Moderating Effects of Psychological Job Strain on the Relationship between Working Hours and Health:An Examination of White-Collar Workers Employed by a Japanese Manufacturing Company
Moderating Effects of Psychological Job Strain on the Relationship between Working Hours and Health:An Examination of White-Collar Workers Employed by a Japanese Manufacturing Company:Kimio TARUMI, et al. Section of Postgraduates Guidance, University of Occupational and Environmental Health - The ef...
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Published in | Journal of Occupational Health Vol. 46; no. 5; pp. 345 - 351 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | Japanese English |
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Australia
JAPAN SOCIETY FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
01.09.2004
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Summary: | Moderating Effects of Psychological Job Strain on the Relationship between Working Hours and Health:An Examination of White-Collar Workers Employed by a Japanese Manufacturing Company:Kimio TARUMI, et al. Section of Postgraduates Guidance, University of Occupational and Environmental Health - The effects of working hours on health were examined taking psychological job strain into account. White-collar workers employed at the main office of a Japanese manufacturing company provided data for analysis done in 1997. The eligible subjects were 286 workers aged 20-39. Causal relationships between working hours, health, and psychological job strain were examined by covariance structure analyses. The main findings were as follows:Not only working hours but also sleeping hours and vacations affected the workers' effort to deal with work as a work-related hour factor. Decision authority and skill discretion of Karasek's psychological job strain items significantly constituted a discretion in the work factor, and this factor moderated the effects of the work-related hour factor on health. The effects of psychological job strain, especially discretion, must always be taken into account in examinations of working hours and health. |
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ISSN: | 1341-9145 1348-9585 1348-9585 |
DOI: | 10.1539/joh.46.345 |