The Role of Employees' Age for the Relation between Job Autonomy and Sickness Absence

We investigate whether job autonomy is associated with employees' sickness absence. We can make use of the representative German Study of Mental Health at Work data. In line with our theoretical considerations, we do find evidence for an inverse relation between employees' job autonomy and days of sickness absence. This relation is only weakly mediated by job satisfaction and particularly relevant for more senior employees.

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Year of publication:	2020
Authors:	Grund, Christian ; Rubin, Maike
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Subject:	job autonomy \| sickness absence \| age \| job satisfaction

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 13945
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	1743528396 [GVK] hdl:10419/232697 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izadps:dp13945 [RePEc]
Classification:	J81 - Working Conditions ; M12 - Personnel Management
Source:	EconStor

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