Using linked employer-employee data for Finland we examine associations between job design and ten measures of worker wellbeing. In accordance with Karasek's (1979) model we find positive correlations between many aspects of worker wellbeing and job control. However, contrary to the model, job...

We explore the effects of flexible work practices (FWPs) on the work attitudes (job satisfaction and turnover intention) and non-work attitudes (leisure satisfaction and perceived health) of employees based on representative large-scale German panel data. Because unobserved individual...

The working paper explores job crafting and their convergent validity with work engagement and proactive personality in Spain. Based on the Job Demands-Resources model with four dimensions (increasing structural job resources, decreasing hindering job demands, increasing social job resources,...

We investigate the relationship between job complexity and the skills development of adult workers in Europe using the Cedefop European Skills and Jobs Survey (ESJS). The results suggest that challenging workplaces, workplaces in which jobs are designed to include complex tasks, and which place...

In bis zu 85 % sind menschliche Fehler der Hauptgrund für Unfälle im Seeverkehr. Situationsbewusstsein (SB) ist die Hauptursache dieser Fehler. In den meisten Fällen kann fehlerhaftes SB auf zwei Fakten zurückgeführt werden: Es waren zu viele oder zu wenige Informationen vorhanden. In...

Die nachfolgende Zusammenfassung der Studie "Nutzerpräferenzen von Coworking Spaces" zeigt die Bedeutung von Flexible Office Space auf und arbeitet präferierte Charakteristiken und Attribute der flexiblen Arbeitsplätze heraus. Die Ergebnisse wurden über eine empirische Befragung in deutschen...

A shortfall in employee voice attendant upon union decline has long been forewarned. Data from the third European Company Survey is used to establish perceived shortfalls in employee involvement based on the responses of employee representatives in establishments where formal workplace employee...