Job Control and Coworker Support Improve Employee Job Performance

We examined the prospective association of psychosocial job characteristics with employee job performance among 777 full-time employees at a manufacturing company in Japan, using data from a one-year follow-up survey. Psychosocial job characteristics were measured by the Job Content Questionnaire in...

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Published inIndustrial Health Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 845 - 851
Main Authors NAGAMI, Makiko, TSUTSUMI, Akizumi, TSUCHIYA, Masao, MORIMOTO, Kanehisa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health 2010
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Data Collection
Demand-control model
Employment - standards
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Female
Follow-up survey
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Japan - epidemiology
Job performance
Job stress
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Multivariate Analysis
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Regression Analysis
Self Report
Social Support
Statistics as Topic
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Workplace - psychology
Japan
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Summary:We examined the prospective association of psychosocial job characteristics with employee job performance among 777 full-time employees at a manufacturing company in Japan, using data from a one-year follow-up survey. Psychosocial job characteristics were measured by the Job Content Questionnaire in 2008; job performance was evaluated using the item from the World Mental Health Survey Instrument in 2008 and 2009. The association between psychosocial job characteristics and job performance was tested using multiple regression analysis, controlling for demographic variables, work status, average working hours per day, job type and job performance in 2008. Job control and coworker support in 2008 were positively related to job performance in 2009. Stratified analyses revealed that job control for staff and coworker support for managers were positively related to job performance in 2009. These associations were prominent among men; however, supervisor support in 2008 was negatively related to job performance in 2009 among men. Job demand was not significantly related to job performance. Our findings suggest that it is worthwhile to enhance employees' job control and provide a mutually supportive environment to ensure positive employee job performance.
ISSN:0019-8366
1880-8026
DOI:10.2486/indhealth.MS1162