and Organizational Injustice (OIJ) with employee well-being, absenteeism, and presenteeism, as well as the costs incurred.Methods:Cross-sectional data from 1440 German pharmaceutical company employees assessing job stress, employee well-being, absenteeism, and presenteeism were used. Linear regression and interval regression analyses assessed separate and independent associations and sample-specific costs were estimated.Results:All four stressors were related to employee well-being, presenteeism, and absenteeism when analyzed separately. OIJ showed the strongest independent association with absenteeism (coef. = 0.89; P < 0.01), whereas OC was most strongly independently associated with lower well-being (coef. = -0.44; P < 0.01) and higher presenteeism (coef. = 0.28; P < 0.01). Absenteeism costs per employee/year were higher than presenteeism costs.Conclusions:Occupational health interventions reducing job stress will have strong potential for productivity raise and lower costs.

Authors with CRIS profile

Raphael Herr

Involved external institutions

Hochschule Fresenius DE Germany (DE) Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG DE Germany (DE) Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg DE Germany (DE) University of Amsterdam NL Netherlands (NL) Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Schmidt, B., Schneider, M., Seeger, P., Van Vianen, A., Loerbroks, A., & Herr, R.M. (2019). A Comparison of Job Stress Models: Associations with Employee Well-Being, Absenteeism, Presenteeism, and Resulting Costs. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61(7), 535-544. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001582

MLA:

Schmidt, Burkhard, et al. "A Comparison of Job Stress Models: Associations with Employee Well-Being, Absenteeism, Presenteeism, and Resulting Costs." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 61.7 (2019): 535-544.

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