The impact of long working hours on the health of German employees
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In: German Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 32, No. 3-4, 01.08.2018, p. 217-235.
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T1 - The impact of long working hours on the health of German employees
AU - Müller, Grit
AU - Tisch, Anita
AU - Wöhrmann, Anne Marit
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - Excessive working hours have negative consequences for employees’ health. Looking deeper into this problem, this article examines how employers’ needs for more intense working or more flexible working hours affect their employees’ psychosomatic health. A German representative survey of 13,452 full-time employees found that long working hours, work intensity (deadline and performance pressure) and flexibility requirements (permanent availability, changes in working hours) were significantly related to psychosomatic health complaints. When considering future work design and practices, these findings show which unfavourable working conditions are to be avoided to maintain the psychosomatic health of employees.
AB - Excessive working hours have negative consequences for employees’ health. Looking deeper into this problem, this article examines how employers’ needs for more intense working or more flexible working hours affect their employees’ psychosomatic health. A German representative survey of 13,452 full-time employees found that long working hours, work intensity (deadline and performance pressure) and flexibility requirements (permanent availability, changes in working hours) were significantly related to psychosomatic health complaints. When considering future work design and practices, these findings show which unfavourable working conditions are to be avoided to maintain the psychosomatic health of employees.
KW - Changing working hours
KW - Deadline and performance pressure
KW - Flexibility requirements
KW - Moderation
KW - Occupational health
KW - Permanent availability
KW - Work intensity
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85052404383&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/2397002218786020
DO - 10.1177/2397002218786020
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85052404383
VL - 32
SP - 217
EP - 235
JO - German Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - German Journal of Human Resource Management
SN - 2397-0022
IS - 3-4
ER -